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Never heard about Korver's wife red lining SA. What are the details?
Shepperd probably is the kind of shooter who will bend defenses with his gravity, which only the elite of the elite do like Korver or Duncan Robinson
Man, if Korver's wife hadn't killed his signing with SA forcing them to go with Marco, that team could have won more. Defenses never treated Marco like they did Korver
Never heard about Korver's wife red lining SA. What are the details?
Utah has already protected their pick from OKC, and I would howl if, as long as we finish with a better pick, Houston dropped like a rock,jumped into the top 4, and sent two seconds to OKC. Just don’t understand why Houston bought players last summer when this is OKC’s last shot at the 1-4 protected pick.
It's an old rumor from back in the day, it was allegedly a done deal until the wife got involved and RC said no problem stay in Atlanta after Korver was backing out. Seemed credible but I don't remember more than that
we should build a statue of jason kidds wife for convincing him on not signing in SA. I truley believe that would have been Duncans only 2 rings without Ginobili & Parker. I doubt we coulda kept them
I haven't watched the Salaün/Risacher game last Saturday but Risacher has been underwhelming lately with a lot of bad or average games. Even if he has been either #1 or #2 in most of the recent mock drafts, I don't think he's really better than some other prospects and I wouldn't be surprised to see him dropping in mock drafts if he doesn't play better. That's just the weirdness of this draft, there isn't a single player who looks like an usual top 3 pick, and that includes Risacher.
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Sheppard doesn't even bend defenses with his shooting now.
Well, given that he's shooting 53% from 3, maybe he should, tbh.
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I was already aware Risacher wasn't doing too hot, but every prospect this year is up and down. The frenchman still remains my top prospect because of skillset, physical traits and positional need, tbh.
Even if he turns out to be a stiff that shoots the 3 at a decent clip, he would still be more serviceable than Samanic 2.0, tbh.
He doesn't in large part because he can't get his shot off when someone is near him.
Are the Spurs starting to win because they don't see their guy in the top 3?
I would think they lost a lot early on so they'd be in a position to show progress and win some at the end of the season (and still keep a worse record than TOR).
Well, that should be even more reason to have guys near him and don't let him take wide open shots, tbh.
That's not really gravity though. If a defender is just in the general area, he's more or less handled.Well, that should be even more reason to have guys near him and don't let him take wide open shots, tbh.
That's not really true, though. It is true that Sheppard plays more of a complementary role to Dillingham, but Reed has shown plenty of instances of great shot creation for himself and others. I can't post youtube vids right now, but his 32 pts performance is a great evidence of what I'm saying. He's just as elite on 3's off the dribble and coming off screens as he's in catch and shoot looks.
The kid has shown flashes of being able to handle a bigger offensive load, tbh.
Doubt it
They are just hitting more shots the last few games.
Oh well, Kidd's wife thankfully killed his signing here. You win some, you lose some.
Seems to have moved him quickly down to 2. I guess he got too many "WTF bro" DMs.
Nah, man. He really can't get his shot off against a competent defender. He's good at backing up and driving past defenders, definitely, but there's a limit to what he does at that point. As mentioned above, he's taken fewer shots in the paint than Dillingham has total makes, and Dillingham isn't exactly a great finisher.
Sheppard can absolutely take advantage of a defense that is scrambling and moving around or in transition. What he cannot do is self-create much out of a stand-still. Gravity is what Damian Lillard provides -- drawing multiple defenders to have to handle him. If Sheppard has a competent defender on him, he's not getting his shot off.
I agree with this. He's not a true advantage creator. I also wouldn't classify him as a movement shooter like Duncan Robinson or Kyle Korver both because of his size and because I haven't really seen him shoot while he's off-balance. What he does seem to be very good about is recognizing how and when to take advantage of small gaps to get open, very quickly recognizing advantage situations, and he seems to be pretty good at utilizing a screen to get himself open. Ultimately, that plays very well into the spurs offensive system and he's an excellent fit for what they try and do offensively. I would have a really really hard time taking him top 3 though, and #1 overall seems absolutely crazy to me.
I don't know what's worse, them mocking Sheppard #1 or Holland #5. At least it's the first mock I have seen that has Walters going at a reasonable number (16) though.
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