IcemanGervin wrote:Red Larrivee wrote:NBA scouts are turning on Oklahoma's Trae Young, whose historic freshman season ended with an 83-78 overtime loss to Rhode Island in the NCAA tournament.
https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2764689-i-dont-see-it-nba-scouts-execs-doubting-trae-young-after-ncaa-tourney-exit.amp.html"I would not take him in the lottery," one scout responded after the game."Not a fan," replied an Eastern Conference executive. "Love his passion and dedication, but he must learn to be more efficient.""I don't see it with him," said an executive from the Western Conference. "He's erratic with the ball, and he's a teaser. Volume shooter. I have concerns on him.""As he matures, he's going to have to balance out his impulsive play, because while that's flashy and all of us love to see it when he's hot, it's not going to take you very far as a team," added another scout. "Defensively, he has to be better, plain and simple.""I believe he had only had one such game, versus Kansas, that was a winning effort," said the first executive."I believe only 15.0 percent of his field-goal attempts are in the mid-range," said the executive, who pointed out the need to be able to stop and pop inside the arc. "Can he get his shot off versus quality defense?"
No NBA team in their right mind would let this kid play the way he did at Oklahoma. Whoever takes Trea Young is taking the kid based on his shooting and passing and separating the sideshow that was his freshman season with the half courters and all that non sense. The raw tools are their to be an above average offensive point guard and maybe nothing more. Is he steph curry hell no, but he could be dangerous in the right offensive setting.
The Steph Curry narrative was always terrible. You are correct no NBA team will play him this way, and that was obvious from the very start of the season.
When drafting Trae you draft him purely for his passing ability and 100% ignore his shooting exhibition, because that won't translate except in shot-clock-winding-down-gotta-hero-ball moments. His comps should never have been Curry, it should have been Steve Nash / John Stockton / Mark Price.
No freshman in the last 15 years has thrown 8.7 apg or anywhere close to it.
Lonzo Ball is the closest, and he was still miles way with 7.6.
Raymond Felton back in 2003 was able to do 6.7, as did Augustin.
What's going to hurt him vs guys like Nash & Price is that the NBA doesn't use guys like that anymore. The ball moves from player to player far more often, and the real creator is the scoring threat not the PG. It's a bit of a dinosaur of a playstyle.
