Keyonte George’s Star Ascension

[Tremendous Upside]

That’s true, but on the other hand he’s our only threat that can create for himself so should be getting the brunt of attention from opposing teams already. A better team around him should make things easier for him.

You're kidding. Lauri has insane gravity, which takes a ton of individual pressure off Keyonte. The #1 game plan priority of every team playing the Jazz is keeping Lauri away from the ball, and if he does get, making him give it up before he gets to his spots. That's how good he is.

Nurk's screen assist ability (or sometimes just the threat of a screen) is another important factor in Keyonte's rise.

Key has become very good at utilizing the space and lanes available to him, but he's not playing alone in a vacuum. He's looked very pedestrian in games where both Lauri and Nurk have been out.

 

[Rubashov]

They forgot to mention "who also tied their left shoe first on Wednesdays" to really make this complete.


Seriously though, he has been on fire. I am happy to see it. It is fun to see a player break out AND lose enough to keep our pick and get a chance at a good lottery player to help fill Key's gaps.




@Rubashov get your mind out of the gutter

Why?

 

[Tanktastic]

"Self-creation" is the second biggest myth on this board.

 

[Ikel]

You're kidding. Lauri has insane gravity, which takes a ton of individual pressure off Keyonte. The #1 game plan priority of every team playing the Jazz is keeping Lauri away from the ball, and if he does get, making him give it up before he gets to his spots. That's how good he is.

Nurk's screen assist ability (or sometimes just the threat of a screen) is another important factor in Keyonte's rise.

Key has become very good at utilizing the space and lanes available to him, but he's not playing alone in a vacuum. He's looked very pedestrian in games where both Lauri and Nurk have been out.

Nba.com actually measures gravity: https://www.nba.com/inside-the-game/player/gravity

 

[KqWIN]

Some of those VORP and BPM numbers for some of the other guys are just crazy. But those are fun comparisons for sure. Now do the same players and their defensive stats comparison!

BPM and Vorp include defense which is why Key rates out so much worse.

 

[KqWIN]

Key performs quite well on offense regardless of who he shares the court with. Offensively he’s just very good and his success doesn’t seem to be tied to any player.

 

[LogGrad98]

Why?

I honestly cannot think of a good reason. Carry on.

 

[HermanG]

Key performs quite well on offense regardless of who he shares the court with. Offensively he’s just very good and his success doesn’t seem to be tied to any player.

I would also like to add that if you add qualifiers to remove "good players" while you also simultaneously replace them with "bad players",... then that switch hurts the performance (at least efficiency) of literally anyone.

 

[rippimpc]

Iirc Keyonte played off ball his entire career til the nba. Can imagine he can play lead guard or move off ball. That was the differentiator between Steph and Lillard IMO.