re: Jaxson Hayes...He is starting to become more comfortable in the system

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I might sound crazy but he kind of reminds me of AD when we drafted him super long and athletic shot blocker who also finishes well around the rim both had decent looking shots he just had to gain one weight and more reps with his jumpshot and dude can turn into an all star

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Like AD, his shot out the gate does NOT look good, and if he wants to take that leap he is going to have to reform it, plain and simple. Like AD did(people forget he came into the league as one of the most inefficient jump shooters in the league)

The guy has sky high potential, but like AD who came into the league with a questionable jumper: “I was shooting the wrong way,” Davis says. “I was more of a push-out shooter, from my chest,” Jaxson has an even larger hill to climb.

Because unlike Davis, Jaxson’s angle and form is really messy. I don’t know what Joel claims to see, but shooting sideways across your face at a low angle is not how any shooting coach would teach a player. Let alone one like Hayes who’s length with a higher release point would not just be more efficient, but downright deadly. His slotting, positioning, angling, and release point are all going to need adjustment to truly become a shooting threat imo. It’s a taller ask than AD who largely had decent form in most aspects but needed to adjust his release point and slightly alter his release angle. The good thing is he is so young in the game that he likely doesn’t have the calcified habits most players have his age. So breaking stuff down and adjusting should be a much easier task than for most.