HiRez wrote:TB wrote:As for Trayce, the thing I've been most excited about is that some of the athletic concerns have transitioned okay to the NBA. His interior defense has translated pretty well, as has his offensive finishing (should note that he finishes at the rim almost identical to Loon this year, yet everyone thinks Loon is clueless at the hoop and Trayce dunks everything lol).
28.6% of TJDs shots are dunks, only 15% for Loon, so there is a difference there. Essentially TJD dunks it about twice as often as Loon in terms of shot attempts. But it's even more stark when you factor in time played: Loon has 13 dunks in 574 minutes played, TJD has 10 in 132 minutes. Put another way, Loon dunks once every 44 minutes on average, TJD dunks once every 13 minutes, or about 3 1/2 times as often in game time. Loon probably spends more time outside the post on offense though (especially with Draymond out), which could explain some of that.
Small sample size, but TJD also gets to the free throw line at an extremely high rate. His rate of 0.771 is about double of Kuminga and Curry and about triple of what everyone else on the team gets. He's 15th in the NBA in FTA per 100 possessions. Embid, Giannis, Butler, Lillard, SGA, KD, Booker, Young, Fox, Zion, Doncic, DeRozan, Jordan and Bam are the guys ahead of him.
I really think Warriors fans are starting to see how good he is and can be. His strengths fill many of this teams weaknesses. Draymonds out, so let's give him some run. If he continues to be limited I'll have to totally give up on Kerr.