The critique of Scoot’s shortcomings are well documented, and he obviously has played short of expectations this year. And while there’s a lot to work on (shooting percentage, finishing at rim, reducing turnovers), the last 10 games offer a statistical look at a hopeful future. His numbers in this span have been really good, and most teams would love a PG with these stats. Sure, it’s a small sample size and the numbers don’t tell the whole story. But! Nearly 40% from 3pt, a shade over 7 assists/game, 1.4 steals/game, and more than 18 points! There’s a lot to like.
Right now he gets to run with DA and doesn’t have to figure out how to assert himself alongside Ant & Grant. So the question is, what’s the best lineup for Scoot to be most effective?
Assuming Ant is back next year, what’s the optimal rotation with Grant, Shae, DA, and whomever we draft needing touches and/or dominating the ball?
Is he best paired with Sharpe or Ant at SG? What’s the missing ingredient to help unlock his potential a bit more (more 3pt shooters around him, for example)?
by SomewhereByFoster
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Scoot is a classic example of multiple things being able to be true at the same time:
1. Scoot is going to be fine
2. Scoot isn’t as ready as he was sold as being.
Nice to see his shooting improve. Can’t wait for his sophomore year. Just need to lessen the fouls and TOs.
More shooting around him, better coaching to guide him and maybe actually run some plays. Trade Ant and Grant who both stall out the offense with iso ball.
Can you do the last 3 games at home per 36 in wins where Chauncey Billups doesn’t use his challenge.
That’s on 16 fga per game and 5.3 3pa per game also.
The volume is there. Needs to work on his finishing and get to the FT line (3 fta) and he can easily score 25ppg.
So even with cherry picking a small sample of games you can only get him to 52.8 TS% and a 1.5:1 assist to turnover ratio? Those are not good stats man.
I think he really benefitted from playing Charlotte and Washington who are some of the only teams worse than us this year. I want to see him build off this shooting stretch and play well in our last 4 games vs Pels/Warriors/Kings/Rockets.