JShuttlesworth wrote:I don't really want to see Scottie taking too many of those deep FG's off the dribble. He should keep working on it on those shots for sure, but I hope he doesn't settle for those when the season starts. Of course if they are laying off him he has to try and keep the defense honest.
I'd rather see him use his size to get to his spots 17-feet and in though. He's big and strong enough, and has a good enough handle to get to where he wants on the court. I think he can really do some damage in the midrange, and when he sucks in defenders he's got Fred / OG / Trent / Porter to knock down shots.
When he does take 3's I'm hoping it's more off of the catch and shoot when he's wide open and feeling good. It's just easier to shoot when you're set and ready.
Agreed, we want him to be able to launch three pointers, same with Pascal, but, we want them to be relentless going to the rim. I'm more concerned they can hit 35 - 37 percent on just good shots, if they're also constantly getting in the paint and creating high quality shots in the paint or callapsing D and kicking it out to our guys that we do want shooting that 3 ball. I like a Pascal or Scottie created kickout 3 for Fred, Gary, OG a lot better than a pull up 3 from Scottie or Pascal, atleast until proven otherwise. At same rate, we know these guys are going to have ball in hands at end of clock situations and these are going to be some of the looks we have to live with on certain possessions, so they ought to be working on this stuff.
Even if you sag off Scottie he can still get to the rim; eventually you are going to have to meet him on his way to the rim and he is tremendous at bumping his man off him with his body without picking up charges, and then equally as amazing finishing over top even guys that are bigger than him, like Embiid and Durant.
