The Ross Enigma

[alphasigko]

I don't think Ross had a straight line to the basket. He was going to be cut off (at least from my angle), so he stopped. If he hit the little floater no one would care, or think he made a great play. But he got caught in between. It happens.

IMHO, he needs to be put into these positions to grow. It looks worse than it was because he was indecisive. But I don't believe he would have stopped, if he thought he had a free path to the basket. It's the speed of the decision making that has to improve and that comes with experience. He needs to trust his instincts and go through the guy, put up the floater immediately, or take the ball back out.

IMO he should have kept driving to the hoop, encounterd the defender, tried for the layup and draw a foul while making the basket.

 

[El Obrero]

IMO he should have kept driving to the hoop, encounterd the defender, tried for the layup and draw a foul while making the basket.

Something tells me they may have gone over this in practice yesterday.
But it’s good to see that Danny is checking the Boneyard analysis in his postgame deliberations with the staff!

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Yet another game of nice progress for Ross and that only helps this team come, February March and April…

Not going to lie, I see some similar traits between Ross and Andre Jackson.

Offensively, he's got that potential to wow off transition and he's an underrated passer. His shooting numbers haven't been strong, but his form has got potential to clean up.

Defensively, he's really active on-ball and in space. His head is always on a swivel and he's got 1-through-4 versatility.

I haven't read through this thread, but people are forgetting that Ross has played a total of 339 minutes in his career, so his experience at this level has yet to be fully developed. He just needs reps and he's a guy who will keep getting better on both ends.

 

[Hunt for 7]

One thing for certain. He has the best set of height, length, quickness, speed and jumping ability skill sets on the team. That alley oop was not an easy catch and flush on the move. He may take another year but his physical traits at his size convert better at the next level than everybody on the team. Yes Liam is and will be a higher draft pick and is far and away the better basketball player but when you watch Ross he has next level athletic skill sets.

I think by the time he leaves us we will all be talking about him differently.

 

[RuffRuff]

Not going to lie, I see some similar traits between Ross and Andre Jackson.

Offensively, he's got that potential to wow off transition and he's an underrated passer. His shooting numbers haven't been strong, but his form has got potential to clean up.

Defensively, he's really active on-ball and in space. His head is always on a swivel and he's got 1-through-4 versatility.

I haven't read through this thread, but people are forgetting that Ross has played a total of 339 minutes in his career, so his experience at this level has yet to be fully developed. He just needs reps and he's a guy who will keep getting better on both ends.

Not nearly as twitchy an athlete. Andre was explosive and had burst. Jayden is a good athlete but he’s not near AJax level. His advantage is that he’s a little longer.

 

[Hoophound]

Not nearly as twitchy an athlete. Andre was explosive and had burst. Jayden is a good athlete but he’s not near AJax level. His advantage is that he’s a little longer.

And more skilled.

 

[Fan1978]

And more skilled.

And had better hair stylist