The sad thing about Ingram , is that heās an amazing scorer. But thatās about it, heās not an amazing or even good defender or an amazing playmaker at this stage of his career. Which disappoints me since in his first couple of years in LA heād initiate the offense in hopes of developing those playmaking skills. Really expected him to be better than he currently is 6 years ago.
Yeah, his biggest issues are his poor defense, constant injuries, over-reliance on iso, and his refusal to take a high volume of 3ās. His passing is one of this strengths!
If weāre strictly talking forwards Paoloās game stylistically has more in common with Melo tbh. They both play more of a power game.
Even then, I donāt think you can really compare Melo to anyone in todayās game. Completely different era. Embiid is the only guy I can think of who works out of the triple threat as much as Melo did
KD got drafted in 2007, born in 88. Melo got drafted in 2003, born in 84. They came up in the same era.
Melo feels like he was from a different era cuz he wasted the last few years of his prime with the Knicks when he resigned in 2014. If he spent those years on the bulls with Jimmy Butler and Thibs, heās prolly remembered differently
Also fwiw Lebron didnāt join the heat until 2010.
Idk I guess it's all semantics. For some reason I always looked at the Thunder trio as being from the next era, same way I look at guys like Halli and Ant as being from the next era after the J's. Or the J's being from the next era after Kawhi/Jimmy/PG13.
That 4 year block is the difference between a rookie and a star in their prime. By the time rook hits his prime, the veteran star is on the downslope.
Melo was never this level of passer and is a way more physical presence than BI. BI is like a great man value version of current KD. Better playmaker than KD is tho.
Heās a great midrange player, but he has some of the worst shot quality in the NBA. Pelicans have wanted him to take more 3s and fewer long 2s for a while, but he just hasnāt. Still a good player obviously, but man, with some small changes he could be so much better.
No, Willie Green encourages this shit. He was taking more 3's when he first got to NO under different coaches but then Green, having played in the 2000's, came in started catering to Ingram getting these kinds of looks.
True but it looks like they still run the same shit. Like the two Raptors clips late in this vid, the action is designed to get a midrange look feel me? Im saying they need a whole overhaul of the system, but hey I havent caught too many games so maybe you know better than me.
The whole team is 24th in 3PA while being 8th in %. I get that you want the better shooters shooting em and whatnot but yea to me it shows what kinda looks the offense is generating as a whole.
Yeah he gets his shot which is highly contested in all of these clips. He has slow feet and lateral quickness. That lack of seperation is probably why heās so streaky.
Midrange is the worst shot in the game. Teams will happily take away the drive and leave these sort of difficult shots. BIs player efficiency rating is outside the top 25 largely because of these shots. If he's not going to the rim he's better off pulling a harden and doing these moves from 3.
Every short, stocky defender seemingly gets the same benefit of the doubt. I watched PJ Tucker fouling people for an entire year and refs just casually swallowing their whistles for some reason.
Seriously hate Dort so much after that series. Blatantly targeting Lukaās injured knee over and over. Cannonballing into players at one end and then flopping on screens at the other. It was disgusting to watch.
I mean literally the same exact same thing happened the year before with Edwardās guarding Ingram extremely physically. I think it was 1 or 2 games vs Minnesota at the end of the year that were big for seeding / avoiding play in
Hes built like hes an elite 3 and D guy, so teams expect that from him. He is elite, but not at the things you expect. Great shot creator and playmaker.
I said LOOKED like one. And New Orleans very vocally wanted him to take more 3s. if he did, they probably wouldn't be looking to move him, and the spacing wouldn't be the main issue breaking up Zion and Ingram.
Hes built like hes an elite 3 and D guy, so teams expect that from him. He is elite, but not at the things you expect. Great shot creator and playmaker.
I said that no one expects him to be 3&D. Idk why youāre disagreeing with me, you said it
I love BIs game, but this far in I question his heart. He just gives me lavine type vibes. Like, its cool when hes hitting, but doesn't do anything else when hes not.
but BI's an awesome locker room guy and seems pretty beloved by both the team and fanbase for NOLA, its strictly a fit issue I think he has alot of heart. Matter fact I think he has much more heart than Zion, who to his credit looked locked in to vinish the year but has yo-yoed his weight and level of intensity frequently throughout his time in nola.
Man if only he had the motor to score in other ways when the midrange isnt falling. He'll just keep jacking up contested shots from the elbow no matter what happens
Guy is a bucket getterā¦ but not sure if he has that fire in himā¦ Way to mellow for his own good. I can see why NOLA wants a lot for him ā¦ at the same time can see why other teams are low balling
Ingram consistently creates enough space to shoot despite his defenders working really hard. As an old school guy made me think of Oscar who could always get 12-15 ft open shot no matter what the defenders did.
Watch the highlight that the guy posted. Those were all tough contested midrange shots from iso. That is pretty much how Tobias likes to do it too cause they can't create good separations. The only difference is Tobias is less accurate. Same type of player just different names lol.
What no, BI is a ball handler and playmaker. Heās probably a top 10 passing forward. And his weakness is slowing down pace to play iso and never shooting 3s which is not Tobiasās game.
Didnāt do shit in the playoffs and I used to be really high on him but I just donāt know if heās a winning player. Gives me Paul George vibes in that I just feel heās missing something that winners possess
Didnāt you guys not win a game the whole season when you were down going into the 4th? Great player, no doubt, but not sure I would characterize him as someone who takes over games
I feel like his best role (on an actual contender at least) would be as a 6th man, but atm he's just young enough and on a big enough contract where a lot of people still want to cast him as #2 or #3 guy when he simply isn't.
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