The Kemba Walker Thread

[TheKingofSting]

While the shooting and assists are pretty average, 5 rebounds a game is **** awesome for a PG, much less a tiny one

Not when you're on the floor with Mullens and other poor rebounders. Though I have to admit it's his most positive attribute.

At least you finally said something positive!

[captaincrunk]

While the shooting and assists are pretty average, 5 rebounds a game is **** awesome for a PG, much less a tiny one

Not when you're on the floor with Mullens and other poor rebounders. Though I have to admit it's his most positive attribute.

At least you finally said something positive!

At the same time though, it's the least valuable attribute in a point guard aside from maybe blocked shots or getting a lot of turnovers but looking good doing it.

[Diop]

thats better, balance is restored.

[LamarMatic7]

After most of the games played, I think we can be sure that he can have a long NBA career of averaging between 10 and 15 points per game. What I'm not sure about is can he become a starting guard on a playoffs team or will he be one of those guards with bad shot selection and a FG% of 40 on a 30-win team.

[nyhuskyfan]

Poor shooting and more rebounds than assists from your lead guard is "really good #'s"?

Yes, the only thing that stood out is the shooting % and the TO, and he has improved on his TO as the year has progressed.

He averaged 2.3 in Jan and 1.7 in March.

Of course he is also playing 6 less mins per game from Jan to March too.

Actually, starting with his triple-double on Jan. 28, he has had 145 assists and 44 turnovers (almost a 3.5 to 1 ratio) in 30 games, which works out to only 1.5 turnovers a game. Before that, his assist to turnover ratio was well under 2:1 (maybe 1:7 to 1) in his first 20 games.

His shooting percentage is woeful and hurts my eyes to look at, but he's made a lot of progress with his point guard skills. He needs to get his NBA legs underneath him in the offseason and become a more respectable jump shooter, because that's an area he's really under-performed. And unlike college, he can't just get to the rim on the break when he wants an easy bucket after missing a couple jumpers.

[TheKingofSting]

He was handing out assists left and right tonight until that genius Silas decides to not put him in in the 4th quarter!

[advanced]

Silas is worse than Larry Brown. tell a kid hes the starter then play him even less minutes than normal and dont put him out with the "real starters" in the 4th even though he plays well. fast track to screwing up someones confidence. bravo

[Liver_Pooty]

Eh. Augustin played better than Walker tonight, and in crunch time you go for the win. Walker with a respectable 10 and 7 while Augustin had 18 and 7 while shooting 6-11 from the field.

I guess you could say he should have played them both together with Henderson perhaps at the 3, but having either Augustin or Walker guard Derozan at the 2 just wouldn't have been fair to either of them.

[TheKingofSting]

Eh. Augustin played better than Walker tonight, and in crunch time you go for the win. Walker with a respectable 10 and 7 while Augustin had 18 and 7 while shooting 6-11 from the field.

I guess you could say he should have played them both together with Henderson perhaps at the 3, but having either Augustin or Walker guard Derozan at the 2 just wouldn't have been fair to either of them.

Exactly, it is not like we played good defense anyway.

[Liver_Pooty]

I'll agree they should have played together more often tonight, but when a point guard is actually trying to learn to play the position at this level I prefer them to actually play it. I call it the Raymond Felton Syndrome. Watching him play the 2 guard beside Brevin Knight for those couple years would make me irate.

[nyhuskyfan]

He was handing out assists left and right tonight until that genius Silas decides to not put him in in the 4th quarter!

Can't fault him for staying with the veteran playing well in the fourth quarter - ideally you'd like to win a couple games here before the season's out.

Kemba had 7 and 2 today, and one of the turnovers was just a completely random ball slipping out of his hands thing in the first couple minutes (the other was a no-look pass to a wide-open basket support). He's now 152 assists and 46 turnovers in 31 games since his triple double (a 3.3 to 1 ratio). Before that it was 62 and 42 in his first 20 games (a 1:5 to 1 ratio, which stinks).

He's now averaging exactly 5 assists per game in March/April in 22 minutes of playing time (a stretch of 18 games). I've always hated using a "per 48 minutes" stat for part-time players, but if you take it with a grain of salt, lately he's at least in the ballpark of being a 10 assists per game PG if he was getting 40-44 minutes a night.

Edited to fix math (46 turnovers and a 3.3 to 1 ratio)

[Liver_Pooty]

He was handing out assists left and right tonight until that genius Silas decides to not put him in in the 4th quarter!

Can't fault him for staying with the veteran playing well in the fourth quarter - ideally you'd like to win a couple games here before the season's out.

Kemba had 7 and 2 today, and one of the turnovers was just a completely random ball slipping out of his hands thing in the first couple minutes (the other was a no-look pass to a wide-open basket support). He's now 152 assists and 47 turnovers in 31 games since his triple double (a 3.4 to 1 ratio). Before that it was 62 and 42 in his first 20 games (a 1:5 to 1 ratio, which stinks).

He's now averaging exactly 5 assists per game in March/April in 22 minutes of playing time (a stretch of 18 games). I've always hated using a "per 48 minutes" stat for part-time players, but if you take it with a grain of salt, lately he's at least in the ballpark of being a 10 assists per game PG if he was getting 40-44 minutes a night.

Agreed. I am pretty sure that Cho/Jordan will do a sign and trade with Augustin after this season anyway or let him go anyway. They aren't going to pay a guy 6-7.5 million to be a backup to their lottery pick from a year ago.

[BigSlam]

Kemba had 7 and 2 today, and one of the turnovers was just a completely random ball slipping out of his hands thing in the first couple minutes (the other was a no-look pass to a wide-open basket support).

He did have moments last night where he looked good and was seeing the floor very well. There were some other times where he looked totally out of control and like he didn't know what he was doing though.

He needs to learn to pass the ball better - and by that I mean know where to put the ball in his team mates sweet spots so they require little effort to get into their shooting motion. It's something that Felton was always horrible at. It's one thing to pass the ball but it's another if you are passing it high or wide or behind etc.

DJA is excellent at getting the ball to the right spot quickly.

There were some good signs from Kemba though. He needs to slow down a little.

[captaincrunk]

Silas is worse than Larry Brown. tell a kid hes the starter then play him even less minutes than normal and dont put him out with the "real starters" in the 4th even though he plays well. fast track to screwing up someones confidence. bravo

Kemba played so badly, his mother left at halftime.

[thruthefire]

How many times has Kemba played for all of the fourth quarter (or at least closed the game out) despite not starting? I can't put a number on it, but it's been a lot.

[fatlever]

silas says kemba's shot needs fixing over the summer

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/0 ... -open.html

Silas went into particular detail about the importance of fixing rookie point guard Kemba Walker’s jump shot this summer. Walker is shooting 37 percent from the field and doesn’t have great range. Silas suspects Walker had an easier time creating separation against college defenders at Connecticut, so a technically flawed jump shot didn’t hurt him as much.

Silas has helped others – shooting guard Gerald Henderson, for instance – with a drill where players spend two to three weeks shooting one-handed. That forces them to palm the ball correctly and get the ball out to the side, rather than above the head, as Walker often shoots.

However, that drill only succeeds in the off-season or when a player is injured, because he’s not allowed to shoot using his off-hand for a long duration.

“They develop a good touch and it becomes a habit,’’ Silas said. “It takes time – two, three weeks before they don’t have to think about it anymore.”

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/0 ... rylink=cpy

[Stun704]

Silas coaching needs to be fixed over the summer

[Komodo]

You should hire a shooting coach. Dave Hopla is a good one.

[TheKingofSting]

Silas coaching needs to be fixed over the summer

[Eoghan]

Yeah, Paul Silas is legendary for his jumpshot. Makes TOTAL sense.