Crazy thing is, they're murdering this guy for his shot, yet compare his stats with sharpshooter Buddy Hields frosh stats & Browns are better in about the same amount of minutes.
So I'd slow down a bit on the critiques. Gotta let this 19 yr old hog beast develop.
Ainge also mentioned in the press conference that Brown shot 38% from three in high school on around the same number of attempts, and as we all know shot just as well as Murray did in the Celtics workout.
Watching him play, his jumper doesn't look terrible to me. It's not like he's a horrendous shooter like Rondo was at the start. The kid has a half decent looking jumper and has shown on prior occasions that he's capable of making them at a decent rate, he just didn't shoot well in his freshman year.
Does this mean we can bank on him becoming a good NBA shooter? Of course not. But I think the chance of him developing into a quality shooter is pretty high.
Is there a chance that Brown will be a bust? Of course there is. There's a chance that ANYBODY in the draft could become a bust. Draft picks are risky business by nature - almost every single year there is a top 3 pick who ends up busting out. That's just the nature of the draft - nobody truly knows who will become a star and who won't.
Looking at Brown, if nothing else he has top shelf physical attributes, a very impressive work ethic, and a ton of defensive potential. The way I see it, the worst case is that he develops slowly and ends up peaking as a Jae Crowder clone - I can't see him developing into any less then that.
Best case scenario, he ends up a modern day version of Dominique Wilkens.
I say the best thing we can do is stop trying to work out what he's going to be, and just sit back and enjoy the ride.