frumble wrote:
SGA with 13 pts, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals in 36 minutes for Kentucky. 5/9 from the field. The 36 minutes especially impressive.
I watched the whole Kentucky game, and I realize that this is extremely premature analysis based upon one game, but here goes:
He's very calm and controlled with the ball (probably why Calipari trusts him to play 36 minutes), and his defence was excellent for most of the game. The run that Kentucky went on to get back in the game at the beginning of the 2nd half was mostly due to SGA causing havoc on the defensive end and then making smart outlet passes for fast break opportunities.
That said, I really don't see him as a one-and-done player. He really lacks explosion in his first step. He had a hard time getting the jump on players from Utah Valley, I can only imagine the struggles he would have in the NBA. He also seems much more agile and coordinated on the defensive end than the offensive end - interesting as most young players seem to be the opposite.
Overall, he'll be a very good point guard, but I don't see enough of any one or two things that he excels at that would suggest to me that he'd be ready for the NBA in a year's time. Maybe he'll develop quickly, but I just don't see it yet based upon what I saw in this game where he actually played fairly well.