Dalek wrote:Thaddy wrote:Dalek wrote:I thought I posted this earlier today, but I think I forgot to submit. These are pretty decent videos of Coulibaly showing his offense and the second one highlights the defense:
I think his size, wiry frame and shooting ability remind me most of Mikal Bridges. He will be a guy who moves up because he has a good base to work from, is young and malleable.
Whether Toronto wants him is another story. He is a a very good prospect, but likely a couple years away from producing, and at pick 13 there might be a bit more pressure for immediate returns. To me, he could be better served as a draft and stash guy to get better reps where he is.
Looking at Coulibaly's stats he's had more TO's than assists. He doesn't look like a good shooter if we're going by the stats. The FT% is reassuring but I think Cissoko's ability to get to the line and the month by month improvement in that area shows he's gaining confidence in his physicality. Cissoko has double the FTr of Banton and better playmaking stats than him in the GLeague this season. Cissoko is 18 while Banton is 23 years old.
The reason I have faith in Cissoko is because he is easy to compare to NBA talent. I've seen him go against Champagnie and the 905 with borderline NBA players and out perform them. That's gives enough reasonable belief he can be a productive rotation player right away.
Cissoko's immediate skills are going to be his ability to get to the line, play POA defense, run an offense as the ball handler in a pick and roll, keep turnovers low, and play as a secondary ball handler. He's going to be a streaky shooter but I can see him improving on that. I guess his FT% is >65 next season but <75
I just don't think the G-League is a good place for him to develop. He has a good situation in Europe where he can gain confidence.
You have to remember that his highlights and stats are mainly against lower league and younger players and that's probably where he needs to be in year one to gain confidence, not watch journeyman G-Leaguers take turns running the offense over him.
I have to disagree with that. He can't go back to playing with the lower league, he's gone past that now. He should play with the varsity club which he's doing now, even with limited minutes. However he is play with VW right now, next year he might be playing with scrubs. I agree with everything else that his stats were against lower competition but he'll be alright in our G-League. Have him around Boucher and the french media. Even though he's still raw, by the end of the year he will be part of the rotation and pass guys like Banton.
Also shhhh, we talk about him too much. Let people forget, although I doubt scouts will because he's on the same team as VW.
