Welcome Tyrese Maxey!

rzzzzz · Post #321 » by **rzzzzz** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 4:32 pm

He ain’t no Speedy Gonzales, but Max definitely has a feel for moving to the open spot, something I admired in Fultz. Hasn’t shown anything like that beautiful outside jumper that Fultz had, and lost, but that floater seems one hell of a deadly dart. If this kid continues to improve, we’re gonna be pretty happy about snagging that pick.

Post #322 » by **Stanford** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 5:37 pm

I agree with Lloyd: Fultz did not have a beautiful outside shot

Also, it's tragic that I'm so in on Maxey. My disappointment is going to be big time.

Arsenal · Post #323 » by **Arsenal** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 6:10 pm

Stanford wrote:I agree with Lloyd: Fultz did not have a beautiful outside shot

Also, it's tragic that I'm so in on Maxey. My disappointment is going to be big time.

Disagree. It was beautiful before whatever happened, happened:

Watch on YouTube

;ab_channel=GD%27sLatestHighlights

LloydFree · Post #324 » by **LloydFree** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 6:34 pm

Stanford wrote:I agree with Lloyd: Fultz did not have a beautiful outside shot

Also, it's tragic that I'm so in on Maxey. My disappointment is going to be big time.

Never commented on the beauty of his shot. Said he was never a good shooter to begin with.

Iverson Armband · Post #325 » by **Iverson Armband** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 6:38 pm

LloydFree wrote:
Stanford wrote:I agree with Lloyd: Fultz did not have a beautiful outside shot

Also, it's tragic that I'm so in on Maxey. My disappointment is going to be big time.

Never commented on the beauty of his shot. Said he was never a good shooter to begin with.

He would have been a good enough shooter with the other things he brought to the table.

Nobody could have predicted he’d go coocoo for Cocoa Puffs.

elchengue20 · Post #326 » by **elchengue20** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 7:09 pm

Man those highlights hurt me every time.

I shouldn't watch that **** ever again lol.

stormi · Post #327 » by **stormi** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 7:54 pm

Arsenal wrote:
Stanford wrote:I agree with Lloyd: Fultz did not have a beautiful outside shot

Also, it's tragic that I'm so in on Maxey. My disappointment is going to be big time.

Disagree. It was beautiful before whatever happened, happened:

Watch on YouTube
;ab_channel=GD%27sLatestHighlights

I thought he was the one man...

Sixersftw · Post #328 » by **Sixersftw** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 8:19 pm

stormi wrote:
Arsenal wrote:
Stanford wrote:I agree with Lloyd: Fultz did not have a beautiful outside shot

Also, it's tragic that I'm so in on Maxey. My disappointment is going to be big time.

Disagree. It was beautiful before whatever happened, happened:

Watch on YouTube
;ab_channel=GD%27sLatestHighlights

I thought he was the one man...

He was the make or break moment for the team. We could have been in on every superstar and every big time signing if Fultz worked out and we could keep the rest of our trade ammo. Instead we chased that skill set w/ Jimmy and then needed a backup in Tobias cause Jimmy was kinda a dick (who could have known?) and on and on.

Post #329 » by **Stanford** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 8:36 pm

LloydFree wrote:
Stanford wrote:I agree with Lloyd: Fultz did not have a beautiful outside shot

Also, it's tragic that I'm so in on Maxey. My disappointment is going to be big time.

Never commented on the beauty of his shot. Said he was never a good shooter to begin with.

That's what I meant.

stormi · Post #330 » by **stormi** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 8:58 pm

Sixersftw wrote:
stormi wrote:
Arsenal wrote:
Disagree. It was beautiful before whatever happened, happened:

Watch on YouTube
;ab_channel=GD%27sLatestHighlights

I thought he was the one man...

He was the make or break moment for the team. We could have been in on every superstar and every big time signing if Fultz worked out and we could keep the rest of our trade ammo. Instead we chased that skill set w/ Jimmy and then needed a backup in Tobias cause Jimmy was kinda a dick (who could have known?) and on and on.

LloydFree · Post #331 » by **LloydFree** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 9:21 pm

Stanford wrote:
LloydFree wrote:
Stanford wrote:I agree with Lloyd: Fultz did not have a beautiful outside shot

Also, it's tragic that I'm so in on Maxey. My disappointment is going to be big time.

Never commented on the beauty of his shot. Said he was never a good shooter to begin with.

That's what I meant.

He's a lesson for everyone who boxscore scouts prospects. 40% 3pt shooting in college over one season is meaningless especially when they haven't played against anybody. Dudes that shoot 40% from 3 and 60% FTs can't shoot. That was Fultz.

At least Maxey shot 80% FTs and got off contested shots against real competition. He's already 2 steps ahead of Fultz.

stormi · Post #332 » by **stormi** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 9:22 pm

Josh Jackson from the same class is a better example than self righteous banter about Markelle Fultz. He had other issues that couldn't have been predicted.

rzzzzz · Post #333 » by **rzzzzz** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 9:30 pm

LloydFree wrote:Never commented on the beauty of his shot. Said he was never a good shooter to begin with.

Yeah, I'm just going by that one summer league game. He didn't shoot for a high percentage that night. He got stuffed going to the rim at the end of the game. But it was basically him against both Tatum and Brown, and was holding his own. and it's possible for a 19 y/o to improve. your pessimistic assessment of him held true, but did you expect him showing up for camp with that pitiful broken shot? Brown was dumbfounded. "Never seen anything like it.", etc.

Maxey kept up the Sixer first round tradition of early set-back. Hopefully none the worse for it. Doc is enthusiastic.

LloydFree · Post #334 » by **LloydFree** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 9:50 pm

rzzzzz wrote:
LloydFree wrote:Never commented on the beauty of his shot. Said he was never a good shooter to begin with.

Yeah, I'm just going by that one summer league game. He didn't shoot for a high percentage that night. He got stuffed going to the rim at the end of the game. But it was basically him against both Tatum and Brown, and was holding his own. and it's possible for a 19 y/o to improve. your pessimistic assessment of him held true, but did you expect him showing up for camp with that pitiful broken shot? Brown was dumbfounded. "Never seen anything like it.", etc.

Maxey kept up the Sixer first round tradition of early set-back. Hopefully none the worse for it. Doc is enthusiastic.

I expect guys who were mediocre shooters in HS and College, who never played well against high caliber opponents, to struggle to get shots up in the NBA, let alone shoot better at the next level. When big adjustments are made, sometimes they don't work and everybody doesn't have the mental fortitude to handle failure.

phillynative · Post #335 » by **phillynative** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 10:36 pm

I would never consider Fultz jumpshot beautiful even before his reiteration of Space Jam.

eyeatoma · Post #336 » by **eyeatoma** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 11:04 pm

Can we please stop discussing Fultz. It was one of the darkest moments of this franchise. He has lost whatever semblance of a shot he has, and he's never going to be the same player. What's the point on harping what it once was, when it was never even displayed even once in the NBA outside of the preseason. Time to move on. This thread should really only be about Maxey. If people do want to keep bitching about Fultz, make another thread.

HardenToSixers · Post #337 » by **HardenToSixers** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 4:32 am

The jump in logic that people try to take from “I was questionable about Fultz’s shooting” to claiming they’re right because he had some kind of complete mental breakdown is always comical

HotelVitale · Post #338 » by **HotelVitale** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 2:52 pm

HardenToSixers wrote:The jump in logic that people try to take from “I was questionable about Fultz’s shooting” to claiming they’re right because he had some kind of complete mental breakdown is always comical

Right, a lot of us were rightly skeptical about Fultz being anointed a killer shooter—there were many reasons not to assume he was Harden like many draft sites were saying. But he was still a consistent and reliable pull up shooter with okay form across many college games. Something mysterious and bizarre turned him from ‘very promising if slightly worrisome’ shooter to ‘wtf is this nonsense?!?’ guy overnight that summer. I actually thought his pace and rhythm was more worrisome (he was kind of herky jerky and struggled to score against good teams or in tight contests) and that his pull up game was a fairly reliable skill, and I watched a lot of him at UW to get that opinion.

rzzzzz · Post #339 » by **rzzzzz** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 4:11 pm

HotelVitale wrote: he was kind of herky jerky.

So this is why I even made reference to our former disaster artist. Maxey likewise does not strike me as being blazing fast, but am I wrong in attributing to him that talent to find the open spot and the timing to cut to the basket? I think he’s got the knack to develop into an efficient scoring machine.

Negrodamus · Post #340 » by **Negrodamus** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 4:29 pm

I don't think speed is particularly necessary to be a great guard, but if you're not going to beat your man easily, you better draw fouls and hit your jumper. SGA, Dinwiddie are studs and they aren't known as burners at the PG position. Tyrese has the body to be physical, I just hope he figures out how to generate more trips to the line.