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Elijah Hughes, get on board!

If we comping him to Jazz players, I think CJ Miles is closer.

Hood is a really unique player, hard to comp anyone to him.

He looks CJ's size. He has CJ's type of smooth athleticism
 
I will co-sign if Boler promises to get his name right once.
 
I think Hughes looks good but as someone put it in the game thread “Jordan Clarkson thinks Hughes shoots too much”. I love the confidence but like Brantley... he will have to adjust from his G league role to a regular role. If he can do it as a role player he might be good enough to be more of a primary/secondary scorer. The initial returns are pretty exciting.
 
I finally feel like we have some good young wings that can be ready once Joe rides into the sunset. That’s the good news.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
If we comping him to Jazz players, I think CJ Miles is closer.

Hood is a really unique player, hard to comp anyone to him.

He looks CJ's size. He has CJ's type of smooth athleticism
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The problem is it took CJ miles 4 years to be a real prospect. Hopefully we don't have wait on Hughes for that.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I think Hughes looks good but as someone put it in the game thread “Jordan Clarkson thinks Hughes shoots too much”. I love the confidence but like Brantley... he will have to adjust from his G league role to a regular role. If he can do it as a role player he might be good enough to be more of a primary/secondary scorer. The initial returns are pretty exciting.
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Really? I think he's a pretty natural fit. Quin wants dudes who will let it rip. I think he is offensive ready for sure. He could be the 10th man right now. The defense might be different.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Really? I think he's a pretty natural fit. Quin wants dudes who will let it rip. I think he is offensive ready for sure. He could be the 10th man right now. The defense might be different.
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Early evidence definitely suggests that defense will be a problem this year. It’s too bad he missed all the different development opportunities between draft prep, OTAs, summer league, etc etc.

I think we’ll have to be patient, but I think we got a steal.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Really? I think he's a pretty natural fit. Quin wants dudes who will let it rip. I think he is offensive ready for sure. He could be the 10th man right now. The defense might be different.
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Maybe... its the super long threes that kinda seem overly aggressive. I guess it wouldn't be hard for him to tone it down like 15% when he's in with the regulars. Brantley's game either needs to cut 35% of the BS and improve the shooting or the BS has to get like 50% better then he becomes amazing.

I will change my previous statement. The defense needs to improve a lot from Hughes and he needs to tone it down just a hair. Having him as a third option when the ball is swinging around as a willing shooter (think Jae Crowder) but he also has a great first step and seems to get to the hoop when he wants to.

He's interesting.
 
I have Mo Almond syndrome sometimes where I get afraid that the lower drafted shooters may have an issue getting their shot off against NBA level competition. Jimmer fell into this category too. Hughes has none of those issues. He can get his shot whenever he wants
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Maybe... its the super long threes that kinda seem overly aggressive. I guess it wouldn't be hard for him to tone it down like 15% when he's in with the regulars. Brantley's game either needs to cut 35% of the BS and improve the shooting or the BS has to get like 50% better then he becomes amazing.

I will change my previous statement. The defense needs to improve a lot from Hughes and he needs to tone it down just a hair. Having him as a third option when the ball is swinging around as a willing shooter (think Jae Crowder) but he also has a great first step and seems to get to the hoop when he wants to.

He's interesting.
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When Tucker was taking those long 3's last season it felt that it comes from being too excited and forcing things, with Hughes it feels that he is really capable of hitting those.
 
I feel comfortable that we have enough rotation players to weather injuries and wind Joe's minutes back a touch. Think the roster holes are covered. Still curious to see how Mike is utilized and want to see it work with the starting unit. I wonder if he struggles if we will bend over backwards to accommodate him or just have the bus move out the station and hope he catches up.

After a slow start he looked good and we had some of those beautiful game moments... Mike was key in the run that won us the game.
 
Jazzmix said:
I am not a native speaker so Boler always makes me question my English pronounciation skills.
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Half the time he has the wrong guy anyway so it doesn't matter too much. Hughes is Ellijah and he keeps saying Eliza.
 
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