Trae Young

kb02 · Post #661 » by **kb02** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 6:27 pm

Fischella wrote:
babyjax13 wrote:If a player is just going to be an average starting point guard at best, he's not worth a lottery pick, and I think that's where Young is at.

Well you just defined Collin Sexton, who apparently you'd take ahead of Young so....

I don't think it's a forgone conclusion that Young goes before Sexton. ESPN (Givony n Schmitz) has Young 7th n Sexton 9th in their rankings. Conference n NCAA tourney will have a big say in where they land.

doordoor123 · Post #662 » by **doordoor123** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 3:39 am

Young should go number 1. He’s a prodigy. I would be surprised if he isn’t a star in the NBA. He’s really good.

yoyoboy · Post #663 » by **yoyoboy** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 4:07 am

Anyone who doubts Young should be watching this game. Man, he's such a monster.

How many guards in NCAA history have had this kind of gravity on the court?

Michael Lucky · Post #664 » by **Michael Lucky** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 4:12 am

Best college player I have ever seen. And he's just a freshman. Lol

BeibsInTheTrap · Post #665 » by **BeibsInTheTrap** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 4:14 am

I didn't see tonight's game how is trae looking

Looks like he had a great game but got a lot of his points from the line

Michael Lucky · Post #666 » by **Michael Lucky** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 4:28 am

Unsure how getting your points from the line is a bad thing.

BeibsInTheTrap · Post #667 » by **BeibsInTheTrap** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 4:37 am

Michael Lucky wrote:Unsure how getting your points from the line is a bad thing.

Soooo how did trae young look tonight?

Michael Lucky · Post #668 » by **Michael Lucky** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 4:42 am

BeibsInTheTrap wrote:
Michael Lucky wrote:Unsure how getting your points from the line is a bad thing.

Soooo how did trae young look tonight?

I already answered that a couple posts ago.

Jkam31 · Post #669 » by **Jkam31** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 9:01 am

People were down on him after the Bama game haha. A game where he was doubled all game cause his teams can’t finish lay ups y’all funny

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Revived · Post #670 » by **Revived** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 9:07 am

yoyoboy wrote:How many guards in NCAA history have had this kind of gravity on the court?

Jimmer is the last one to come to mind.

wco81 · Post #671 » by **wco81** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 10:02 am

Revived wrote:
yoyoboy wrote:How many guards in NCAA history have had this kind of gravity on the court?

Jimmer is the last one to come to mind.

That's not a positive comparison.

EvanZ · Post #672 » by **EvanZ** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 3:38 pm

Michael Lucky wrote:Unsure how getting your points from the line is a bad thing.

Only thing I worry about with this is how durable he is and how much can he take from a health perspective. From a pure basketball perspective I don't care how a guy gets his shots. Also, it's a boon to his own team's defense being able to set after a made FTA.

Post #673 » by **Ruzious** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 4:17 pm

doordoor123 wrote:Young should go number 1. He’s a prodigy. I would be surprised if he isn’t a star in the NBA. He’s really good.

I think he'll be very good but maybe just shy of an all-star, because even though his release is super-quick, it starts low - almost like an old-fashioned set shot, and I think the longer NBA defenders will give him some problems.

Michael Lucky · Post #674 » by **Michael Lucky** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 5:15 pm

Release point matters a lot more against length than where you start your motion. Also length is really negligible along the perimeter when it comes to shooting due to the added spacing of the NBA game. It's one of the reasons why someone like IT can thrive offensively.

I_Like_Dirt · Post #675 » by **I_Like_Dirt** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 5:44 pm

Revived wrote:Jimmer is the last one to come to mind.

Jimmer was never this good. Trae Young is better and more disruptive as a freshman than Jimmer was as a senior. Young is basically averaging more of everything on slightly better efficiency in slightly fewer minutes against better competition, on average. This comparison really needs to die. Honestly, people are overthinking this one. He's just plain good.

Upperclass · Post #676 » by **Upperclass** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 6:00 pm

He's definitely the best college guard ive seen since Iverson

SeattleJazzFan · Post #677 » by **SeattleJazzFan** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 7:52 pm

I'm a huge BYU fan and naturally a big fan of Jimmer. You simply can't compare the two. When you start comparing small guards to Young - I've heard Jimmer, Chris Jackson, even Curry - the comparison falls flat where Young is a great passer with great vision and blows those guys out of the water. Jimmer averaged about 4 assists a game. he was a solid passer/playmaker, but he is nowhere near Trae Young - ultimately that is where Young separates himself. Also, a much better ball handler than Jimmer ever was.

EvanZ · Post #678 » by **EvanZ** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 9:10 pm

SeattleJazzFan wrote:I'm a huge BYU fan and naturally a big fan of Jimmer. You simply can't compare the two. When you start comparing small guards to Young - I've heard Jimmer, Chris Jackson, even Curry - the comparison falls flat where Young is a great passer with great vision and blows those guys out of the water. Jimmer averaged about 4 assists a game. he was a solid passer/playmaker, but he is nowhere near Trae Young - ultimately that is where Young separates himself. Also, a much better ball handler than Jimmer ever was.

Trae does not blow Steph out of the water in terms of passing (or Chris Jackson tbh). Bobby Knight once said that Steph is the best passer he had ever seen coming out of college. If Steph were playing for D'Antoni (or when he played for Nellie) you'd see much more of that.

916fan · Post #679 » by **916fan** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 9:21 pm

Michael Lucky wrote:Release point matters a lot more against length than where you start your motion. Also length is really negligible along the perimeter when it comes to shooting due to the added spacing of the NBA game. It's one of the reasons why someone like IT can thrive offensively.

Tell that to Lonzo though.

Michael Lucky · Post #680 » by **Michael Lucky** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 9:48 pm

916fan wrote:
Michael Lucky wrote:Release point matters a lot more against length than where you start your motion. Also length is really negligible along the perimeter when it comes to shooting due to the added spacing of the NBA game. It's one of the reasons why someone like IT can thrive offensively.

Tell that to Lonzo though.

Not sure I get the point. Lonzo gets his shot off every single time. In fact he gets the entire shot clock to do so.