Nate and Danny noted that Ausar blew a lot of layups and got knocked off his platform going up more than they expected when they watched the film.
When you have Cade and Jaden, it does matter. Weaver better hope that both can shoot 40% from 3 pt or the spacing will be cramped for the team.
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Pretending like who these guys are going to be is locked in stone is wild to me. Itās not at all obvious thereās a single star on this Pistons team, Ausar or not. Such is the crapshoot of having a bunch of young guys.
So worrying about fit with any of these guys is equally silly.
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Everyone keeps yelling at me Cade is an elite shooter
It just seems like youāre trying to have it both ways
His shoot matters because heās not the lead creator like the guys I mentioned, but people will go under screens on him when heās in pick and rollā¦which sounds like creating.
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Shooting was 1A on Cadeās expected strengths based on every second of his basketball career up until his injury-ridden two years in Detroit. I get that he hasnāt done it yet in the league. But it would be very surprising if that doesnāt work itself out.
Ivey shot 38% on 7 attempts from three per game without Cade for the final 12 games of the season. Small sample size yes. But heās a long way away from his ceiling and already on a good track.
They need to both be healthy but they both project to be quality shooters IMO.
I noticed it when watching Ausar. Heās a bad finisher at the rim.
Also, Ausar shot 36.7% when itās at halfcourt with an effective FG of 43.6% which is Killian Hayes like numbers. He shot 51% at the rim but his layup was 40.5% which is a terrible number. At half-court, he shot 30.4% at pull-up jumper. Teams treated him as a non-shooter and basically begged him to shoot.
His numbers are all ugly. Itās bad, bad, bad
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I do think Cade and Jaden project as an above average shooter. Iām not worried about them.
If youāre not worried about them, why are you worried about Ausar? You donāt need to have 5 shooters on the floor at a time to have a good basketball team
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He shot 56% from the floor, why does this have it at 37%
Those are his halfcourt numbers.
I just have a hard time taking too much from half court OTE numbers. I get that 40% on half court layups isnāt crazy good, but it is less than 40 shots.
The sheer volume of transition stuff in the OTE games makes me skeptical of any of the numbers in many ways.
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Itās being propped up with transition shooting %. I donāt see the Piston being a transition team.
Because Pistons roster still lacks shooting. I am not confident in his ability to succeed with the Pistons and the fit is awful IMO.
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30% of Thompson twins teamās offense was in transition. Thatās more than any CBB team. Itās a very very different game.
again, weāre discussing fit on a 17 win team with literally 0 sure things (other than maybe Killian is out of the rotation)
And man, with Ivey and Ausar on the team itād be a serious shame if they didnāt try to run
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Gonna see if I can get an answer from somebody about what they think of the OTE numbers. Genuinely curious how useful they can be and how youād know if they are.
Just very weird to be so focused on fit over talent when you just finished a season with the worst record in the NBA
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I have a hard time taking anything at all from it. I think the Thompsons benefited from an air of mystery about their games. FOMO. I donāt get the rock solid certainty that thereās a higher ceiling here and that it is reachable. Hendrix was my guy and there was no reason to believe his ceiling was absolutely and significantly and terminally lower. Hendricks already has a coherent skill set that maps perfectly to a very desired player in the NBA. Closing your eyes and imagining the gaps in Thompsons skillset being filled looks plenty nice, so hereās hoping he can get there.
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The Thompsonās were on radars pre OTE so itās not like the OTE stuff is why they are highly ranked. it just adds mystery
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Yeah, OTE just preserved their stock.
Their upside is that they are the most athletic guys in the draft. Feels pretty simple.
Someone like Hendricks is easy enough to pencil in as a stretch four, sure, but I do think they are lower upside. Like the best case is Jaren Jackson? And that feels like a stretch to me.
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What youāre suggesting happened isnāt what the scouting reports that big boarded them exactly where they ended up read like.