akhan786 wrote:prime1time wrote:akhan786 wrote:I really liked what I saw from both rooks.
On Ball:
He is is going to be a great player but not in a way everyone was probably thinking he was going to be. He like ALL rookies will need around 2 years before they are truly effective in the League. I think the hype made it seem like he was going to dominant from day 1, but that's unrealistic. He's a poor shooter and hella skinny. I don't see why he can't improve those by year 3, and bring a really fun brand of basketball back to LA.
On Tatum:
The prettiest wing scorer I've seen in SL since Melo. *Insert obvious caveat that it's only SL doe*. At the very least his technique leaves you speechless with both his moves and footwork. Similar to Ball, I don't think we'll see where his trajectory is truly going to go until Year 3, but right now I think Brad Stevens is excited to develop a talent like him. He has all the moves, but with age I think he will be more efficient in converting them. He had both good and bad plays on defense, but his rebounding has been a surprise so hopefully he can get significant PT.
KD?
KD's game is pretty in a different way. I'd describe KD's game as effortless while Tatum has an advanced arsenal of moves.
I see a little bit of Kobe in Tatum's footwork. Especially that turnaround J.
He had the second best ts% in his draft class(non centers), played good defense his rookie season, and was forced into guarding Lebron in the conferance finals as a rookie. As a "project" who's biggest issue coming in was his outside shot he shot 45/34 as a rookie compared to Ingram's 40/29. Playing great or playing horrible, forming a opinion off a summer league game doesn't make a lick of sense.
