Superchunk wrote:kron100 wrote:mad-man wrote: His dribbling alone should keep him out of the first round, dribbling is a skill and you can't teach skill.
Completely agree. I know we need a PF but Luwawu looks like a Rich man's Thabo. Could be our starting SF for many years.
You can't teach height. You can't teach length. You can't teach a good motor. You can't teach skill either now? What can you teach?
Seriously...you can't teach skill?
skill
skil/
noun
noun: skill
the ability to do something well; expertise.
Did you just say that basketball players can't get improve their dribbling past the age of what, 19?
Honestly. Go look at film from Demar's first season and watch his dribbling. It limited his game greatly because he didn't have confidence in his handle, you'd see it with how often he'd circle back and maintain the dribble, instead of penetrating the defense and causing collapses. But look at the guy now. It's a running gag that he likes to bounce the ball off his foot (especially during crunch time), but his ball handling skills are far, far greater than when he first entered the league. And that's because dude puts in the work and strives to improve. Now he's among the league leaders in FTA per game. And while much of that is crafty pump fakes to get guys to leave their feet, a greater chunk is his ability to drive the lane and initiate the contact. Again, something he can do now largely in part because he's improved his ball handling.
