JohnnyKILLroy wrote:coldfish wrote:cjbulls wrote:
If you are saying that edited instagram footage of a scrimmage has real meaning then I don't know what to say, difference of opinion there between us.
Agree and believe he was their guy. Disappointed the same way you would be if we took Bey at 4 or whatever.
Forgive me for repeating myself.
When I heard he might be the guy, I did what most fans do. Looked at his youtube highlights. I then actually watched a good bit of a full game and some condensed games. What I saw was stunningly bad. His youtube highlights were a bunch of help side blocks and open dunks that countless high schoolers could do. His mix tapes are some of the worst you will find. In game, he looks slow and stiff. His jump shot looks slow and has a hitch that makes it look like its easy to contest. You see virtually no offensive aggression or ball handling. Watching a non edited game has him disappearing for long stretches.
That instagram video is weird. He showed like, none of that in college. His jumper even looks different and quicker. Most fans tend to forget that even the worst NBA player is fantastic at playing basketball so they should all look good in a random gym but if you saw a gym video of Shaq taking step back pull up 3's, it would be hard to process.
I still don't have a good feeling about PW. That said, the instagram video actually gave me a sliver of hope that he was fantastically misused in FSU.
I see it more of a testament to his work ethic to have gotten so much better post FSU.
Fish, where did you find complete games on the net? i have a few days off coming up including a couple of long flights and might find that interesting.