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Seeing so many Warriors fans complain about Bouk's 3PT FG% not factoring in the offensive system he played in and the type of shots he had to take due to that system, put him on Gonzaga and that number looks way different. Hope he goes there, him and Poole would be a treat to watch off the bench.
 
aceboon said:
Seeing so many Warriors fans complain about Bouk's 3PT FG% not factoring in the offensive system he played in and the type of shots he had to take due to that system, put him on Gonzaga and that number looks way different. Hope he goes there, him and Poole would be a treat to watch off the bench.
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These are probably some of the same people out here who can't wait to bring Ben Simmons aboard for crying out loud
 
aceboon said:
Seeing so many Warriors fans complain about Bouk's 3PT FG% not factoring in the offensive system he played in and the type of shots he had to take due to that system, put him on Gonzaga and that number looks way different. Hope he goes there, him and Poole would be a treat to watch off the bench.
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Weren't like over half of Bouk's 3s off the dribble or contested? I forget the exact details, but it was something like that. He will be much better shooting with space.
 
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bballgrda said:
Weren't like over half of Bouk's 3s off the dribble or contested? I forget the exact details, but it was something like that. He will be much better shooting with space.
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50% of his 3's were assisted which was the lowest on the team so this sounds right
 
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navery12 said:
50% of his 3's were assisted which was the lowest on the team so this sounds right
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Yeah his shot selection and system was more of an issue than his actual ability IMO.
glastonbury50 said:
The system that Bouk gets drafted into will be super key to his success. I don't see him ever serving as a role player. He needs to be the guy to go out and get buckets. Hoping he doesn't go to GSW.
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Dont agree, at GSW he would learn to play defense and get a lot of open looks if he earned PT.
 
caw said:
Yeah his shot selection and system was more of an issue than his actual ability IMO.


Dont agree, at GSW he would learn to play defense and get a lot of open looks if he earned PT.
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See I'd rather him be able to hit the ground running coming in. I think that's where Jeremy's career took a hit in OKC, having to fight for shots, minutes, and confidence. Would love for Bouknight to end up on a team with a good PG that needs a scoring guard like OKC, Knicks (no good PG but they need more scoring), Grizzlies, Pistons, hell the Hornets can use another shooter at SG who wouldn't be a complete liability defensively to play next to Lamelo. Bouk is too good to start his career off fighting for minutes as a role player imo.
 
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rollskies said:
Not Bouknight related, but Julian Champagnie is showing very well in the combine game thats on right now. Going to be a monster if he comes back to St. John’s next year. I have a weird feeling that he will end up staying in the draft, but it really could go either way.
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Hope he stays in the draft.
 
It would be dependent on Steve Kerr not being hardheaded(i.e. him playing Brad Wannamaker over Jordan Poole early when Poole cleary had higher upside), but Bouk would be able to get playing time for the Warriors early. The Warriors desperately need shot creators/scorers, Klay Thompson won't be available for the start of the season and even when he does he will be on a minutes restriction/won't play back to backs. The only guys on the Warriors who will be available a the start of the season who can really create their own shot are Steph, Jordan Poole, and Andrew Wiggins, and Wiggins' shot creation skills are kinda limited. I watched Mychal Mulder play minutes for them all year as a guard/wing and he couldn't stay in front of anyone and only hit shots in blowouts, Bouk can be better than that.
 
aceboon said:
It would be dependent on Steve Kerr not being hardheaded(i.e. him playing Brad Wannamaker over Jordan Poole early when Poole cleary had higher upside), but Bouk would be able to get playing time for the Warriors early. The Warriors desperately need shot creators/scorers, Klay Thompson won't be available for the start of the season and even when he does he will be on a minutes restriction/won't play back to backs. The only guys on the Warriors who will be available a the start of the season who can really create their own shot are Steph, Jordan Poole, and Andrew Wiggins, and Wiggins' shot creation skills are kinda limited. I watched Mychal Mulder play minutes for them all year as a guard/wing and he couldn't stay in front of anyone and only hit shots in blowouts, Bouk can be better than that.
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I defense of Kerr, poole had a beyond abysmal rookie year.

Kid needed to work his way out of the basement
 
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the Q said:
I defense of Kerr, poole had a beyond abysmal rookie year.

Kid needed to work his way out of the basement
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He did, but Wannamaker was abysmal from the start last year and it took too long to go to Poole who started killing it once he got consistent minutes after the GLeauge bubble. It made no sense to me to keep playing the veteran who was weighing down the bench unit over the young kid with higher upside.
 
husky429 said:
Bouknight is skyrocketing his stock this week.

Honest question though: Does this signal to Hurley that we need to revamp our offense? James shouldn't have had to take such high difficulty shots in a stagnant system. Can we change it up to start showcasing our talent better?
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Hurley has to be hearing this from many people.
 
husky429 said:
Bouknight is skyrocketing his stock this week.

Honest question though: Does this signal to Hurley that we need to revamp our offense? James shouldn't have had to take such high difficulty shots in a stagnant system. Can we change it up to start showcasing our talent better?
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I don't think we can assess Hurley's system when a player hurt his elbow and undeniably shot worse once he returned. Hopefully, there will be a comparable player to Bouknight in the next few years and we can see what they do when healthy within Hurley's offense.
 
BuffaloHusky said:
I don't think we can assess Hurley's system when a player hurt his elbow and undeniably shot worse once he returned. Hopefully, there will be a comparable player to Bouknight in the next few years and we can see what they do when healthy within Hurley's offense.
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Experts have assessed his system though. And it was not good. We relied to heavily on guys who couldn't score for too long (Carlton and Adams), took too many mid-range Js and played far too slow. We were also too slow to acknowledge Sanogo's talent.

There were signs of Hurley changing towards the end of the season.

I've written much more on this topic before. I don't have the time now. Hurley has a ton of great qualities. He'll be a GOOD coach even without revamping the offense just because of his recruiting, defense, and team management.

But if we want to be a perennial top 25 team every single year competing in the sweet 16 or better, we need to change up our offense.
 
husky429 said:
Experts have assessed his system though. And it was not good. We relied to heavily on guys who couldn't score for too long (Carlton and Adams), took too many mid-range Js and played far too slow. We were also too slow to acknowledge Sanogo's talent.

There were signs of Hurley changing towards the end of the season.

I've written much more on this topic before. I don't have the time now. Hurley has a ton of great qualities. He'll be a GOOD coach even without revamping the offense just because of his recruiting, defense, and team management.

But if we want to be a perennial top 25 team every single year competing in the sweet 16 or better, we need to change up our offense.
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Honestly it looked a lot like ollies offense with jalen…
 
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A composite mock draft has Bouk going 9th when it averages a bunch of them. The kid is supremely talented and now that he is healthy he has almost certainly secured his place in the lottery.
 
Huskybass said:
A composite mock draft has Bouk going 9th when it averages a bunch of them. The kid is supremely talented and now that he is healthy he has almost certainly secured his place in the lottery.
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Yeah, he has done the right things to move up.

I wouldn’t be surprised if he was a bubble lottery guy before the process started. But getting back to 100% and showing out in this process, putting the work in is making it clear he’s as good as we thought he was.
 
aceboon said:
Seeing so many Warriors fans complain about Bouk's 3PT FG% not factoring in the offensive system he played in and the type of shots he had to take due to that system, put him on Gonzaga and that number looks way different. Hope he goes there, him and Poole would be a treat to watch off the bench.
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There’s also warriors fans who wouldn’t trade Wiggins for Simmons, so let’s just get that out of the way to start
 
Any news on if he completed athletic testing at his pro-day? He looked great in the skills department, but I was curious about his vertical & speed.
 
husky429 said:
Bouknight is skyrocketing his stock this week.

Honest question though: Does this signal to Hurley that we need to revamp our offense? James shouldn't have had to take such high difficulty shots in a stagnant system. Can we change it up to start showcasing our talent better?
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This is a good point. Our offense just doesn’t have great spacing and we tend to be more traditional than modern. I think hurley sacrificed some good spacing lineups to help Sanogo’s development though, which was the right move.
 
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