RickyDizzle wrote:Shak_Celts wrote:This thread isn't about Rob but he has been mentioned a few times... why have we never let Rob shoot? CBS usually lets everybody and their mother shoot, but he never let TT or Rob shoot. While TT isn't all that, he had done good enough to at least ATTEMPT to stretch the floor. Rob may not be good, but we never even allowed him to test it in-game. How do we know he can't do it? He has really good touch IMO, but he doesn't get many shots to get a feel for it. The last two seasons CBS hasn't had multiple shooters at the big position (grant barely counts), but he also didn't let them shoot. TT could have given us 33-35% which is just good enough to keep people honest. Thing the Jays could have used last season.
Really last season was the only season CBS seemed to hold players back. He use to play with lineups all the time and that was when we were fully healthy, last season he toyed with the young guys PT and he didn't let his bigs shoot.
IDK, this is about the draft, I hope that IF we are keeping so many of these kids again we at least let them play instead of wasting spots and opportunities vets could take. Let the kids play and let the bigs shoot. Good luck Ime!
I think we don't know as you said... but the coaches know what he can and can't do from practice with the team and one on one workouts. I have to think if he showed the ability to stroke it from deep Steven's would give him the green light to shoot.
I do think he has a pretty good stroke though and could benefit from adding some foul line range jumpers into his regular arsenal. He shoots them every once in a while and looks pretty good doing so. His injury concerns are well documented but theres still so much upside there. His passing, athleticism, and timing... all things that can't really be taught... are great, his court awareness and shooting still have a lot of room to grow, but should with reps.
Let's just say he can't shoot the 3, he looks like he has a mid-range shot but doesn't take them enough. Imagine being hard to stop on the lob but also having other shots in your arsenal. Why stop at being Capella when you may have AD-lite in you? Rob isn't always in the paint, he spends a lot of time setting screens and initiating offense on the perimeter, who is stopping him if he can hit the 3? How do you stop that? That would give the Jays and Smart (guards) so much room.
Again, they didn't let TT shoot either and he has proven in actual games that he can at least be a solid shooter in relation to big men. Maybe they need to focus on more than practice, some people shine when the lights come on.
It may be too late to start now, but I really think Rob has a lot of untapped offensive potential. Yes, I realize health is the major issue atm. I just feel we have been looking for things in these draft threads from bigs that we aren't giving rob a shot at.
