mademan wrote:OhCanada wrote:mademan wrote:
He rebounds the ball, and he defends the rim. He has real skills that teams value, even if he isnt a 35 min guy. Dick is a shooting specialist who's not really special in his skill while not being able to defend....who wants that?
Your undervaluing Grady Dick. Maybe your expectations for him have not been met, but try not to look past his strengths. Shooting is the most valuable skill in the NBA and for a 21 year old 6'7 player that averaged 2 threes made per game and 15 points per game his defense is not so bad.
All i said was he's not a special shooter. And he's not good enough at anything else to be a not special shooter. Im not undervaluing him..youre overvaluing him based on his draft slot
Dick is in the midst of developing his game. Pascal Siakam wasn't an Allstar in his second year with the Raptors. The real thing with Dick is he is not an off the ball movement shooter. Toronto is trying to develop him into one in the mold of Klay Thompson when in reality Grady wants the ball in his hands, he wants to dribble into pull up jump shots, slash to the rim annd be a high volume strteaky rhythm scorer. But to truly compliment this roster he has to learn how to become an ultra effecient player that plays off of others.
If Dick was playing for Utah in a high usage role he woulld probably have averaged 18-21 ppg. He showed that early in the season.