My god Kevin Knox looks bad. Banked in a 3 just now on a really ugly shot, which'll make his box score line a little more attractive than it would've been otherwise, but other than that he's been nonexistent down the stretch.
Kevin Knox is a funny player. He would be a bigger bust than Bennett on the Cavs.
As for Trae Young... 39 shots at a college levle? guy is insane... what the fuck is wrong with him?
His conference play efficiency is pretty alarming. Time to step it up.
He has some of the worst shot selection I've ever seen in my life.
He is starting to believe...(Morpheus Voice).
High confidence usually is usually good.
Believe what? His shit doesn't stink?
I saw him take multiple, contested 35 footers less than 10 seconds into the shot clock tonight without passing to anyone. I don't care HOW good a shooter you are, you should never be allowed to do that. Only guy I would even let attempt 1 of those shots is Steph Curry, and that's because he's proven himself to be the greatest shooter ever.
Believe what? His shit doesn't stink?
I saw him take multiple, contested 35 footers less than 10 seconds into the shot clock tonight without passing to anyone. I don't care HOW good a shooter you are, you should never be allowed to do that. Only guy I would even let attempt 1 of those shots is Steph Curry, and that's because he's proven himself to be the greatest shooter ever.
You are right, I don't disagree.
I jus think that the fact he thinks he can knock these shots(and he has shown the ability to do it) is a positive predictor for the future imo. Sure, he needs to improve his decision making, but he has shown high basketball IQ plenty of times, and so it's probably more ego driven and him trying to wow and overly impress than his lack of understanding of the game of basketball.
Only thing I'm worried about is his size really.
For what it's worth, he is on pace to break Curry's record for most 3's by a freshman. Could even come close to Curry's record for most 3's in an NCAA season he set in his sophomore year. There are troubling aspects of his game, but his shooting isn't one of them...he can jack as many 3's as he wants when he's making them at a 40% clip.
Never said he was a bad shooter. But he was 14-39 in a game his team lost by 2, and he took multiple contested 35 footers early in the shot clock. Maybe don't so many dumb fucking shots.
Kruger needs to figure out a way to get him moving off the ball. One of the reasons I cringed at the Curry comparison, in addition to the physical differences, is because Steph knew how to play with and without the ball. He spent his first two seasons at Davidson playing almost exclusively OFF the ball. He knew how to read and come off screens, how to cut, how to space the floor appropriately. We don't know if Young can do any of those things well because OU just gives him the ball and says go.
As far as how to view the horrendous tendencies he shows, I hope you're right.
He was 8/20 from 3, 6/19 inside the arc. Without those 8 three's he would've had an extremely inefficient 24 point game instead of a reasonably efficient 48 point game. Fire away, Trae.