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Andre Blatche
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Players who are more skilled than percieved?
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Players who are more skilled than percieved?
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Dwight Howard on his FT struggles:
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Agree on Andray, he's gonna be a real player soon enough.
I'll add a Bull - Thabo Sefolosha.
Thabo can do it all. He's the best defender (in my opinion) on a team that can be the best defensive team in the league if they tried (like the last few seasons). Defence is where he really shines - it's how he got put on the NBA Draft map and he hasn't disappointed. He can play PG, SG and SF and is one of the best rebounders from the guard position in the league. His ballhandling is decent, at least enough for him to run the PG at 6-7 for spurts. He's a really nice passer for a swingman - seems to make the right passes at the right time and has had his fair share of flashy behind the back style passes.
His jumpshot was terrible going into this season, but since the all star break he's been pretty damn good. His confidence was absolutely non existant thanks to Jimbo and Skiles coaching earlier in the season, constantly being given the Tyrus Thomas treatment and being yanked out of games for no particular reason. Just to show you the numbers:
FG% pre AS - 39.5%
FG% post AS - 49.0%
3PT% pre AS - 26.0%
3PT% post AS - 42.1%
Pretty huge jumps statistically, and you can see his confidence in his jumpshot is at an all time high when you watch him play.
You can't really pick out anything Thabo doesn't do well except for free throw shooting, but he's still a 72% shooter at the line.
Thabo will never be the player that Scottie Pippen was, but that's his game, although on a lower level.
I'll add a Bull - Thabo Sefolosha.
Thabo can do it all. He's the best defender (in my opinion) on a team that can be the best defensive team in the league if they tried (like the last few seasons). Defence is where he really shines - it's how he got put on the NBA Draft map and he hasn't disappointed. He can play PG, SG and SF and is one of the best rebounders from the guard position in the league. His ballhandling is decent, at least enough for him to run the PG at 6-7 for spurts. He's a really nice passer for a swingman - seems to make the right passes at the right time and has had his fair share of flashy behind the back style passes.
His jumpshot was terrible going into this season, but since the all star break he's been pretty damn good. His confidence was absolutely non existant thanks to Jimbo and Skiles coaching earlier in the season, constantly being given the Tyrus Thomas treatment and being yanked out of games for no particular reason. Just to show you the numbers:
FG% pre AS - 39.5%
FG% post AS - 49.0%
3PT% pre AS - 26.0%
3PT% post AS - 42.1%
Pretty huge jumps statistically, and you can see his confidence in his jumpshot is at an all time high when you watch him play.
You can't really pick out anything Thabo doesn't do well except for free throw shooting, but he's still a 72% shooter at the line.
Thabo will never be the player that Scottie Pippen was, but that's his game, although on a lower level.
