dougthonus wrote:PlayerUp wrote:Shooting is the #1 thing I assume we'll be evaluating during predraft workouts. Should be more clear then if this was a fluke or if Nesmith is legit. I doubt he can hold those percentages.
He was an 82.5% free throw shooter which means he's probably a legit shooter. He also took a good amount of threes coming off back screens and movement and not just stand still threes, so I think he'll be good for sure, the question is whether he's really elite relative to other guys in this class or just really good and had an exceptional run.
If he's not really great then he's a lot less intriguing.Meanwhile all this talk of Hayes, Deni and Ball but they're all poor efficient shooters. Sure they maybe able to improve but as of now they have not been able to show that they can shoot efficiently in league play consistently.
The thing I will say about Deni is coming out post COVID he shot 39% from three if I'm not mistaken. Deni's shot looks smooth to me, he just needs reps. LaMelo's shot is totally broke. I don't know how any prospect gets this far with that form. I don't know how his dad hot housed his kids for basketball for so many years and let them all develop such bad shooting habits, its ridiculous. A jr high coach would literally fix these things. Hayes is somewhere in the middle to me. I think his mechanics are worse than Deni's and better than Ball's.
Draft Express says they tracked Lamelo Ball as a 82% free throw shooter