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Originally Posted by sethypooh21
Some guys who learned how to shoot, some who didn't. Eyeballing the list neither side seems predominant. I will say this, he's not a guy who shot well in college that has just struggled to adapt. He was a bad shooter who continues to be a bad shooter. He could improve and probably will to a degree but there's plenty of room to improve and still be below average let alone positive on this front.
i didn't cherrypick on purpose, had to go and threw together a list of the first few players who i could think of. i agree that guys who failed are important too, but rookies who start studding and then disappear are def outliers. like reke is like a 3 sigma outlier, for all we know he got addicted to meth after his rookie year. if nothing else playing for a dysfunctional organization hurt him a ton the same way the cavs are ****ing up kyrie this year.
i never was inclined to slurp rubio at all. he has the same strengths as mcw but his weaknesses are just so much more extreme. he is a pathetic rim finisher and that's not something that is readily improved as outside shot. his 2p% and TOV% are far worse than mcw's right meow, and overall mcw's superiority is glaring.
i don't anticipate that mcw will ever be a good shooter. but he should slowly uptick and he doesn't have to improve much to get his TS > 50. if he settles into the 51-53 range that's fine for somebody with his defense, playmaking, and ball protection. jason kidd had a 50.7% TS and is one of the best PG's of all time.
i do think one concern with mcw is that he seems overconfident in his sucky ass shot. like he's prob gonna be at his best as a 22 usage player rockin a 53 TS, but he might instead become a 29 usg player with a 49 TS which would be no bueno.