Ball so hard wrote:Kilroy wrote:I don't care so much about his production rate from 3, no matter where he's taking the shot... What concerned me last year, is actually related to that "Mamba-mentality" credit he's receiving...
After his rookie year, in which, regardless of consistency over the entire season, he established himself as at least, a guy you had to stay honest on, on the perimeter, he started talking "Be like Kobe" and decided he didn't want to just be a spot up shooter anymore. He came in in season 2, with the seeming goal of competing with Ingram at his own game, and trying to win the starting 3 from him. He started passing up wide open 3s for awkward drives... Not only that, but his 'mamba-mentality' turned him into one of the worst black-holes on the team last season. He was focused on scoring every time he touched the ball, and wasn't super efficient at it... And worked his way out of minutes...
Not to mention outside of a handful of passable match-ups, he was comically bad on Defense.
The bolded part is grossly exaggerated. There isn't a single stat that supports Kuz being a blackhole. He certainly didn't appear to be a ball-stopper in the games I watched. Hard to call someone a blackhole who average around 2 seconds per touch and around 2 dribbles per possession. This is not even close to being one of the worse on the team, given similar minutes.
Ingram's averaged around 4 seconds per touch and around 3 dribbles per possession.
His defense also wasn't nearly as bad as you're making it out to be.
What does minutes per touch have to do with being a Blackhole? I think you misunderstand the concept...
If a dude catches and shoots the ball every time he touches it, regardless of clock or offensive set, or who's on the court with him, he's still a blackhole... Dribbling has nothing to do with it.