pacers33granger wrote:One of the pre-draft concerns with him was aversion to contact. Not that I'd expect that to change in a few months or anything but it has been very apparent.
It works if his floater is hitting but that's a tough shot and for a guy with his strength and speed, he should be going to the basket. If he attacked like Mathurin I think he'd play himself into some real minutes pretty quick.
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I agree, but I think his offensive game is a long way from having the confidence that Mathurin puts on the floor. I also get his shying away from contact. Idk, but I believe (from some old articles) that he's always been one of those guys that's been big for his age? One of those kids that gets told, 'Now Jarace, you be careful around those other kids. You know you're bigger than they are.' Being a good person, you grow up with that habit. Now he's in a situation with people just as big, strong, and fast as he is, and he needs to unlearn that 'you are the biggest person in the room' habit. If that makes any sense?
At least I hope that is the case, because he wouldn't be truly 'averse' to contact, just in the habit of avoiding it, which would seem to be easier to fix than someone who truly doesn't like and consciously avoids the physicality?
That's just another reason, I see him more as a perimeter wing, than a banger. For all that he, as yet, doesn't do, what he can do, and more importantly what he could do when he's been in the league a few years, looks so promising.