The Official Franz Wagner Thread

RichCollab · Post #841 » by **RichCollab** » Thu Dec 23, 2021 10:28 pm

Franz is da manz, my girlfranz

KillMonger · Post #842 » by **KillMonger** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 5:58 am

MagicStarwipe · Post #843 » by **MagicStarwipe** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 1:54 pm

My only real criticism of him remains his hesitance on shooting open jumpers. He passes up some good looks and tries to drive instead, which a lot of times works out, but sometimes gets him in trouble.

p0peye · Post #844 » by **p0peye** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 4:57 pm

I have found no obvious holes in his game. We'll see how he develops, we might be asking a bit too much, too soon from him.

fateis007 · Post #845 » by **fateis007** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 5:40 pm

MagicStarwipe wrote:My only real criticism of him remains his hesitance on shooting open jumpers. He passes up some good looks and tries to drive instead, which a lot of times works out, but sometimes gets him in trouble.

on a bright note, the dude is pretty a beastly driving to the basket and has great form. If he starts using the pick and roll to open up a mid range game, he could easily become an allstar caliber scorer

3ddman23 · Post #846 » by **3ddman23** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 5:56 pm

Wagner is a stud. I was disappointed in him in summer league & pre season but boy gas he flipped the script.

For him to be a high level player he needs to continue hitting wide open shots( specifically 3). And he needs to really work on his pull game off the bounce( ala Ingram last night). He uses he pick and roll really well but doesn't seem confident shoot off the dribble and either tries to get to the rim or pass out to an open man. When he should just outline up for a 15 footet sometimes.

I think if he can improve on those 2 things he is a sure fire all star as long as he keeps doing all the other stuff he is already doing.

In all he has been supremely impressive and he has been my fav young player since oladipo.( I like issac defense but his offensive game left a lot to be desired not to mention injuries).

GameOver25 · Post #847 » by **GameOver25** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 5:58 pm

KillMonger wrote:

Watch on YouTube

LOL @ Anthony repeatedly fighting Carter for rebounds.

basketballRob · Post #848 » by **basketballRob** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 6:03 pm

Franz should work on his mid-range game. He needs a pull up 12' shot like Ingram had last night.

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RichCollab · Post #849 » by **RichCollab** » Fri Dec 24, 2021 6:56 pm

No complaints with Franz. I would love for him to find spots where it lowers the difficulty level of the shots he gets.

I hope Fultz can set him up better but Fultz is coming back from major injury.

Franz does great in high difficulty situations but his percentages and offense will improve when he can get easy baskets 50% of the time.

basketballRob · Post #850 » by **basketballRob** » Sat Dec 25, 2021 1:16 am

Franz compared to Giannis.

https://stathead.com/basketball/pcm_finder.cgi?request=1&sum=0&player_id1=antetgi01&p1yrfrom=2015&player_id2=wagnefr01

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drsd · Post #851 » by **drsd** » Sat Dec 25, 2021 4:16 pm

Read on Twitter

MoMM · Post #852 » by **MoMM** » Sat Dec 25, 2021 9:04 pm

drsd wrote:

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Almost 250 points behind Shaq, so bad, so bad :lol:

basketballRob · Post #853 » by **basketballRob** » Sat Dec 25, 2021 9:09 pm

Franzboogie, The Boogieman!

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KillMonger · Post #854 » by **KillMonger** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 6:46 am

Watch on YouTube

we may have something with this kid....

Mauro Pedrosa · Post #855 » by **Mauro Pedrosa** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 7:45 am

KillMonger wrote:

Watch on YouTube

we may have something with this kid....

Insane breakout performance even in a loss. Giving me flashbacks of Steph announcing himself as a superstar despite the loss at MSG

MoMM · Post #856 » by **MoMM** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 10:31 am

Not expected at all, what a great draft pick!

I just hope that Suggs follows a similar path.

basketballRob · Post #857 » by **basketballRob** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 12:24 pm

Franz averaging over 20 PPG in the last 10.

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/franz-wagner-stats-last-10-games

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MoMM · Post #858 » by **MoMM** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 12:52 pm

Just a rookie and he already is everything that we hoped for AG.

JBSouthpaw · Post #859 » by **JBSouthpaw** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 1:05 pm

This isn't anything more than a wonder:
Do you we would have gotten to this point if J.I. was healthy from the start of the year? Fultz & MCW too.
I'm feeling like sitting those guys for as long as they've sat has really paid off. They would have for sure taken minutes away from Franz.

tooler · Post #860 » by **tooler** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 1:21 pm

JBSouthpaw wrote:This isn't anything more than a wonder:
Do you we would have gotten to this point if J.I. was healthy from the start of the year? Fultz & MCW too.
I'm feeling like sitting those guys for as long as they've sat has really paid off. They would have for sure taken minutes away from Franz.

Not this point exactly, but for the most part yes.

The coaching staff would still be pushing him to be aggressive. Even with a healthy roster, we lack small forwards and we wouldn't have anyone that could get a bucket on demand, so Franz would still have the ball in his hands a lot, especially late in the game.

He just wouldn't be hitting 38 points in a game with Cole, Fultz, MCW, and Suggs jacking up shots.