That’s what the GLeague is for
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Also hands.
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And Caleb? Have we heard from him?
Just because of his shooting being the weakest link in his overall attributes? As a 5 he would have the least pressure to shoot the ball from distance of all the positions? But I also understand that in today’s NBA jumpshooting is valuable at every position.
On defense, he is very versatile and has the athleticism to guard smaller quicker players, so I understand he could also be a four or even a three on defense.
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True, but G-League doesn’t offer team building and leadership opportunities. A lot of your best players in on a GLeague team are going to be bouncing up to the NBA and back. But maybe Diabate doesn’t need that, he seems to be a perfectly fine locker room presence and it’s just some skill development at a high level that he needs.
Strength and defensive IQ are things you expect to improve naturally and dramatically with age. Shooting is the big one that remains to be seen if he has the capability of improving. Some people are just never going to be good shooters, and that’s OK if the rest of the game is there.
Yeah that was my point. There’s so much talk about his non-shooting limiting him in the NBA (which it does obviously), but he has other skills that can be elite and a team will like! It’s just whether NBA teams want to to see him improve it in college versus their own system/organization.
He could always end up on the Thunder, so you never know. He might start 40 games next year if that’s the case.
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Moussa’s shooting is a problem bc he hasn’t shown much defensive acumen. He needs to figure out one or the other to be much more attractive to the NBA. And I’m not sure I would say that IQ improves a whole lot. I’d also guess that IQ is probably much more innate/difficult to develop than any other skill/tool/whatever that an athlete possesses. So in my view you have a guy who has to get waaaay better at shooting or D and the odds of it happening are low.
At the college level, I’m not sure either of those things are nearly as important bc he can just keep getting better at making 2’s and become an obviously legit B1G starter.
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People really love to attribute things like experience, skills, and in game instinct to IQ. Moussa doesn’t have an ‘IQ’ problem, he has a ‘hasn’t played a lot of basketball’ problem.
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I guess I wasn’t paying attention well. Did Houstan not have to announce ?
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They never HAVE to announce anything. Just submit paperwork to the NBA if they choose to be included in the draft.
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his name will be on a list released by the NBA in the next 24-48 hrs if he indeed submitted
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That’s what I was more asking. I thought his name would be on some paperwork by now that would come up
Thanks, would have thought there was some type of paperwork that some in the know or media could have got their hands on by this morning.
Seems like @eric_shap is insinuating that he’s working out for the draft right now
If he had stayed, it would have been announced by Michigan
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Playing catch up is really hard and we didn’t see IQ worries on his scouting report coming into school.
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His IQ isn’t an issue. That’s just Freshman stuff. He has great footwork on O and D.
His problem is he isn’t a good shooter, and it’s hard to putting him in the 4 really feels old school with the lack of spacing. At the 5 he is good fit because of his footwork, but he isn’t really a primary rim protector…yet.
His effort is top notch and if he can start playing above the rim his athleticism is a real asset.
Shooting can be improved (see TWill) but his FT shooting doesn’t give high confidence that he’ll change it up.
He is a freshman, and I hope that he comes back because I think he’ll get lost in the G-league…but if he finds a team that gives him a 1st round promise… and has the patience…with his effort I could see him blow up.
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Like I’ve said before, I’m not gonna forget that triple on Gillespie any time soon. Y’all are welcome to make of it what you want. Nothing about it says “NBA level IQ” to me.
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This is about what is usually meant by IQ and about what I mean FTR.
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