whitehops wrote:OakleyDokely wrote:Lockdown504090 wrote:What do we think the “prime dick” looks like? Rn he looks like Mario hezonja to me. What is the difference?
It's hard to say because Dick potentially has a lot to offer as an ancillary creator, rebounder, cutter, finisher around the rim that if he develops and leverages these skills, he could be more of a Gordon Haywood type than a straight shooter. Haywood started off mostly as an on ball creator who leveraged that into outside shooting, so Dick would be coming at it from the opposite direction, leveraging his shot into these other skills. But if these other skills don't come along, then he's more of a Cam Johnson, Kevin Huerter type.
i think duncan robinson should be a good inspiration for him. robinson was one-dimensional as a movement shooter and defensive liability. last season he was essentially out of the heat's rotation but this season he added a dribble-drive game, is fully back in the rotation and the heat actually run on-ball actions with him.
it'll take time (it's robinson's 6th season) but if gradey works on his body and his skills he could be more than just a shooter, which was obviously the hope when they drafted him.
Ya, Robinson's been a really good all-around player this year. He's at 3 assists per game now and he's become a valuable on ball creator.
It's hard to make comparisons because often Gradey is compared to players who spent years in college and came into the league at an advanced age when their bodies and skills were a lot more developed. Duncan Robinson came into the NBA at 24 years old after spending years in college. Dick left college after 1 year and just turned 20. He's still basically a piece of clay that needs to be molded into a NBA player. You see glimpses of skills, but he hasn't put any one thing together yet.
That made me laugh but rookie things
