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re: Outside the top 4 in the draft who are the top 5 guys you want for this team?
Posted on 3/4/16 at 12:31 pm to 504ByrdGang
Posted on 3/4/16 at 12:31 pm to 504ByrdGang
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That was mainly due to his lack of handles. He was knocked for not being explosive but Steph is an anomaly. He crashed way past his ceiling.
I agree.
The biggest knock on Hield is his size, according to draftexpress. I don't get how a 6'4" SG with a 6'9" wingspan is that undersized. That's no different than James Harden, who's got less than an inch on him, and was never considered undersized. Same with Dwyane Wade. All three of the guys have about the same standing reach, and are all within an inch of Klay Thompson's standing reach.
Victor Oladipo has pretty much the exact same height and wingspan as Hield yet in Oladipo's draft summary he's said to have "solid size and length for an NBA shooting guard", and Hield is "more of an undersized 2 in NBA"
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Posted on 3/4/16 at 12:38 pm to TeddyPadillac
He has a knock on heigh but he isn't nearly a explosive or strong as Wade or Harden and that's his biggest issue. It one thing to be undersize but being explosize makes up more than enough for that. As for Klay being 6'7 SG that shoots gives you a advantage.
Posted on 3/4/16 at 12:43 pm to TeddyPadillac
I think once you get into the grey area in between objectively bad athleticism and measurables and objectively great athleticism and measurables, things often seem to fall apart in analysis.
Seems to be the case with Hield. I mentioned it elsewhere but go look at scouting reports on guys like Wesley Matthews. You could literally copy and paste the knocks on Matthews when it came to defensive potential and yet Matthews became one of the best in the league for his position.
As long as a player has enough measurables and athleticism to land somewhere above the minimum threshold - and by all accounts Hield has that - success as a defender largely comes down to IQ, effort, fundamentals and focus. And none of those things people would knock Hield for at his point in development.
Seems to be the case with Hield. I mentioned it elsewhere but go look at scouting reports on guys like Wesley Matthews. You could literally copy and paste the knocks on Matthews when it came to defensive potential and yet Matthews became one of the best in the league for his position.
As long as a player has enough measurables and athleticism to land somewhere above the minimum threshold - and by all accounts Hield has that - success as a defender largely comes down to IQ, effort, fundamentals and focus. And none of those things people would knock Hield for at his point in development.
This post was edited on 3/4/16 at 12:46 pm
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