Johnny Bball wrote:ArthurVandelay wrote:OakleyDokely wrote:On the season, he's up to 44/38/92 shooting splits with a 58 TS.
But the most impressive part is his all-around game. The passing, rebounding, steals, movement with and without the ball, the cutting, the court awareness, all this is what separates him from just pure shooters. Even the defense has come around as he's keeping guys in front of him. Once he gets stronger, he's going to be damn a good player for a long time.
Yup. He's been pigeon-holed as a shooter but there has always been much more to his game. I said in the PG thread, once his body catches up to his skills and mind, I'm not even going to try to guess a ceiling.
Only here. Only by the usual suspects.
The kid won Gatorade player of the year in HighSchool and if you look, that award has a long list of very impressive players beside its name. Complete players. He was great at Kansas as a freshman. And I thought he played well all year so far with the only trailing part being his early shooting, and finding the speed of the game.
The guy has some very real potential. Lets see how he does the when he hits his first slump and how he responds.
I mentioned the Gatorade POY before. I think the rebuttal was something like, "yeah, it was an awful year for US high school ball."
Can't make it up, can't win with some people.
). But Dick has the length to rise above a closeout, and he flashed a nice sidestep in this game. He's clearly not afraid to pump fake and take it to the rim. 
