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Message: [QUOTE="ClifSpliffy, post: 3945184, member: 9260"] as an early fan of ajax's energy, attitude, and bigtime [I]potential[/I], i remain so. the only change in thought is that he could be a scorer with that profile, but, for now, a 'shooter' is off the table. watch closely his 3 attempts, or other floor shots when not stationary, ie, not 2 feet firmly planted, ie a jump shot. both hands mostly remain on the same plane upon release - a jumping 2-handed shot. not repeatable as each time the 'role' of each hand is confused. period. these players can be hot and in the groove, or stone cold, but never predictably consistent as to their shooting. scoring is a separate matter. can it be corrected? yes, at this stage of his development. will it be corrected? idk. i have a sneaking feeling that his hands are undersized for his frame, precluding a [I]dominant [/I]role for his shooting hand. many pros became reasonably successful with a similar profile due to energy, athleticism, and superior bb iq, but almost none became leading bucket getters, unless they only rarely had to 'shoot' as opposed to just drop the biscuit in the basket. exhibit 'a' to the extreme -shaquille. a fantastic and winning scorer, yet rarely required to 'shoot.' don't get ur panties in a bunch as i said 'to the extreme' in order to demonstrate a point. on the udder hand, and also to the extreme, not having 'any' shot won't 100% keep some players from the bigtime. think dennis rodman, an important, successful, and winning player who probably missed the bowl half the time after wiping in his daily constitutional. mr 'sool' also looks a bit like mark jackson in his stroke, that sorta 2 handed thing. no big for me. i'd take a mark jackson on my squad all week long, and twice on sundays. here's to hoping. and don't even bring the 'passing accuracy' thing to the argument-a pass is not the same thing as a shot, for the obvious reason of margin for error. [/QUOTE]

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