Alex Sarr

AFM · Post #941 » by **AFM** » Fri Jul 18, 2025 11:41 pm

Listen I can clear up any and all confusion: Sarr is SHNASTY wit it!!!! End of story!!!!

prime1time · Post #942 » by **prime1time** » Sat Jul 19, 2025 12:21 am

nate33 wrote:
prime1time wrote:
DCZards wrote:Plus Timme doesn’t “go up strong” when scoring, as has been suggested. What he does is use good footwork and series of crafty moves to score in the paint.

Kudos to Timme for developing that kind of offensive package. It is an aspect of his game that Sarr could indeed learn from.

He dunked on Sarr.

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It's better to say Timme doesn't only go up strong.
If that was Sarr it would be a floater

Yeah he dunked on Sarr, but that was because Sarr had to step out and stop the ball handler. At least Sarr got back and tried to stop it. A good defender gets dunked on a lot because he is not afraid to challenge shots even if he is out of position.

What do you have to say about the plays at 1:37 and 2:15?

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Or how about the deterrence here?

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I would say you don't understand my post. I'm not questioning Sarr's defense he had 8 blocks. I'm questioning why he shoots floaters close to the rim. I brought up Timme's dunk as an example of how Sarr should attack the rim. I have no problems with Sarr's rim protection lol.

Despy · Post #943 » by **Despy** » Sat Jul 19, 2025 1:03 am

I'm guessing sarr doesn't dunk more is because jhes a 20 year old stick figure and timme isnt

tontoz · Post #944 » by **tontoz** » Sat Jul 19, 2025 1:08 am

I have no problem with Sarr shooting floaters. If he misses he has a decent chance of getting the rebound. It's those fadeaways that really hurt because he shoots them poorly and then is out of rebounding position.

Tre did that once in summer league, missing a floater then getting the rebound for an easy putback.

prime1time · Post #945 » by **prime1time** » Sat Jul 19, 2025 6:03 am

Despy wrote:I'm guessing sarr doesn't dunk more is because jhes a 20 year old stick figure and timme isnt

Chet dunks and he's skinnier than Sarr.

prime1time · Post #946 » by **prime1time** » Sat Jul 19, 2025 6:08 am

Can we stop with the silly excuses? Dear lord. It's ok to say that a 20 year old needs to improve. It's not that complicated. And if he doesn't fix his inability to score close to the hoop at some point in the future when the rebuild is done, and games matter he's going to cost us games. When that happens, the team will be forced to reduce his shot attempts or move on from him. In sports winning isn't everything it's the only thing. Make the case that it is better in the long run for the team that Sarr does not go up strong but rather does some weird/inaccurate push floater shot.

gesa2 · Post #947 » by **gesa2** » Sat Jul 19, 2025 11:58 am

Players rarely completely change what they are. Sarr likely won’t be a guy that dunks over same size people much. But if he can be 20% more aggressive and also improve his other finishing shots he’s got enough other elements to his game that he’ll be a good and useful player. There’s a lot of gray between being Blake Griffin and being Mo Bamba.

AFM · Post #948 » by **AFM** » Sat Jul 19, 2025 12:05 pm

Problem is he's probably listening to "La Vie En Rose" in his headphones pregame. Training staff needs to change that out for something brolic. Meek Mill - Polo & Shell Tops. He'll probably posterize a fella the next game!!!!

Post #949 » by **nate33** » Sat Jul 19, 2025 1:10 pm

gesa2 wrote:Players rarely completely change what they are. Sarr likely won’t be a guy that dunks over same size people much. But if he can be 20% more aggressive and also improve his other finishing shots he’s got enough other elements to his game that he’ll be a good and useful player. There’s a lot of gray between being Blake Griffin and being Mo Bamba.

I think 19-year-olds can change who they are. It's not like Sarr is 24.

Last year, at age 19, Sarr had 58 total dunks in 1877 minutes of action, which is 1.2 dunks per 36 minutes.
In Summer League this season at age 20, Sarr had 6 total dunks in 59 minutes of action, which is about 3.7 dunks per 36 minutes.

I think Sarr has and will continue to be more aggressive and physical as he gets stronger. I'm actually pretty impressed with the amount of muscle he has put on his body in the last 3 months. He is putting in the work.

I don't ever expect him to be a Daniel Gafford tier dunker at the rim because he doesn't have the hands, but I do expect him to attempt to finish through contact much more as he gets stronger.

AFM · Post #950 » by **AFM** » Sat Jul 19, 2025 1:13 pm

We've hit peak stats brain. DUNKS PER MINUTE

payitforward · Post #951 » by **payitforward** » Sat Jul 19, 2025 1:29 pm

LOL... off season!

We need one more trade!!

Despy · Post #952 » by **Despy** » Sat Jul 19, 2025 7:54 pm

prime1time wrote:
Despy wrote:I'm guessing sarr doesn't dunk more is because jhes a 20 year old stick figure and timme isnt

Chet dunks and he's skinnier than Sarr.

Chets 23 Sarr just hit 20

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #953 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Sat Jul 19, 2025 9:47 pm

Alex has a Dwight Howard set of shoulders.

prime1time · Post #954 » by **prime1time** » Sat Jul 19, 2025 10:02 pm

Despy wrote:
prime1time wrote:
Despy wrote:I'm guessing sarr doesn't dunk more is because jhes a 20 year old stick figure and timme isnt

Chet dunks and he's skinnier than Sarr.

Chets 23 Sarr just hit 20

So what?

GatherStepGuru · Post #955 » by **GatherStepGuru** » Tue Jul 22, 2025 2:11 pm

gesa2 wrote:Players rarely completely change what they are. Sarr likely won’t be a guy that dunks over same size people much. But if he can be 20% more aggressive and also improve his other finishing shots he’s got enough other elements to his game that he’ll be a good and useful player. There’s a lot of gray between being Blake Griffin and being Mo Bamba.

For sure. As his confidence grows he’ll probably become more aggressive and better at finishing strong. For his finesse type of game, I’ll think he’ll benefit from learning how to use glass and angles instead of floaters. No reason he can’t be a poor man’s Siakam in a few years.

TheBlackCzar · Post #956 » by **TheBlackCzar** » Wed Jul 23, 2025 5:38 am

prime1time wrote:
Despy wrote:
prime1time wrote:Chet dunks and he's skinnier than Sarr.

Chets 23 Sarr just hit 20

So what?

It means quite a bit in regards to your physical development...
Chet has had two major injuries in his 1st 3 seasons in the league...
He missed his entire rookie season due to a dislocated ankle, and fractured his hip last year....
So there has been a heavy price to his physicality when his body wasn't quite ready for it.....
Alex working on improving his physicality year by year as he gets stronger is cool....
Finishing more consistently should start happening this year and improve year by year....
Summer league was just the beginning of the process....
We'll see how he looks during the season.....

prime1time · Post #957 » by **prime1time** » Wed Jul 23, 2025 12:37 pm

TheBlackCzar wrote:
prime1time wrote:
Despy wrote:Chets 23 Sarr just hit 20

So what?

It means quite a bit in regards to your physical development...
Chet has had two major injuries in his 1st 3 seasons in the league...
He missed his entire rookie season due to a dislocated ankle, and fractured his hip last year....
So there has been a heavy price to his physicality when his body wasn't quite ready for it.....
Alex working on improving his physicality year by year as he gets stronger is cool....
Finishing more consistently should start happening this year and improve year by year....
Summer league was just the beginning of the process....
We'll see how he looks during the season.....

Guys dunk on people in high school. It's not about injuries it's about Sarr's mentality. Hopefully NBA culture will rub off on him. He's simply too finesse.

Post #958 » by **nate33** » Wed Jul 23, 2025 12:52 pm

prime1time wrote:
TheBlackCzar wrote:
prime1time wrote:So what?

It means quite a bit in regards to your physical development...
Chet has had two major injuries in his 1st 3 seasons in the league...
He missed his entire rookie season due to a dislocated ankle, and fractured his hip last year....
So there has been a heavy price to his physicality when his body wasn't quite ready for it.....
Alex working on improving his physicality year by year as he gets stronger is cool....
Finishing more consistently should start happening this year and improve year by year....
Summer league was just the beginning of the process....
We'll see how he looks during the season.....

Guys dunk on people in high school. It's not about injuries it's about Sarr's mentality. Hopefully NBA culture will rub off on him. He's simply too finesse.

Yes. His lack of physicality was the biggest concern about him when he was drafted. I saw some improvement on that this Summer League. Hopefully it will continue.

DCZards · Post #959 » by **DCZards** » Wed Jul 23, 2025 1:06 pm

Nate’s point earlier is the most important one. Sarr looked physically bigger and stronger during SL so he’s obviously putting in the work.

He’s never gonna be a beast in the paint. But that’s fine because, with his length and athleticism and ball handling, Sarr will be able to do things that beast in the paint can’t do.

payitforward · Post #960 » by **payitforward** » Wed Jul 23, 2025 2:57 pm

Overall, Alex Sarr had a truly awful rookie season. His numbers were just plain putrid.

Now, the standard of comparison, obviously, is the average production of an NBA center. Whereas Alex came in as a 19 yr old kid -- tho, in fairness, he'd already been a pro baller for a while.

No one would close the door on Alex, obviously, but I'd say it would be fair to compare his rookie numbers w/ those of '23-4 rookie Derrick Lively, who also came in as a 19-year-old. Unfortunately, that only makes things look worse: Lively had an outstanding rookie campaign!

Here's hoping Alex takes a big jump this year.