Re: Welcome Dion Waiters
As far as Waiters goes i don't see why he is receiving so much flame. From looking at all of the scouting reports it seems that his biggest weakness may be consistently hitting his jumpshot.
Its worth a note to say that he did hit 7/10 threes against cincy at one point in the season so the dude can definitely catch fire. The scouts say he should be a pretty solid defender and they do praise him for his ability to create, slash, and draw fouls. The Dude is going to penetrate for us.
Having two players who can dynamically penetrate such as kyrie and Waiters excites me quite alot! I believe that Waiters can improve his jumpshot because he has shown that he can catch fire and get hot and that shows the potential.
Keep in mind that he could potentially be able to run some point as well while kyrie gets some rest which also intrigues me.
A knock on beal was not being aggressive or consistent enough and that is exactly the opposite when it comes to Waiters attacking the basket.
Personally i am so pumped to see both kyrie and Waiters attacking.
Think about the amount of rebounds we can get from our creation at this point with the two bigs we have in our front court now.
"You got two guys who can make plays for other people and get their own shot" -Byron Scott
on Kyrie's reaction to drafting waiters... "He was happy" -Byron Scott
"To be able to get two guys of that caliber is big time.... We had Tyler and Dion ranked in the top ten of our big board" -Byron Scott
"We have to grow from within and take our time" -Chris Grant.
Just posting some quotes from the press conference with Byron and Grant on the fan! I thought RCF would like to know what they have been saying
I see one more year in the lottery for us because it seems that it will take zeller a year to bulk up and Waiters a year to make his jumpshot more consistent.
I think waiters could easily be one of the top guards from this draft 3 years from now.