Hal14 wrote:ItsDanger wrote:Duke4life831 wrote:Still dont see an NBA starter with him. Ya his 3pt shot is improved this year (mainly from this last 3 game stretch), but his FT% has dropped to sub 70%. Even though he's no longer playing alongside Lively this year, his rebounding has dropped a little as well. His passing has improved a good amount.
But my main thing is, Im just not sure what he does well is going to translate well against NBA athletes. He is just too stiff in his movements in my opinion.
Finally saw a Duke game expecting to see improved mobility but I just didn't notice a huge difference from last season. The 1st question for Filipkowski is can he hold his own defensively, and I don't know at this point.
His mobility, flexibility and explosiveness is definitely better this season. You can see it on film and you can see it in the stats with the huge jump in blocks %.
I'm obviously not saying he's as good as all these guys or making a direct 1 to 1 comparison but he's got some shades of all these guys..
Lauri Markannen
Kevin Love
Kelly Olynyk
Nikola Vucevic
Wendell Carter, Jr
Alperen Sengun
Domantas Sabonis
Danilo Gallinari
Nikola Jokic
Guys with this level of production + size + skill (handle, shot creation, finishing, passing, footwork, vision, feel, shooting) at 7'0" with multiple seasons as the go-to scorer on one of the best teams in college basketball..he's a top 10 pick at a minimum - especially in a weaker draft class.
I mean a big reason why the block % is up, is the fact he is in the paint far more this year than last year. Flip played almost all his minutes at the 4 last year. He now camps in the paint as the 5 for the majority of this year. It also helps that Lively isnt there taking up all the blocks. Ryan Young's block % has doubled this year as well.
Im still not really seeing any fluidity/agility difference from him this year compared to last year.
And I guess he has shades of those dudes, all except WCJ are tall white guys, so there is that. Again I like Flip as a player, especially a college player. But if youre going to take him top 10/lotto youre taking him with the thought process of him being your offensive hub. I personally dont think he will be efficient enough of an offensive player against NBA athletes to be your offensive hub. I do think he can carve out a role as a solid stretch energy big off the bench though.