Hornet Mania wrote:Monk needs to play in a modern offense where the pace is quick and the ball doesn't stop. He needs the floor spaced so he can get either open threes, clear driving lanes, or one dribble into a wide-open midrange shot, that is his game. I'm firmly convinced that if he played with a garbage squad who at least pushed the pace, like Phoenix, he'd look much better. If he played on a good team, like GS or Houston, who plays a fast style he'd contribute less but still likely look far better.
Much like Braggins menioned with Frank/Cody/MKG, Monk's development is being wasted. I think the common denominator conservative, and more importantly totally outdated, strategy. What good team in the NBA plays a style even somewhat similar to Cliff-ball (which is just a variation of Van Gundy ball)? No one. There's good reason for that, I think. The game has changed and we're trying to force new-age pegs into old-school holes and failing all sides miserably in the process.
Logged in just due to this post. I been in this thread from beginning to now just reading every single post. I went back into tape, even looked at clips like DX strengths and weaknesses and I stopped and said, damn, Malik Monk is kinda like Cam Reddish weakness wise. I see the same weakness at finishing in traffic. The same turnovers in traffic. The same bad contested shots and the struggle to draw fouls in traffic. Both were exclusively elite spacers which caught me off guard. I kept comparing Cam to Jamal Crawford in how he gets it when in reality, the player that's perfect was Malik Monk all of this time in terms of type of game. Cam is more advanced in terms of 3pt variance and his size helps him offensively but I see a ton of offensive similarities.
I been watching Monk. He clearly improved in year 2 in terms of playing in the half court set but his biggest issue I saw was he needed a PG who has a lot of offensive gravity which Kemba has but not to the benefit of his guards but of his bigs while Fox gravity benefits his wings more than his bigs which is why Hield/Bogi and others have career years with Fox. Monk is good but the situation hasn't been good for him in Charlotte and from the outside looking in, it's only getting worse.
He hasn't came close to his expected 38.8% projected numbers but he is shooting 9.4 and 10.2 3per36 so his numbers aren't too off. Outside of some rare guys like Bradley Beal, most guys lose on their projected % if they shoot a lot more than expected. Klay Thompson's per36 in college is identical to his career totals so numbers do translate.
The big thing I noticed was how steep his FG% decline was. 45% to 35% of unheard of with decent mins and not some 3.4 mpg nonsense. It was clear, he wasn't able to play his game.
Clifford success in Orlando tells me what I knew about him. He is a damn good coach, especially defensively but offensively, he leaves a lot to be desired. I don't know what Charlotte is doing. I don't see a clear plan either. It's not like I hated the picks. Malik Monk was a good pick. Miles Bridges was a great pick. P.J. Washington was a good pick. But sometimes, is that a good pick for your team is the question. I don't know if Charlotte done well at answering that. I honestly think Charlotte tanking in weak draft years was the biggest issue. As a Hawk fan, I know about that all too well in the early to mid 2000s.
