I'm curious what Sheppard's vertical ends up being, if they measure it in the combine. Some of those blocks he seems to be getting up. Maybe upper 30s? If he does measure well with his jumping, I could see that making some teams a little more comfortable with him. He seems more like a Pop player, as in what Pop wants, but maybe not what he needs?
The list is still a lot longer than two players even if you filter out to equal or greater to 3 FTA/gm (which I would disagree with. We have enough of a sample size of Branham shooting FTs to know he is a good FT shooter, despite taking less than one FT/gm).
https://www.nba.com/stats/players/tr...=A&sort=FT_PCT
My initial post, unedited was looking at EXACTLY 3 attempts. Doh. It’s been fixed..
Williams has 16 threes on 18 games. His 3pt % is irrelevant, tbh. Dude can't shoot, and his projection doesn't look promising.
that list includes dame, josh richardson, gallinari etc, who for their careers are outstanding 3pt shooters
also has a lot of guys with very few FT attempts. for example it includes knox hitting 90% of his FTs this year (on 22 attempts), but he is a career 70% FT shooter
he probably has a good vert. i imgaine knecht will have a solid one as well. but vert is a very specific thing which can be worked on with things like squats, deadlift, and then just a lot of box jumping exercises, etc.
what both guys seem to lack somewhat, particularly knecht, is the short area lateraly quickness. sheppard looks shiftier with the ball than knecht does, which makes sense given that he's a smaller guy
To put some perspective, I read somewhere that NBA 3P projection is a function of 3P attempts, 3P% and FT.
Say NBA3P Proj = 0.168 + 0.004(3Pattempts) + 0.209(3P%) + 0.112(FT) of player pre NBA draft. Thus, 3P% having much multiplier still plays big in such projection.
In my mind I've gone back and forth considering these two (racially profiling them, admittedly), and Sheppard seems more talented but Knecht is taller. They're basically both shooting guards that may play in various positions. Shep 1 - 2. Knecht maybe 1-3, as he was a point guard for much of his career, so I can't rule it out completely.
Anyway. Interesting to think about. More so if I was in the Jazz FO.
Draft shooting, tbh.
got hipsters that want Topic
i mean looking at wright history of drafting,Im not sure he will.
How about Filipowski for TOR pick or trade down for him. I feel Wemby needs somebody like a Cody Zeller especially on a night like tonight. I think they take Risacher for own pick, and sign/trade for a veteran PG. I’m not sold on Spurs current bigs except for Wemby.
Major change gotta happen,Cause this roster aint it.
I pitched Filipowski a while back. I said he can play the short-roll, high-post facilitator role that Jakob did, maybe even better. Not the same shotblocker, and his shot is not steady, but it's a threat. He's up and down as a rebounder, but he does get them.
More important, he's beefy. I've always said Collins is more like a PF in size. Sengun is shifty as and can be really hard to handle. When the refs are buying his flopping bull , it's even harder.
I like how the tag under your name says 'Believe.' yet you're always ting your drawers.
i believe this roster aint it.That stats show that.The team record shows that.And my eyeballs shows that.
Who on the friggen planet says this roster is it.
I've not watched him, but I think you're saying you can't count on his shooting or rebounding or shot blocking
Not a compelling sell job lol
Our gm says.He drafted and signed these players.Now hopefully they make some changes after this pathetic year his
team had.Cause this squad aint it clown.
Picking up a guy at 7/8/9 because he's beefy isn't really a strong sell. I'll be pretty disappointed if he's our pick at that range, I'm hopeful at least one of Dillingham, Topic or even Sheppard will be there. I think Buzelis goes before that, if not he's definitely in consideration for me (even with our own pick).
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Do you think Filipowski can get a lot of minutes at PF or do you think he is just a back up to Wemby at Center? Or a little bit of both?
He's not just beefy though. He has good size. I have watched him but haven't followed why his rebounding stats aren't consistent, but it's college and there's a lot of variance in the games. As for shooting, he's greatly improved over last year and I don't see why he can't get better.
Checking his stats, his advanced defensive metrics are really solid, actually better than Poeltl when he came out of college.
I try to be honest in what I see. I think he's a smart player who plays with contact and a chippiness. He has that Boston thing about him.
I would personally take him over a project like Salaun if that's the choice to make. The team needs floor raisers.
That said, I don't think we need to draft a big in the lottery.
The pick going to Houston from Brooklyn is unprotected, so (unlike Toronto's) it could very well end up top 4. They're overflowing with wings and atheltes but are lacking in the IQ department (Jalen Green, Whitmore, Eason, Brooks) I think they could really use a cerebral player like Sheppard, who is also a great passer and shooter, he'd help complement their young core of knuckleheads quite well IMO.
Sheppard would be perfect for them.
Walter is a bit of a project and you'd have to move Green, which I think they should do anyway.
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