I wouldn't put Poeltl down as anywhere near a disappointment. The guy simply hasn't gotten many shot attempts. I think in one game he got 3 and in the next contest he got 4 .
Buddy Hield, Ingram, and Bender have been awful, and Brown was, as well, until the last two games, I guess, but the guy who has been the most impressive has to be Thon Maker, hands down, imo. Even Skal has looked great, lol .
Brown was really good his first game, got hurt, took a couple games to get back into it his last three games, not two.
You're right. My apologies.
He had a very successful summer league. You need to learn how to evaluate players better, because your choices tend to go nowhere.
I disagree that he had a very successful summer league. I guess that we have different ways of looking at players, which is perfectly fine
, but I didn't think that he had a good, let alone very good, first game. Sure, he got to the line 17 times, which is impressive at first, until you actually watch his performance and realize that, according to a number of people on here, Brown wards off with his arms to help create contact. That might work in the summer league, but will it translate to NBA games? I have my doubts, as he's committed many offensive fouls with said move that haven't been called, imo.
In game two, he again failed to make a basket in the first half, and it somehow got worse in his third contest, when he didn't make a field goal at all over the course of the game
. Understandably, I was very concerned.
To his credit, he did play better over the last 3 games, but the only things that honestly really impressed me during the totality of his summer league performance were the two fadeaway jumpers coming in the Dallas and Portland games, respectively. That's it. Sure, he had some nice steals and his jumper did, at times, look better than it did in college, but he was still a terrible finisher, even on the easiest, from where we sit, haha, of plays, his handle, aside from a few crossovers, was poor, which at least partially explains why he committed 13 turnovers to 8 assists, along with his awful decision making, and in terms of the latter, I'm not just referring to attempted passes to teammates. Rather, I'm talking about all the times he dribbled with his head down into 2-3 people and it was either 50/50 on whether or not a foul was called or he just coughed up the ball, altogether, imo
.
Finally, in terms of how I need to learn to better evaluate players, despite the fact that you somehow prefer James Young over RJ Hunter
, lol
) do you have any tips for me?
I'm not just looking at box scores and highlights - I watched every game the Celtics played, along with portions of other ones that interested me; and what are these choices of mine that have tended to go nowhere? I'm sure that that's a long list, lol. Is this about the undrafted guys, again?
In two years, let's compare Brown, Maker, and Skal. I'm quite sure I know which one will be better, and it's the kid drafted third. Four years down the line, you can compare him with Dunn too. Jaylen Brown has Kawhi Leonard written all over him. He'll shoot over 35% from 3 in his second season, while playing quality defense. We already know what he can do off the dribble.
Or how about we just compare them now?
People have been using the 'let's wait x amount of years before we know blah blah blah' since I've been on this site, and I'm sure that that has always been the case on here, but I find it to be a tired argument, quite honestly. Two years is such an arbitrary time period, anyway, imo, and besides, I was just talking about who had and hadn't played well in the summer league. I'm not passing final judgement on any of these guys. All I'm saying is that as of right now, and since they're all of similar age and played in the same environment for the first time (Maker), I would rank Maker first, Skal second, and Brown third. Take a look at this 19 point performance by Skal against the Spurs -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojN1FeyXjNUHe showed more in that one game than Brown did over 6, in terms of skill, imo.
Why four years from now as far as comparing Brown to Dunn, btw? Is it just because that Jaylen will be Kris' current age by then?
I also don't see the comparison to Kawhi. Is it just because they're both great athletes who are the same height, because Leonard is by far the better defender, shooter, and low post player. The only thing that Brown has on him (well, if we're going off of his summer league 'exploits'
, anyway) is getting to the line, and as I stated previously, Jaylen's handle is far from impressive, to me, a few nice crossovers notwithstanding. I do think that his jumper has improved, but you really think that he'll shoot over 35% from 3 in his sophomore campaign
? That's quite an assertion. May I ask what has led you to make such a claim, because he shot worse from 3 during the summer league, at a .272 clip, than he did in college, where he hit only .294 of his attempts from down town. Not good.
Listen, I'm really trying to like the guy, lol, but I'm just not there, yet. Still, I certainly don't want him to fail, and I honestly do hope that I'll be dead wrong about him
. Is that okay with you, lol
?