80sballboy wrote:closg00 wrote:payitforward wrote:Keene did score 12 points on 8 shots & 3 FTAs, which is extremely good, no question. Now you might want to look at the rest of his line.
Still I hope we bring him to camp.
Best-case, they turn him into someone like Nate Robinson but with better shooting, have him share the ball with someone with better ball-handling skills.
I'm not sold on Keene being an NBA player and I root for the under 6 footers. You talk about Nate Robinson? Phenomenal athlete at 5-7. Isaiah Thomas? Super strong, quick, and fearless as a shooter from 3, off the dribble and on drives. Most of the smallish guys have had tremendous speed, quickness, strength or hops. Keene is a good shooter but I don't see the quicks or athleticism necessary for a guy that small in the league. He's a smaller version of Vinnie Johnson, who was 6-2 shooting guard but was about 210 pounds of muscle. That's about the only way he'll get time as a microwave guy who you can ride if he gets hot. The rest of his game is not very impressive.
I think Keene has that strength and low to the ground quickness like IT, you atleast see it in his CMU game footage, hanging and absorbing contact and finishing, also goes right by anyone who tries to press up on him. Has supreme confidence shooting from everywhere on the court, has NBA range already as we've seen in summer league. What surprised me was his passing ability and ability to do everything within the flow of the game and not be a Jared Cunningham. I'd really like to see him in training camp and playing big minutes in preseason games next to Satoransky and Oubre