[NBA University] I know it’s cool to say he’s an empty stats guy, but healthy Zach LaVine is quite underrated by general basketball people. He could absolutely be the 2nd best player on a championship-caliber team in my opinion.
I know it’s cool to say he’s an empty stats guy, but healthy Zach LaVine is quite underrated by general basketball people. He could absolutely be the 2nd best player on a championship-caliber team in my opinion.
— NBA University (@NBA_University) June 8, 2023
by IMKudaimi123
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Full strength Lavine or J Murray? Your choice for a #2…
Problem is we don’t have a number 1 and have no way of actually acquiring one.
What gives the author the notion that he’s a “winning attitude guy”? Especially right after admitting that he doesn’t play defense? Did Zach acquire this winning attitude before or after he got reamed out by Goran Dragic at halftime in Minnesota? Before or after he cried about getting benched in Orlando after going 1-17 with five turnovers?
I swear to god if I heard one more of his bullshit post game pressers talking about “we’ve just got to be better…our effort was inexcusable tonight…” I would have lost it.
Zach is fine. He’s an elite scorer with the BBIQ of a squirrel. He’s absolutely not the second guy on a championship team. He’s a slightly better Monta Ellis.
I think he’s absolutely talented enough to be. When healthy imo he’s as talented of a scorer as Donovan Mitchell. But before he reaches that level he’s got to improve in specific areas, especially in decision making in the clutch and shot selection on off nights. Also he still needs to improve defensively even if he’s made strides there already
“His offensive metrics are out of this world—97th percentile shooter, 99th percentile finisher, great foul drawer, 99th percentile iso efficiency, 97th percentile spot-up efficiency, 92nd percentile transition efficiency.”
I’ll need a link to a source that shows these numbers to be factual.
Zach is an incredible scorer. He can score efficiently at every level.
But just my opinion… his offensive production lacks the punch of other stars and that’s why he gets called “empty calories”. Having watched him for a long time, he’s never been able to leverage that scoring talent into making the bulls offense better as a whole. The other Bulls on the court don’t get better shots from playing with Zach as he isn’t really playmaking oriented.