Collin Sexton | The Young Bull

[TitleTown]

I think thumb length is more important than hand width when it comes to palming.

So, it's length more than girth? @JMoneyYourHoney

 

[SVC]

I don’t know how I feel about that tape. Like he has an incredible arsenal of shots, and really took a lot of strange angles to the hoop. I found myself thinking almost everything he did would get blocked in the NBA, but I simply love his work ethic and attitude and everything out of the kids mouth.

He’s really hard to evaluate other than he has really advanced shotmaking skills for a freshman.

The sad part is this kid is so coachable, and we have Ty Lue as a coach.

A kid like this, you coach him up, he’ll spend every waking moment perfecting his craft, yet the person coaching him up and helping him perfect the craft is Ty Lue.

Like give this kid to Brad Stevens and he’ll start slow and be the best rookie in the league by the All-Star break because big moment shotmaker who just needs a little help on shot choice+incredible work ethic and desire + incredible athlete is like almost a surefire recipe for success, but Ty Lue.

The kid hasn’t played a minute and I’m already of the mind he deserves better than Ty Lue. Like you’re giving a kid ready to absord everything and work for it to the worst coach possible.

 

[KB]

Going to say this now. This kid will be a superstar. Mix of John wall and Delly.

Considering both those guys are 6'3 or 6'4 I highly doubt it.

I'd say that his game is in the same arch type as the following two with Dennis Schroder like as the floor and Tony Parker like as the ceiling (depending on how his shot selection and overall bb IQ improves)

 

[Real Deal]

Probably already posted but who cares, watch again and smile.

 

[Funkmastabuck]

The more I watch his high school highlights and compare them to his college highlights, I start to wonder how differently everyone would perceive him if he had played at a basketball power like Duke or Kentucky.

He didn't look as frantic trying to get his jumper off in high school. Now obviously, that level of competition was nothing like college. But playing for Alabama, he saw some really messy floor spacing. The D didn't have to respect many other offensive threats.

I think if he was surrounded by shooters like at a Top 10 basketball program, his own shooting numbers would look much better.

 

[WorldFreeB]

Probably already posted but who cares, watch again and smile.

That pass to Knox at 1.53,,,ridiculous. Kids gonna be really good,,,really good.

 

[Derek]

all of that would require competent coaching. I think Lue prefers Lebron pounding the ball for 15 seconds then shooting. You think Lue was exposed last season, watch him coach without Lebron on the team

It's funny how Silas, Brown, Spoelstra, Blatt, and Lue have all had the same preference

 

[InBoobieWeTrust]

Considering both those guys are 6'3 or 6'4 I highly doubt it.

I'd say that his game is in the same arch type as the following two with Dennis Schroder like as the floor and Tony Parker like as the ceiling (depending on how his shot selection and overall bb IQ improves)

He's a much better scoring prospect than either of those guys ever were. Sexton has elite scoring potential.

 

[ShawnKempIsMyDad]

Agreed. Anyone that wants to trade this kid is like a petulant child who throws a fit in Toys r Us because they can't wait until Christmas for a present. They just live in the here & now and can't think about or do what is best for the future. Smh.

I agree. Unless it’s a home run deal, keep the kid. He’s got potential.

 

[Cavatt]

I think Sexton's passing is much better than what we saw in Alabama. When he plays in those exhibition games with real talent he is a gifted passer with flash.

I dunno. I saw him make some passes I don't think Kyrie would have seen. His passing is better than advertised.

Avery Johnson had him practice the thing that makes guards most desirable in the NBA, scoring. He knew if he had his ppg at a certain point he would go in the lottery.

The whole Avery Sexton love affair tells me this kid is sharp. He wanted to go to the NBA so he took the best coach to get in his ear about how the NBA works and how to be an NBA pg. His goal was the NBA, so he took an NBA player as a mentor. Everything he did at Bama was preparing him for this year.

 

[red.]

The rise of Collin.

 

[Nathan S]

I think Sexton's passing is much better than what we saw in Alabama. When he plays in those exhibition games with real talent he is a gifted passer with flash.

I dunno. I saw him make some passes I don't think Kyrie would have seen. His passing is better than advertised.

Avery Johnson had him practice the thing that makes guards most desirable in the NBA, scoring. He knew if he had his ppg at a certain point he would go in the lottery.

The whole Avery Sexton love affair tells me this kid is sharp. He wanted to go to the NBA so he took the best coach to get in his ear about how the NBA works and how to be an NBA pg. His goal was the NBA, so he took an NBA player as a mentor. Everything he did at Bama was preparing him for this year.

In that video? Or just watching his games in general? In that video, at least, I thought most if not all of the passes he made were very straightforward (I'm not giving him bonus points for going behind-the-back on a routine lob).

 

[KB]

He's a much better scoring prospect than either of those guys ever were. Sexton has elite scoring potential.

I'm not sure about that at all and I think people severely under rate that portion of Tony Parker's game. I believe Parker being part of the first wave of "new era" Euro players in the late 90's at the start of his career and Spurs as an entity caused it to be under rated over the course of his career. (It took about 3 years for the Euro players to be scouted accurately during that period)

I mean at his peak the per 36's for an 8 year stretch show Parker was good for between 18-22pts (22 pts per would have been top 20 in 2018 and the same as Kemba) 6-7ast and 3rbs on 50% fg and TS% in the high 50's (while only shooting 30% from 3) and never taking more than 17 shots per game. This was on top of playing solid defense and being a huge part of multiple championship teams, even getting a finals mvp in 2007 where he averaged 24 a game in the series...

I think those expecting Sexton to start dropping more than 24 a game consistently after a couple years are in for a disappointment (there are on average only 7-8 players in the league that hit this every year) and if a Tony Parker like career as a ceiling is not something people would be happy with in the end that strikes me as kind of nuts

Sexton is a very downhill player, if he doesn't improve the jumper from range, his shoot selection and basketball IQ teams are just going to sag off him to dare him to shoot. With these kinds of flaws I don't see elite scoring potential, I see tools to be in the tier just below elite regarding scoring (i consider elite to be 26 or higher as the per game average).

 

[Cavatt]

In that video? Or just watching his games in general? In that video, at least, I thought most if not all of the passes he made were very straightforward (I'm not giving him bonus points for going behind-the-back on a routine lob).

In particular, his pass from the pick and roll over the defense is a pass I have never seen Kyrie make and is one that usually only a bigger guy can make. Kyrie rarely if ever passed out of the pick and roll. He was great at attacking a big, but his roll man was continuously ignored. His kicks to the corner are the thing that infuriated me most about Kyrie too. Wide open in the corner, Kyrie takes on 3 guys at the rim.

I think his game fits way better with Lebron than people think it does.

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

Sexton was by far the bet in team USA U17 world championship. He showed passing and effortless ability to get to the rim. Obviously non of the europeans could stop him at all.

What I did notice is that even against U17 european scrubs he showed meh defense. I don't know why his lateral quickness isn't great at this point.

I gotta say that Jaren Jackson looked like absolute shit. Wow.