darealjuice wrote:jredsaz wrote:DirtyDez wrote:
He sprained his ankle early on. Went to the locker room then can back out.
I know. I saw it. The other thing to consider is the offense he plays in. Its a motion offense with exceptional ball movement. I saw a stat where they have the highest team fg% in the NCAA since 91-92 Duke. He has an amazing court sense. Consistently made the right pass. Super smart player.
BUT I have played a lot of ball and I have watched more. He was defended by athletes tonight that could not get on the court in a D-League game. He struggled the two times I saw him try to drive in a half court set. It reflected the criticism on his DX video. Maybe it was the injury, maybe not. Just reporting live from Mill Ave. Lol
That's part of what is scaring me a bit with Lonzo as high as he's being talked about in the NBA. He has a lot of good shooters around him that definitely help his assist numbers out by hitting shots within the offense, we've rarely seen him run a pick and roll in college despite it being the one of the most important parts of modern NBA basketball, and he hasn't shown the same ability to create his own offense that the other point guards at the top of the draft have (% assisted at rim / % of 3s assisted; Ball: 54.7%/75%, Smith Jr: 20.4%/49%, Fultz: 17.4%/55.8%, Fox: 21%/77.8%).
His basketball IQ is probably the highest in the draft, he's shot really efficiently in college, he facilitates the UCLA offense extremely well, and he's a very, very good passer, but something about the low frequency of breaking his man down off the dribble and creating offense for himself as a point guard worries me when he gets to the NBA level.
25% on unast'd 3's is very good, especially combined with his volume and efficiency
Obviously DSJr and Fultz are huge outliers here, it's very rare to see a freshman creating nearly half of his 3's (last one was D'Angelo)
It would be like a mix of Warriors and Bucks (if those players would develop as expected of course).
