CDM_Stats wrote:vvoland wrote:CDM_Stats wrote:An ideal offseason means Klay walks and CP3/Wiggins/JK are all dealt
Unless there's some homerun offer for a good player that we can't pass up, winning should be a minor concern over development and getting questions answered about the youth movement
If it's development over winning, why move on from JK?
Because there's not much development left.. people see athleticism and project that out. But what actually drives development is skill level. JK is missing crucial building blocks there
It seems a lot of people think athleticism means huge potential and while you can point to a lot of cases where athleticism helps a lot, you have to have the skills to make use of that athleticism gap. JK is a top end athlete, his burst, speed, explosion are all elite. But he's unable to use marry his handles with the burst to actually make use out of it in the half court. In the full court where he has a head full of steam, he looks great. I do wonder if Kerr allowed him to just back up to the half court like Giannis does and get a full head of steam what would happen. Could he actually build a way to get around the initial defender consistently? I actually think he does better when he has a size mismatch and he can shoot over the top or bully his way to the rim rather than using speed to get around bigger players. Like if we could play him at SG and have a line up of Steph, JK, Wiggins, Dray, Lauri I think both Wiggins and JK would do a lot better. As they do better with being bigger rather than having to use speed.
But really potential is about is there a skill that can you can rely on that defenses have to respect. Like between Klay and Barnes, Barnes is more athletic so a lot of people thought Barnes had more potential, but Klay has an uncanny shot that defenses actually have to respect. Once you're able to get someone to respect that skill then you can build counters to that. Look at the top players now Jokic, Luka, Embiid, Giannis only 1 of them really uses athleticism the rest are using skills that they enhance with their physical attributes.