pohani komarac wrote:Impacien wrote:Kevin Willis wrote:Ah so you see him as a pf. I see him as as a tall sf. As a pf yes he would be fine but then he would have a hard time in the post.
That strictly means he's right and you're wrong.
It's amusing that there are still people who see Saric as a SF. Does this discussion still exist? He plays as a pure face-up PF.
he mixes inside and outside game
bouth on average level. on ofense besides transition game he can be described as jack of all trades master of none
He'll specialize as he develops and at a higher pace the sooner he joins the NBA. He'll rely on speed, ball-handling and jump-shot to score, operating from the mid-post out.
Kevin Willis wrote:Impacien wrote:Kevin Willis wrote:Ah so you see him as a pf. I see him as as a tall sf. As a pf yes he would be fine but then he would have a hard time in the post.
That strictly means he's right and you're wrong.
It's amusing that there are still people who see Saric as a SF. Does this discussion still exist? He plays as a pure face-up PF.
I don't care about right and wrong. I think he has the skill level to play SF too. With small ball he may be fine as a stretch 4 but there's not many point-PF in the league. I can't think of one. There are several point-SF in the league though and his playmaking ability is excellent.
This discussion will always exist because of how unique a player he is. It's not a negative thing. Most would say Pierce / Anthony are SFs but guess what they are playing PF. Does that discussion exist? They have the ability to play more than one position in small ball and switch back to SF with the right line up. He's not a tweener with no defined position, he's a player with the skill-set to play TWO positions.
He doesn't have the skill level to be a SF, a point forward:
- he's too reckless with the ball. Takes way too many risks. He's an incredibly creative playmaker but not the type of player you want as the primary one in your team.
- he lacks the ball-handling and the first step to beat NBA wings off the dribble.
- he isn't that good of a decision maker off the pick'n'roll as the ball-handling man.
- he might develop into a solid 3 point shooter, I think he will, but not an elite one. His mechanics are too slow.
- his low post game isn't about overpowering smaller guys, rather outspeeding larger ones. He's a flasher, not back to basket, position based, post player.
- more importantly, he'd be hopeless trying to defend NBA wings.
As PF, he can take advantage of his quickness with and without the ball relatively to most his peers and of his ability to rebound and make the outlet pass or bring the ball up himself.
I don't care much about labelling positions, and you can simply call him a forward, or an hybrid forward, but in NBA teams he'll be the second slowest/largest player on court, one of the two guys playing closer to the rim defensively, in most situations.
