amk233 wrote:Johnlac1 wrote:LouisLitt wrote:
Curry is a better shooter, has a quicker release, a much better handle, and has better court vision. Not really surprising.
Curry is also a better athlete. He's not Westbrook or Rose, but he's a grade better than Fredette athletically. And while not a great defender, definitely better than Fredette's whose def. was ghastly awful.
While they were both viewed as below average athletes coming out of college I agree that Curry is clearly the superior athlete. I just find it interesting that Fredette can't find a place in the league anywhere. I mean you have to imagine even if Curry were a worse athlete he would still have a place in the league as a bench scorer.
http://www.nbadraft.net/players/stephen-curryhttp://www.nbadraft.net/players/jimmer-fredette
I remember watching Fredette in college. He does have an excellent NBA level skill....shooting the ball from three point distance on the dead run with excellent accuracy. He also is a better passer than people give him credit for. But I never thought he had the ability to be a star in the NBA like he was in college. A good player off the bench to score quick pts.
But I noticed one thing about his college days...he played no def. and when he tried to guard other players, they went around him like the pros did. In short, he was a terrible onball defender even in college. Watching his rookie year with the Kings it was apparent that was easily his biggest lack. A number of times he came into games and did what I thought he was capable of....score a bunch of pts. making multiple threes and helping his team.
But too often his opponent would see Fredette and simply head to the basket for an easy bucket. You've got to make a lot of three to compensate for that kind of bad defense. And even if some teammate picked up his man, that left the teammate's man open for an easy shot.
Fredette also was not as good a ballhandler as he should have been.
What he should have done was (1) work on def. quickness drills so he was quite as big a pigeon and (2) work on his dribbling so he could play point more.
He's actually not the worst athlete I've seen play in the league, but he's absolutely one of the worst onball def. players I've ever seen.
That horrible def. is what kept his a** nailed to the bench most of the time and ultimately probably what caused him to be out of he league.