(11-02-2020, 02:14 PM)khaled1987 Wrote: it seems his midrange shots are more calculated
IMO I think Hayes's midrange game is complementary and not a "go-to" even though he is truly ELITE at it. I think when the defense gives him the midrange he takes it and does not force it and hence does it REALLY efficiently. I think that is EXACTLY what you want in the modern NBA. Excel at 3s and layups, but have the third level midrange when it is essentially wide open.
As soon as Hayes has his three point shot refined and the catch and shoot game he will likely be a 20-25 pt game scorer in the NBA. I truly see him as one of the few "stars" in this draft.
(11-02-2020, 02:09 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: I just read a piece on Mavs Moneyball which makes me feel like I've been a blind idiot the past few weeks. That report about the Mavs in win-now mode, and doing everything they can to trade into the lottery? The piece basically said that the Mavs don't draft well, generally don't play rookies when they're good (the Mavs, not the rookies), and often use the draft for trades, so their likely effort right now is to obtain a lottery pick - and then turn around and trade that for an established player.Freaking duh. I'm so stupid to have gotten my hopes up.
I think that will be proven to be completely wrong. This feels like fan, arm-chair GM overthinking.
Occam's Razor should prevail here:
By far the simplest thing is NOT that the Mavs are trying to spend a lot of effort to move up in the draft only to flip (that would be so incredibly complicated with so many moving parts and things falling into place in a very tight timeframe). The by far simplest thing is that the Mavs LOVE someone in the draft and MAY move up to get him if he falls to a spot they can reach.
P.S. I do think you should measure your expectations though and keep them in check. Even if the Mavs have a strong desire to move up it probably only has like a 20% chance of happening.