Black Mage wrote:Apologies to whoever found this clip first - lost the post I clicked on the link to.
The early parts of this video hi-light how Ace could and should be used early on. He definitely has enough of an explosive first step and handle to aggressively attack a closeout. Which is all he really needs to provide immediate value to the Sixers in years 1 and 2.
How I picture it is if he's on the floor with Joel/PG/Maxey/Grimes or McCain his job will be to move around the perimeter and provide a C&S release valve. Presuming this kid is coachable (something Morey and team will need to determine and we'll have no way of knowing) the Sixers could simplify his role down to if you're open shoot the 3; if they close out drive. He's more than equipped to do those two things at a high level. We certainly won't have to worry about Ace hesitating to shoot.
For the last few years our boards kept trying to find a "wing" to plug our hole and a lot of us, myself included, kept hoping we'd bring Covington back. We wanted him to space, C&S or attack a closeout while providing above average to good off-ball help in stocks and solid on-ball defense.
Even with the holes we've all talked about; I don't see how anyone couldn't at least see Ace giving us exactly what we thought we needed/wanted from Covington right down to the "streaky shooting." But with Ace, we get more athleticism; youth, better handle and ability to get to the rim. His passing is about on par with Covington's. If you can get that just out the gate, that feels like a fit and a win for the pick and then you just hope he continues to develop and reach that absurd potential he displayed off and on last year.
First time watching the guy, but if these are the highlights it should be concerning. He can't blow by his opponent, and he is forced into bad shots. Even when he makes them, he doesn't look good. It's more like the shots happened to go in, and from what i get from this thread his stats say the same story.
