Lakers415 wrote:EArl wrote:Lakers415 wrote:When you guys look at it, is JC a better scorer than nick young, lou williams, russel or kobe bryant?
No, than what does JC bring to the table? He's not a pg, his handles are not better than them and his defense is not good as well. When you look at the summer league a ton of guys scoring a lot won't be on a nba team come november.
And no I don't played nba 2k, but you guys do since you think players will all improve on their deficiencies like its a video game.
JC doesn't fit with Kobe bryant, unless you think kobe will sit back and let jc dominant the ball.
Clarkson is more efficient than Nick Young and Lou Williams. His defense isn't half bad. Obviously needs some improvement. he can bring the ball up the court and isn't scared to take the hard shots. He has good ball handling skills and can be a pg if needed. He is obviously more of a sg than a Pg, but that isn't a problem. While Russell develops, Clarkson can handle main scoring duties on the team while Russel can just deal with primary ball duties. Clarkson starting next to Russell and kobe will also give the others space. i can't wait to see them all play.
He's more efficient because he take's it to the hole most of the time. GUys like kobe, nick and williams love to shoot from the outside because they are good shooters. JC is not. When KObe gets the ball on the block for a good 10 seconds, clarkson wont have the abillity to dribble dribble drive.
In regarding defense, he can get steals like D russel, but his man to man and help d is not good at all. FOr someone as fast as JC, he sure loses his man quite a bit.
He isn't afraid to take those shots because last season no one was there to take them since all the guards got injured for a good chunk outside of JC. When Kobe comes back as do young and williams, no way does JC take any of those shots...
If you looked at his midrange jumpshot it was better than Lins. You're just talking out of your ass at this point. Just because you are a shooting guard, doesn't mean that all you should be doing is jump shots. I know where you came up with this assumption. The days of positions being one dimensional are long gone. This is 2015 kid.