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Posted on 7/15/22 at 11:03 am to Robot Santa
Posted on 7/15/22 at 11:03 am to Robot Santa
I don’t think anything looks wrong or broken with JD’s shot. With some hard work, I think he could eventually be a pretty good shooter.
He is going to really have to ramp it up defensively though. Some of that is literally just learning how to play harder (someone on here said he just mainly just played on the back end of a 2-3 zone in high school and that totally made sense - unless it was just made up, of course). He’s got to play much much harder on that end of the court to have a chance of cracking the Celtics rotation in the next 2-3 years.
He is going to really have to ramp it up defensively though. Some of that is literally just learning how to play harder (someone on here said he just mainly just played on the back end of a 2-3 zone in high school and that totally made sense - unless it was just made up, of course). He’s got to play much much harder on that end of the court to have a chance of cracking the Celtics rotation in the next 2-3 years.
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Posted on 7/15/22 at 2:32 pm to Crede15
I have REALLY enjoyed watching Keon and JD in their summer league games.. Here are JDs stats compared to the BEST in assists out of the 414 players who participated. JD was 2nd only to a 2nd year NBA player who many believe will be an NBA all-star. JD played ok on defense, he definitely tried his hardest. His FTs looked great, his 3 pt was good, turnovers were ok, MUCH better than when he played with us 
... But the main thing was that he DEFINITELY made the offense go. Lobs, drives, kickouts, cross court passes that DIDN'T go into the stands. He just looked great and I was so surprised.
JD's assists!!
Edit: I just re-read my post and I guess it might sound too overboard. I was just happy for him. Maybe it is the wider lane, or maybe he has been working very hard over the past 4 months, but he looked like a mess when he played for us, and now he is so much better.
Also guys, he and Keon are playing at against much better talent now too, so that is something to consider.
... But the main thing was that he DEFINITELY made the offense go. Lobs, drives, kickouts, cross court passes that DIDN'T go into the stands. He just looked great and I was so surprised. JD's assists!!
Edit: I just re-read my post and I guess it might sound too overboard. I was just happy for him. Maybe it is the wider lane, or maybe he has been working very hard over the past 4 months, but he looked like a mess when he played for us, and now he is so much better.
Also guys, he and Keon are playing at against much better talent now too, so that is something to consider.
This post was edited on 7/15/22 at 3:15 pm
Posted on 7/15/22 at 3:21 pm to Crede15
I was worried about JD going into summer league, but I think he is going to be ok. Both he and Keon have done better than I thought they would. But what was Shack thinking? At least he should have stayed or transferred and gotten a degree he could use sooner than he might expect. He’ll always have the Battle in Seattle to tell his children about though.
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