Welcome Shake Milton

LloydFree · Post #21 » by **LloydFree** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 2:51 pm

Shake is a good player, who should have been drafted higher, but he has no chance to start this year. He'll be hard pressed to make the team on more than a two-way contract, unless they trade a few guaranteed contracts.

Kobblehead · Post #22 » by **Kobblehead** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 2:56 pm

I know it's not likely. I'm just saying that on-paper, he's the strongest defender of our shooters / the strongest shooter of our defenders.

Negrodamus · Post #23 » by **Negrodamus** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 2:58 pm

His alley oop passing is pretty crazy good too. Finds the back door cutter extremely well. I loved watching him play with Semi Ojeleye, Sterling Brown, and Jarrey Foster last year. They were by far the most fun team to watch and their tourney run ended way sooner than I thought. Shake held the keys to that car.

Negrodamus · Post #24 » by **Negrodamus** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 3:01 pm

I think my only issues with him are his lack of athleticism, his questionable passes at times, and his finishing at the rim would make Covington blush.

LloydFree · Post #25 » by **LloydFree** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 5:35 pm

Shake is definitely a ridiculously skilled player. He's got a little James Harden rhythm to his game, but he needs to work on his body. I never noticed his physique, when compared to other college guys, but he looked down right skinny compared to guys he worked out against. Being 21, he should have more muscle, in order to compete. I hope he gains some weight before training camp.

Monix · Post #26 » by **Monix** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 9:11 pm

Having such a bad combine (game performance, lack of testing) doesn't bode well for a guy that's going to be fighting for his place in the league for the foreseeable future. He's got a lot riding on the summer league- step up or get your passport ready.

Arsenal · Post #27 » by **Arsenal** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 9:18 pm

LloydFree wrote:Shake is definitely a ridiculously skilled player. He's got a little James Harden rhythm to his game, but he needs to work on his body. I never noticed his physique, when compared to other college guys, but he looked down right skinny compared to guys he worked out against. Being 21, he should have more muscle, in order to compete. I hope he gains some weight before training camp.

We need to get him on some designer untraceable PEDs.

Seriously the guy has a lot of skill, it just seems to be his body and lack of athleticism that is his achilles heel. Apparently he looked horrendous at the combine against other pro prospects, which is why he wasn't drafted in the 1st round as all of his stats seem to indicate he would.

Arsenal · Post #28 » by **Arsenal** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 9:19 pm

BTW for everyone talking about 2 way contracts, I don't believe we can sign Milton (or any other 2nd round pick) to a 2 way deal. I believe only undrafted players are eligible.

Hopefully we find enough cap room ($2M?) to sign both Milton and Jonah Bolden to 4 year Hinkie special contracts.

Negrodamus · Post #29 » by **Negrodamus** » Tue Jun 26, 2018 10:58 pm

I'd be more interesting in how he performed against Melvin Frazier (x2), Chandler Hutchison, Quinton Rose, Jacob Evans, Kenrich Williams, and Markis McDuffie than how he played in some unstructured Combine game.

BlackKnight · Post #30 » by **BlackKnight** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 12:29 am

Any chance we just eurostash him?

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downtownpie · Post #31 » by **downtownpie** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 1:23 am

is he a worse athlete than Trevor Booker?

ivysixer2000 · Post #32 » by **ivysixer2000** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 1:42 am

downtownpie wrote:is he a worse athlete than Trevor Booker?

Better question is if he is a worse athlete than JJ Redick, who has never dunked in an NBA game.

Kobblehead · Post #33 » by **Kobblehead** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 4:16 am

Trevor Booker is an excellent athlete, I don't understand the reference.

SixthStreet · Post #34 » by **SixthStreet** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 5:25 am

Milton to me looks like a basketball equivalent of a baseball career minor league AAAA level pitcher. You wish he had a better physical profile so he could compete at the highest level. His guile and skill are only going to take him so far. His physical ability is going to cap him to Europe where he should have a nice career.

Kolkmania · Post #35 » by **Kolkmania** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 6:49 am

ivysixer2000 wrote:
downtownpie wrote:is he a worse athlete than Trevor Booker?

Better question is if he is a worse athlete than JJ Redick, who has never dunked in an NBA game.

There's more to athleticism than jumping high, the way JJ runs around screens for 32 minutes is not something the average athlete can do, also elite body control and coordination.

downtownpie · Post #36 » by **downtownpie** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 7:14 am

Kobblehead wrote:Trevor Booker is an excellent athlete, I don't understand the reference.

Really? Did he dunk a ball for us? Dude couldnt jump over a coke can.

smittybanton · Post #37 » by **smittybanton** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 10:01 pm

I don't think the Sixers thought Shake would fall to the #50s, and I wonder whether we would've done something different at #26 if we knew we could get Milton at #54.

LloydFree · Post #38 » by **LloydFree** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 10:52 pm

smittybanton wrote:I don't think the Sixers thought Shake would fall to the #50s, and I wonder whether we would've done something different at #26 if we knew we could get Milton at #54.

I don't think what they did at #26 had anything to do with not believing Shake would fall to #54. They could have taken Shake at #38, but they preferred future 2nds. They didn't value him.

Kobblehead · Post #39 » by **Kobblehead** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 10:54 pm

Shake is more a kick of the tires pick. I'd imagine they love what he brings by way of shooting, defense, basketball IQ and measurements, but they question if he can make it athletically.

I don't think knowledge of his availability would have changed their decision to go with Shamet at #26.

smittybanton · Post #40 » by **smittybanton** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 11:20 pm

LloydFree wrote:
smittybanton wrote:I don't think the Sixers thought Shake would fall to the #50s, and I wonder whether we would've done something different at #26 if we knew we could get Milton at #54.

I don't think what they did at #26 had anything to do with not believing Shake would fall to #54. They could have taken Shake at #38, but they preferred future 2nds. They didn't value him.

Not what I'm saying. My question is whether they would've done something different had they known they could get Shake at 54? It's rhetorical. No one could have known at #26.