Skybox wrote:JoshuaPotter wrote:basketballRob wrote:AB must show a lot in practice because Mosely always seems defensive about how good he is. Nearly every player has talked about how good he is, too.
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Because he probably is? I am willing to bet
- He crushes Cole, KCP, G Harris, Suggs or anyone else who plays the guard position on defense like its easy mode
- On offense, he can out dribble drive Cole, is more creative then KCP, hasn't disappeared like G Harris or Suggs
Suggs is about the only player who definitely can outmatch him with the starters in terms of offensive output.
What Black needs it seems based on his personality is confidence. He does NOT have that dawg in him as kids say. He needs to build his mojo and trust it more. That is hard, when you already are known as such a weak shooter in this modern NBA.
I bet he can fly too
what is all of this based on? Just fantasizing until we see it.
When I was in HS, I could throw this football over that mountain.
Entering AB threads is like opening twilight zone gates. You click here and you are right at reddit, bunch of people making outlandish takes.
Like, today i clicked on Magic's reddit page to see people having cream pie over Fultz shooting in empty gym. Guy is 27 and people talk about his *empty gym footage*
This over a top attachment for players that are mid-at best is epic.
From Payton, Fultz to AB. This bizzare fascination with PGs who can't shoot to save their lives.
I get that Magic didn't have good PG in 15 years but you can't will somebody into being one, because you *really want one*.
As for Black, guy on consitant bases struggles to beat people off the dribble because he simply does not have quick first step by nba standards. And because he is no treat to shoot, it's even harder to beat people off the dribble because they don't stay that close to him.
So majority of his game is playing back to basket as ball handler. That's bad position to be. And unlike some Livingston, he does not have post game that would back down people or turn into mid range shoot-over.
On top of that his ballhandling is mediocre even for combo guard, let alone point guard. He is not very creative finisher around rim either
Because he can't beat people off the dribble he also can't break defense and by default he can't open lines nor make defense crack , so his playmaking isn't that great.
Most of his problems really aren't solvable. He flat out does not have shooter's touch nor have foot speed for standard PG. You can't "train " yourself into being Amen Thompson athlete with Jalen Brunson on ball processing & skillet and Steph Curry shooting.
You either have skills or don't.
Right now you have Castle, who also isn't much of a shooter, but you can see how different he looks because his ballhandling & dribble penetration are simply on much higher level, size vise they are similar, but Castle breaks down defense without much effort because he is shifty and has burst that Black flat out doesn't have. Castle also has bag of tricks that he uses to create space, where, once again, year older, with one more in nba Black simply does not have.
Black whole purpose on offense is to spot up as bad shooter and to surprise some foolish defender off a dribble by catching him on wrong foot or overpowering him at rim, in hope nobody will help. That's pretty much it. That's why his offensive numbers ( and advanced stats) are that poor. Situations on offense where he is useful are like 4 times in 50 possessions.
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