The argument was that he bombed his pre-draft process because he's too immature.
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The argument was that he bombed his pre-draft process because he's too immature.
fishonjazz
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Thought Jarace looked really good. Basically how I envisioned him at the NBA level. Can do a bit of everything but it's all still very raw.
Seems like he interviews okay to me...
View: https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/1747073662941896801
I thought this was super cool.
He's got some defensive playmaking. His wingspan and reactions are working at the NBA level. He's built like Anunoby.
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Seems like he interviews okay to me...
View: https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/1747073662941896801
He sounds like he’s 14 lol
Bawse Dawg
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GG had a gg
Cason Wallace who started the season with ridiculous shooting, has cooled off in major way.
So greatly increased shot totals but meanwhile his FG% and 3P% are travelling backwards fast. He still has pretty solid looking numbers for the season, but if this trend of increased shooting and decreased efficiency continues, he might end up finishing the season in ugly land, which is wild considering how hot he was to start the year.
| Month | MPG (GP) | PPG | FG% (FGA) | 3P% (3PA) |
| October | 20.5 (4) | 8.3 | 85.7 (3.5) | 83.3 (1.5) |
| November | 22.4 (14) | 6.7 | 56.1 (4.7) | 51.9 (1.9) |
| December | 21.4 (13) | 6.3 | 44.6 (5.7) | 30.8 (3.0) |
| January | 20.0 (8) | 6.6 | 39.0 (5.9) | 32.1 (4.0) |
So greatly increased shot totals but meanwhile his FG% and 3P% are travelling backwards fast. He still has pretty solid looking numbers for the season, but if this trend of increased shooting and decreased efficiency continues, he might end up finishing the season in ugly land, which is wild considering how hot he was to start the year.
His regression was predictable to a degree since he isn't a 40+% 3pt shooter right now, you knew he was going to have some bad games to bring his averages down. He's not a bad shooter though, so I'm guessing he ends up in the 35 to 38% range.
His problem is he doesn't have true NBA range yet. He can hit the corner 3, but is poor at above the break 3. Teams started to figure this out and so he is usually guarded pretty tight on the corners.
In the end his value has always been his defense. It doesn't make a huge difference if he is missing on average 2 or 3 shots per game.
I watched his 2nd half minutes. His struggles seem to be mostly due to nerves? Had back to back turnovers when I watched him.
He's got some terrible indicators early, but hopefully he can put it together in the 2nd half to the point where he's not embarrassingly bad.
Even this highlight is an example of that. Why does he go left to dribble directly into Herro instead of just continuing right and then dumping an easy pass off to the cutter? Game just way too fast for him right now.
framer
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Isn't that standard rookie stuff, though? If you give rookies, especially NCAA guys a lot of minutes they usually hit a wall.