…surprisingly bad court awareness for a player who can be so gifted on the opposite side. He frequently looks confused about his positioning and where he should be: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSTjHEnMBLk This…
…se (he’s reportedly tested out quite well in private team workouts), but rather that he just can’t do things like this in the open floor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkDdDsJNW5s Nevertheless, the Rockets’ affinity…
…NBA.com. Viewed as a shot-happy guard with Kobe Bryant-like confidence but Larry Hughes-level talent (FiveThirtyEight’s player comparison, not mine), Dion Waiters was cast off by other teams. But Miami picked…
…a shot, and that left him out to dry on multiple occasions. Here, Leonard comes off a screen, only to be met by a fury of Suns defenders: https://nbamath.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Kawhi-miss.mp4 Blinded…
…passes through tight windows: https://streamable.com/o1i6q And again: https://streamable.com/i3i8z Plus, he has the ability to just take the ball to the hoop himself: https://streamable.com/foz0b As the season unfolded, Brogdon and Giannis…
Tiago Splitter, Jonathon Simmons, Cory Joseph, George Hill and Aron Baynes. What do all of these players have in common? They were all once great role players to rise from…
…the position. His skill set and shooting prowess, combined with his height, opened new avenues of attack for offenses. Nowitzki’s consistent fallaway jumper, post-up moves and threatening three-point accuracy kept…
…shooting at least three triples per game, and a clip that Curry himself has never even come close to over a full season since NBA.com began tracking that stat in…