In his first summer league vs lesser talent, many observers said he was slower than expected
He's more of a slow methodical PG who can pick you apart with a screen. I just hope he gets more savvy because he'll never be the attacking penetrating type
Again it appears to be more so of a confidence issue with him.
Not saying it's not harder for him to get to the bucket than a Dame or Westbrook, it most certainly would be, but there's some success for him on drives..
He takes 1.0 FTA per game on drives, out of 3.6 drives per game.... 1.0 FTs per game is tied for 39th among guards who have played 15 or more games and 15 or more minutes (criteria I used so I'm not getting a guy who has played a couple games, or 1 game and 2 minutes and got fouled on a drive)... When you look at the guys he ties with for FTA per game on drives... He's there with Steph who drives 5.9x, Lavine 4.4x, Tyler Johnson 4.9x, E. Gordon 4.9x, Cory Joseph 5.5x
In terms of Points % on drives, he's 15th at 79.5% (same criteria), CJ McCollum is at 79.8%, Lou at 82.3%. 85.6% for Dame.
And he ironically doesn't pass on drives very often either, so it's a lot of his drive relying on himself.... 127th out of 137 guards in Pass %. But he's 95th on assists. So there's at least a bit more success than there is amount of passing.
There's 50 guys who have a higher TO% than him, which isn't too bad.
So it's a trusting yourself, and being aggressive thing... Somebody has got to get in his ear, and say, "be aggressive, make your mistakes.. There's no consequence in games."
- What you need to do, and what I did, and do when it came to coaching was make note of it, what the problem was, and how to fix.. All of the details. And when the guy came out, or in between quarters, timeouts, at half, even after the game... Let them know what you saw, and how to fix it.
- Then after games, and in between games. You tag it, and you sit down with him specifically and watch the video.
Somebody has to tell him to get after it, in all honesty. Because from the looks of it, when you really dive into the the results, a lot of it is there... He's just tepid, and afraid of being aggressive in order to not mistakes that get him pulled.
On the idea of driving, the biggest issue other than leaping ability, is when he pulls up on the drive, he has to go straight up. When he shoots, and leans forward, it's a big reason why his shot % on drives and P&Rs go down
......and Sloan was my guy. Utah just kept drafting players I liked
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