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Yeah I still have high hopes for him but not sure he is going to have the same impact that Stephon Castle is having due to his athletic ability. I know the ankle is probably impacting that on both his shot and his lift. He is having issues getting by people on the perimeter too. Just something to point out but he normally does have the best defender on him which he won't have in the NBA.To be fair, this is what I expected from him coming off the injury. I’ve said it before but that high ankle really messes with shooters. It’s the equivalent of a shoulder for a pitcher - the mechanism from which everything happens. You lose your lift and then everything else is out of whack. Then he somehow pulled off that 38 point game out of muscle memory - but has come back down to earth. It’s like that first day you play golf after you haven’t played and you randomly hit it great, but then the second or third time reality sets in
He did look badly swallowed up around the rim today and looked weak trying to squeeze shots off in traffic, which would have me a bit worried as a scout. The athleticism doesn’t exactly go down at the next level. But the shooting problems wouldn’t worry me at the moment and a more spread out floor could help a little with finding space.