Skin wrote:RookieStar wrote:Skin wrote:You can easily get a 3pt shooting guy with suspect defense much later in the draft, even going deep into round 2. It's one of the reasons I didn't want to teach for one at 15. Bane, Hughes, Woodley, Stanley, Joe, Quickly, Nwora.... take your pick.
Yeah but they don't have the same FG% of the 3pt shot like the Nesmith,Haliburton,Kira found in our range.
And yes for our 2nd pick I do want Stanley of Duke or maybe trade up to a late 1st just to get him. Insane athlete and to me like a swiss knife but not a scorer in the same mold as I mentioned.
Nesmith and Haliburton are not in the 15th range though. Not fair to bring them up as options. Kira is fair. Kira's 3PT% is .366.
Bane .442
Joe .342
Stanley .360
Nwora .402
Woodard .429
Quickley .417
You can't just single out percentages. Not all shots have same meaning. Volumen behind them, shooting from other ranges, type of 3 point shots players get, being catch&shoot vs being own creator, how players are being defended/played is more important than just raw percentage.
For example Woodard, it's fair to assume he is below average shooter. 42,9% for 3 sounds elite without context. But once you combine his volumen, with last year's volumen, you get sense what he is . Low usage 3 point shooter who made 0,6 threes a game and shot 61,7% from FT line. Even during 42,9% shooting for 3 season, he made 30 threes in 70 attemps. If he missed just 5 more shots he would shoot just 35% for 3. This type of swing of percentage within few shots pretty much says all about volumen and how nobody should dig too deep into it ( once again, remember WInslow being 42% three point shooter but his indicator was pretty awful 60% FT shooting ).
Nwora will probably be good stand still shooter, HOWEVER, he is 22 years old man playing in league with bunch of 18 and 19 years old. It's very hard to have objective outlook of player who is that much older, more mature than competition he is facing.
Most scouts think he is too heavy- footed on defense to play SG and that he isn't strong nor athletic for SF.
He is also very much spot up shooter and C&S guy way more than somebody who will be dilvering off dribble.
His passing also isn't much and overall he isn't some crazy athlete.
Quickley looks, at least to me, like 6th man. For starting gaurd he isn't that advanced passer nor elite ballhandler. He is 6'3 so he is already undersized.
Kira's main issue isn't 3%, it's shot selection, average efficiency, lot of turnovers. Also all his stats are inflated. Dude played 38 min per game. I just can't shake off- Collin Sexton vibe. SG who is too short for SG so he will be force-fed into playmaker who he does not have awarness to play.
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