tiderulz wrote:eyriq wrote:89Magicfan wrote:
I really want to like Keyonte.
Just watch that perfect shooting form on loop.
why is his % so bad if his shooting form is perfect? as much as i watch and read, i just cant seem to like him as a prospect
To be fair to Keyonte (and I don't like him much as a prospect) or any freshman, I think amateur scouting (to be fair, even professional scouts get this wrong) philosophically gets shooting wrong where they think 15-30 games of data is somehow indicative of anything at the NBA level. If we see elite level shooters in the NCAA flame out in the NBA because of other issues, the opposite can happen where a guy with good form who just didn't shoot well in their 1 year in college for whatever reason start to hit those shots in the NBA. That's the hardest thing to gauge as a scout.
If the entire scope of it looks bad - not able to get space, can't navigate screens, bad form, low attempts, chucker, etc, then obviously that makes sense to question it and stay away, but if it doesn't, teams suddenly want to take a chance on this player if everything else they're sold on.
In this draft alone, Bufkin and Hawkins are great examples as Sophs where their play from freshman year to sophomore year has changed their trajectories as shooters/scorers.
Hawkins has a BEAUTIFUL shot, like one of the best I've seen in a while, and went from 35/33/82 to 41/39/88 and Bufkin from 38/22/77 to 48/35/85.
One could argue that's a reason why people with iffy percentages shouldn't come out as freshmen in the first place, but I think that bump can happen in the NBA as well. Not because it's easier, it's obviously not, but the spacing and talent you play with is completely different, as is a change of role and the situation.. but it has to align.
