jonbob17 wrote:jvdas wrote:Even Matt Lloyd confirmed, that RJ looks like he grew a lot. So there seems to be at least something serious behind it, beside the usual offseason bs talk.
Let's see, but if really grew close to a 6'7 height, then for now he is the player on the squad with the best potential of being a real difference maker. His speed and athleticism is really good, if his 3 pointer gets more consistent, this man could be a real weapon. We will see.
Otherwise he will be Derrick Jones 2.0, high athleticism guy with an awful jumper, like 9/10 Magic players.
And Steve Clifford said Markelle was shooting 3s like he did at Washington. These guys are not going to go out and publicly embarrass these kids.
I am with you, though, if he is even 6'5, he could be dominant with his collection of skills. The more exciting thing to me was Matt Lloyd talking about his shooting, because we know he has been working hard last offseason and this one with Mike Miller. Eventually that hard work pays off.
Yeah I remember that Clifford quote, which threw Markelle under the bus in the end, cause his shot mechanics looked worse then before. He was a good Midrange shooter, silky smooth, but when the season started he was throwing bricks. Don't even need to talk about the 3, those mechanics looked off all the time.
Let's see if there is a new official measurement, I'm really curious about his actual height right now.
