I’m totally over the whole “Scottie at PG” business.
I want Scottie to have the ball as a first option, and I want him to use his vision and passing to adjust and make the right decision *during* the play, not setting it up for others.
We need a good table setting point guard who can organize the floor and put Scottie in the right place to generate an advantage.
So, all I ask for is a time machine and prime Kyle Lowry.
h3yn0w75
I know that magic being Scotties idol isn’t new news, but I posted this because I’m guessing not everyone here is extremely familiar with his body of work. And it gives us a window into Scottie’s mindset, inspiration and approach to the game.
theuncleiroh
He needs to tighten his handle just a bit, but he’s getting there imo. It doesn’t need to be a question of ballhandler OR high post: he can handle it sometimes, and not others; he can dribble up, pass it off, and setup in the high post (likely with a mismatch). The key is a good combo guard type, which is where a Herro, Maxey, SGA, etc, makes more sense than a Trae– that way we have a quicker, slightly better at dealing with full court pressure from SGA types, to keep the pressure off and be a reliable second handler/ handler for Scottie p&r
eLevateAFFN
He’s looked good at point guard everytime he’s played there, but other teams trap him in pick and rolls quite often and he has to learn how to improve in those situations and find the cutter.
In the high post he’s pretty elite as PG because if teams double he almost always finds the open man.
GeeMcMania
This is a reach man.
dotorb
Problem is nobody to pass to. Raptors need a 40 point scorer right now because this offence is shit. Let Barnes shoot 30 a night and live or die by his shot. Otherwise until he commands a double team he cant be anywhere near as effective as Magic who was playing with HoF teammates.
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I’m totally over the whole “Scottie at PG” business.
I want Scottie to have the ball as a first option, and I want him to use his vision and passing to adjust and make the right decision *during* the play, not setting it up for others.
We need a good table setting point guard who can organize the floor and put Scottie in the right place to generate an advantage.
So, all I ask for is a time machine and prime Kyle Lowry.
I know that magic being Scotties idol isn’t new news, but I posted this because I’m guessing not everyone here is extremely familiar with his body of work. And it gives us a window into Scottie’s mindset, inspiration and approach to the game.
He needs to tighten his handle just a bit, but he’s getting there imo. It doesn’t need to be a question of ballhandler OR high post: he can handle it sometimes, and not others; he can dribble up, pass it off, and setup in the high post (likely with a mismatch). The key is a good combo guard type, which is where a Herro, Maxey, SGA, etc, makes more sense than a Trae– that way we have a quicker, slightly better at dealing with full court pressure from SGA types, to keep the pressure off and be a reliable second handler/ handler for Scottie p&r
He’s looked good at point guard everytime he’s played there, but other teams trap him in pick and rolls quite often and he has to learn how to improve in those situations and find the cutter.
In the high post he’s pretty elite as PG because if teams double he almost always finds the open man.
This is a reach man.
Problem is nobody to pass to. Raptors need a 40 point scorer right now because this offence is shit. Let Barnes shoot 30 a night and live or die by his shot. Otherwise until he commands a double team he cant be anywhere near as effective as Magic who was playing with HoF teammates.