playa-hater wrote:SuperDeluxe wrote:playa-hater wrote:
You say facts and negativity, so what is 24%? Sounds like a facts and negativity to me.
Down to 24% already? It was 27% when he was drafted. This kid must suck.
His three year average was twenty seven percent, according to what they stated, but last season, according to what was just posted was twenty four percent.
Aren't you the one who always says that players need to be in rhythm to make shots and the only way you can get in rhythm is by getting enough playing time and getting enough touches and getting enough shots up?
That didn't happen at all this season for Real Madrid. Hugo was on a team that was stacked with former (or future) NBA players. He didn't play much. So he wasn't in rhythm.
Real Madrid knew he wouldn't be in rhythm and they knew that (while he does have the potential to eventually become a respectable shooter) at this point it's not the strength of his game. So they used him in a different role..not as a shooter but as an energy wing defender off the bench to come in and give energy, play defense, crash the boards, be a really good cutter, get out in transition, and make passes to keep the offense flowing..and occasionally try taking a 3 here and there if he was open.
That's the role he would play here in Boston. And in the meantime, we'll try and develop his shot..but as others have said, he has been a good FT shooter. His mechanics on his shot are pretty good. And he's still very young, early in his development so more likely to improve as a shooter than some guy who's like 23.
I think if Hugo really hits, he's a guy like Josh Hart is on the Knicks, except taller.
Also, we have to factor in that Hugo was playing against competition in ACB and EuroLeague that is better than literally every other player in this draft. So it's simply wrong to just look at his shooting percentages and compare them to some guy like Fleming who was going against future doctors and insurance salesmen (and is like 2 years older than Hugo)..
