Dude, he shot 45% from 3 last year at UCLA. The Spurs don't DRAFT a player until Chip gets a look at his shot to see if it's fixable. He had the same pull the ball back behind your head hitch that Kawhi did in college, that's all. It's fixable, he just needs game time reps. He'll get those here and in Austin. His shot in college was SO much better than Kawhi's. In two years he shot 37% and Kawhi shot 25%. I would be surprised if Kyle doesn't ultimately shoot 40+% from NBA long distance.
Last edited by exstatic; 12-11-2014 at 08:33 PM.
I mean I hope you are right, I just wouldn't bet on it. There's an adjustment phase which comes with some struggles but I don't think I've seen it to this extent for someone that actually ended up being a useful NBA player. Shooting 15% from the field, regardless of how limited his minutes are, is a pretty big red flag imo.
Dude.
He. Has. A. New. Shot.
It's really too early in the season to worry much about what sort of shooter he's going to turn out to be. If he's still shooting around 15% by the ASB then yeah, I would probably be somewhat concerned.
^ truth
I think it's hard to judge too much from what we have seen so far. He looked good against the Knicks- however that Knicks team was pretty bad. So far I am impressed by three things- 1) court vision 2) rebounding- definitely has a knack for the ball and finally- he really seems to be able to get into the paint. Despite the slow motion. If he gets "floater shot" or semi jump hook he will be a very good offensive player. I'm not worried about his shot- as pointed out he shot well in college and Chip has done wonders with less
I think he will end up being a good role player. His defensive restrictions will limit him form being a starter etc.
This, however I think once he adds some weight and bulks up he should be able to defend the 4.
Anderson wouldn't be a bad starter on the current Spurs. Whether he would be on the future teams depends on who else is in the SL.
Love
this
kid
looked smooth as silk.
He's starting to figure out that he can play very well in the NBA. I ing loved that finger roll he threw at them.
All pointless for the current Spurs if he doesn't learn how to shoot with his new form, unfortunately..
he did really good... there might be something there... but you can't get ahead of yourself, Portland is a notoriously poor team defending the basket...
Slowmo was surprisingly good against Portland
If anyone can lead a horse to a bucket, it's this Spurs coaching staff.
He will be good, very confident of that, he is a rook, give him time
In fact I really like what I've seen so far
Thanks spurraider21
it was a good game for him
He is still slow tho and his shooting form / release is still a work in progress. I believe chip will give him soon a reliable shoot and a quicker release, his lack of lateral quickness is something you cannot fix.
Spurs are depleted...this is his chance
He's had three solid games in a row, not counting 1 minute of nothing in garbage time against Utah.it was a good game for him
He is still slow tho and his shooting form / release is still a work in progress. I believe chip will give him soon a reliable shoot and a quicker release, his lack of lateral quickness is something you cannot fix.
Spurs are depleted...this is his chance
KA looks like a good defensive rebounder too.
He's a good rebounder, period. When you draft at 30, you generally look for one skill, and I said at the time that I would have drafted him just for his rebounding.
I agree
and BTW and to be fair... his defense is not that bad, he is defending quite well the 3 pts line and the long JS >15 ft while he has been bad close to the rim. That could seem surprising but makes sense. His size is solid and bother shooters from long distance and he is reaching them fast enough... near the rim he is getting smoked, his lack of lateral quickness is showing in those situations.
Overall net is neutral between the two situations which is not bad.
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