observer1995 wrote:I watched some good Reddish games to refresh my memory last night and this morning (since I can zone completely out with blowouts) and honestly, I hate to say it but the overall role I see there would not be too much different than the theoretical role with the Hawks. It’s not the role that some have told me to try to defend him (bail out threes mainly), it looks like his main role is to move off the basketball for jumpers (2’s and 3’s), attack closeouts, and threes and running to the basket for layups in transition.
Outside of adding occasional cuts to the basket and maybe the mystique of “more space in the NBA game”, I see no reason to expect there to be more to his role with the Hawks. There’s always a time for a first with the case I’ve posted about a couple times, and he could work out in the NBA, but I see the better defensive version of Batum with less passing, if he pans out to anything at all. Something like 15-18 PPG/5 REB/2.5 AST on 43-45% FG/35-38% 3PT/78-82% FT. Not 22+ PPG.
He did play well yesterday when he wasn’t out due to fouls, I’ll give credit for that, and I was watching, but I think I was focusing a lot more on UCF because of the mystique of Fall (although he’s unlikely to be an NBA player).
If any freshman is the “next PG13” from this year, I think it’s Louis King, but he might not come out until after 19/20. I just started learning about him in the past week or so, and he’s interesting but raw.
This deal with Reddish is incredibly interesting though. Chris Kirschner has said the Hawks like him, but Schlenk came from GSW and they usually drafted production, not potential. Does he choose to ignore him being underwhelming? Or does he go off of that production being a bit frightening and bypass him?
Every move we have seen as been based on potential for Senlenk and his PDS types for wings and guards.
