Randle McMurphy wrote:PushDaRock wrote:Randle McMurphy wrote:Brook Lopez is a miles better athlete than Zach Edey even at age 36 or whatever the hell he is. Edey literally can’t even move against college kids. A simple PnR will play him off the floor at the next level every single time.
Edey could not afford to get in foul trouble, he was the entire offense. That's why he only contested when it was at the rim and avoided situations where he could get called for fouls, it was by design. He's more mobile and a better athlete than people think. It's still a question market how his game translates over but those factors I mentioned I think made him appear to be a worse defender than he really is.
If you want to look at combine testing, Edey posted a 11.37 lane agility and 3.45 3/4 sprint time. Brook Lopez posted a 12.77 lane agility and 3.57 3/4 sprint time.
Edey not moving well enough to guard PnRs against college kids had exactly nothing to do with avoiding foul trouble. It had to do with him being one of the worst movers in the NCAA. The vast majority of teams in the country just aren’t skilled enough to take advantage of that but UConn did. It will only get even worse for him against better athletes and shooters at the next level.
Yeah agreed. Also people need to stop deferring to combine measurements to say someone is a good or a poor athlete. Combine stats don’t take into account fatigue, reaction time, general awareness and spatial intelligence, physical coordination, hand eye coordination, explosiveness through contact, etc. The best way to measure athleticism is to watch what players can do in game situations. It’s like that guy at the park who can only dunk off alley oops while shooting around because they can’t coordinate themselves or explode through contact in a game situation.
Based on what I saw last night, Edey has a long way to go. And it’s not just because of his foot speed, but his awareness/reaction time isn’t great. And he needs to work on his coordination, ironically, when he doesn’t have the ball. His arm placement for contesting shots and deterring drives could use lots of work.
You look at a guy like Jokic…terrible athlete on paper but his awareness and instincts are off the charts. He’s also phenomenally coordinated. That stuff doesn’t show up in the combine.
not strong, only aggresive cuz the power ain't directed/ that's why, we are subjected to the will of the oppressive