He looks like a big pg type... but does look slow in some of the highlight videos.
There was some video on his pro day that was pretty impressive (I know the guy that makes fun of the workouts against chairs). It was the speed he was running around the gym and stopping to shoot... and the shots were going through so cleanly.
If you look at his high school videos and pics... he's definitely never been in this good of shape and the reports he came into Baylor heavy are real. IDK... if he is a little faster cuz of the commitment he has made to his body he might have uncovered his "disguised potential" already. Can't wait to see him in summer league... although the physicality and helter skelter style of basketball may produce some 3/14 games that are ugly.
Realized I already watched a half of the ARK game, so here is Gonzaga vs Baylor
Summary
- Crazy shot taker. The degree of difficulty on his shots is insane. Sometimes ill advised but also sometimes necessary and he makes some of them
- Very left hand dominant off the dribble
- Very good intensity on defense. Highly engaged. Do not confuse him with a chucker that does not care, he is competing every play.
- Bad conditioning? Expends a ton of energy on both ends, but looked winded and had to be subbed early and often
- Mostly positive passing
- Explosive and physical finishing style when attacking the basket
- Runs directly into screens, not good
1H
- First play PnP action, zags trap and he makes the pass quickly. Miss.
- Stawther is his defender and clearly instructed to face guard him off the ball.
- High PnR action, zags trap again. They don't want to give him any space. As the play develops, beats Strawther off the dribble. Help man comes and tries to take a charge....no call and George hits the awkward shot, but maybe should have dumped it off?
- Already yelling at his teammate who blew a switch
- Off the screen 3 from the wing, Watson is in his face but shoots it anyways and misses
- Chases around some (bad) screens set for Stawther well
- Late clock situation, rejects the screen and blows by Stawther. Timme waiting rotates over and George misses the layup after contact. Nice move, but missed.
- Makes a good read in transition for the assist
- Goes for a really weird gamble and steal, don't like that. But makes a good help rotation later on in the possession. Gets the rebound and pushes ahead for another nice transition assist.
- Gets through an on ball screen Royce style aka running through it.
- Goes for a difficult pass to the big, overthrows it for a turnover
- Keeps running directly into screens, but he looks a little upset at his teammates for not communicating
- Pull up off the dribble three in transition, swish. Right in the defenders face.
- Triple threat on the wing, screener comes up and zags double. Makes the pass to the slipping big which forces zags to foul.
- BLOB, takes a movement three off a screen. Misses. He's definitely going to bait out 3 point fouls in the NBA. Kicks his legs out and defenders undercut him a lot.
- Has a semi open deep three opportunity, decides to pump fake and attack closeout instead. Good defense forces the step back miss from 3.
- Does not want to dribble right, always goes left and defender almost makes him pay for it. But he ends up hitting a DEEP three in his face.
- Intense on ball defense on Strawther, gets in his face and Strawther doesn't challenge him. Good help defense later on in the possession too.
- Looks winded?
- Very alert on defense, constantly checking his blindspots
- Semi transtion, hits defender with DWade windmill crossover for the AND1 SHEESH!
- Really good at digging down on drives.
- Next play intercepts post entry pass for steal
- High PnR, goes left of course, beats the big who shows but poor spacing and gets it stripped
- Really good closeout defense by zag defender on perimeter, but he shoots it in his face and makes it again???
- Another high PnR, wants to go left badly but shut off....finds a way to go left anyways and beats his man. Help big comes over and he makes the right read for the dump off. His teammate got fouled but no call.
Realized I already watched a half of the ARK game, so here is Gonzaga vs Baylor
Summary
- Crazy shot taker. The degree of difficulty on his shots is insane. Sometimes ill advised but also sometimes necessary and he makes some of them
- Very left hand dominant off the dribble
- Very good intensity on defense. Highly engaged. Do not confuse him with a chucker that does not care, he is competing every play.
- Bad conditioning? Expends a ton of energy on both ends, but looked winded and had to be subbed early and often
- Mostly positive passing
- Explosive and physical finishing style when attacking the basket
- Runs directly into screens, not good
1H
- First play PnP action, zags trap and he makes the pass quickly. Miss.
- Stawther is his defender and clearly instructed to face guard him off the ball.
- High PnR action, zags trap again. They don't want to give him any space. As the play develops, beats Strawther off the dribble. Help man comes and tries to take a charge....no call and George hits the awkward shot, but maybe should have dumped it off?
- Already yelling at his teammate who blew a switch
- Off the screen 3 from the wing, Watson is in his face but shoots it anyways and misses
- Chases around some (bad) screens set for Stawther well
- Late clock situation, rejects the screen and blows by Stawther. Timme waiting rotates over and George misses the layup after contact. Nice move, but missed.
- Makes a good read in transition for the assist
- Goes for a really weird gamble and steal, don't like that. But makes a good help rotation later on in the possession. Gets the rebound and pushes ahead for another nice transition assist.
- Gets through an on ball screen Royce style aka running through it.
- Goes for a difficult pass to the big, overthrows it for a turnover
- Keeps running directly into screens, but he looks a little upset at his teammates for not communicating
- Pull up off the dribble three in transition, swish. Right in the defenders face.
- Triple threat on the wing, screener comes up and zags double. Makes the pass to the slipping big which forces zags to foul.
- BLOB, takes a movement three off a screen. Misses. He's definitely going to bait out 3 point fouls in the NBA. Kicks his legs out and defenders undercut him a lot.
- Has a semi open deep three opportunity, decides to pump fake and attack closeout instead. Good defense forces the step back miss from 3.
- Does not want to dribble right, always goes left and defender almost makes him pay for it. But he ends up hitting a DEEP three in his face.
- Intense on ball defense on Strawther, gets in his face and Strawther doesn't challenge him. Good help defense later on in the possession too.
- Looks winded?
- Very alert on defense, constantly checking his blindspots
- Semi transtion, hits defender with DWade windmill crossover for the AND1 SHEESH!
- Really good at digging down on drives.
- Next play intercepts post entry pass for steal
- High PnR, goes left of course, beats the big who shows but poor spacing and gets it stripped
- Really good closeout defense by zag defender on perimeter, but he shoots it in his face and makes it again???
- Another high PnR, wants to go left badly but shut off....finds a way to go left anyways and beats his man. Help big comes over and he makes the right read for the dump off. His teammate got fouled but no call.
Even though I wanted Cam, I like George as a prospect. From all accounts he's a hard worker and has natural scoring instincts. I trust the Jazz staff to develop him since he has the good work ethic to benefit from it.
That's the thing though... His efficiency is not god awful. It is below average, but his raw %s don't reflect his efficiency accurately, because a TON of his shots are 3s and in addition he goes to the line a ton. Just an example ... His TS% is almost identical to Mitchell's coming into the league - .524 vs .532
It was super fun to watch him compete on both ends....but yeah he looked super winded and it was a buzzkill. His conditioning was failing him more than anything.
Thanks. I guess that would be before injuries really started to bother him, but probably also before he had completely slimmed down to where he is now.
He has lost 20 lbs since the season ended. Last year, he was fighting some injuries. The college game is so bad and it's hard to judge anything from that bush league. The dude is an alpha baller and he has the potential to be great. Jazz took a swing and I bet it pays off.
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