The-Power wrote:Stillwater wrote:wrong assessment... I don't hate Young at all, I am just sick of the love people have for undersized ball handling chuckers
that have no defensive abilty nor the length to ever have it at all as if offense is all that matters when it comes to being legit star in the league.
This could have been a statement people made about Curry after college. Or about Nash, if he decided to be more aggressive as a scorer. Or Irving. Yet all of these players had a lot of success (yes, this includes Nash who had his fair share of postseason success as well) and with hard work, Young can become part of this club as well.
I mean, I'd agree that Young has to improve his defense and at least start to bother. If he's a liability akin to Isaiah Thomas, that makes it much more difficult to build a contender around him. And of course he can't take the same approach he took in college – but his shot selection has already improved noticeably, so there's hope he'll continue on this path.
There are still some legitimate concerns about Trae. But you're way overboard here, and you fail to realize that. Young is not guaranteed to win or achieve anything, but his play thus far has clearly shown that there is a path for greatness for him. To say he won't ever win anything – as if that's already been determined by his size and lack of defense at this point – is beyond silly.
Fair enough... and I do take a hard stance against offense only players, maybe somewhat to hard of one, but the way I see it, he just isn't Curry-esque other than having to take shots way beyond the break due his chest release mechanics and being able to hit them when he's hot. Curry can pop em up with a defender in his grill all day and make them, not just occasionally. idk. if it were not for the shot mechanics I would buy he could be successful despite his ineptitude physically to ever become a legit defender, but as it stands for me,regardless of how much his teammates hide him defensively at the very least he needs to get a lot better with his shot selections even if it means shooting less if he wants to be the leader of a winning roster.
