If John Wall gets a jumpshot......

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kill yourself :heh:

take for example, lebron james, he has a similar problem. his athleticism is so great, that it interrupts his sense of bodily awareness and precision. a player half of his athleticism, kevin durant, has a sense of touch that lebron can never have.
 

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So because someone can run fast and jump high they have a harder time shooting the ball? :youngsabo: this dude would say different.
 
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touch/body awareness and raw athletic power are two different things. basketball is a duality of explosive movement and more carefully executed, delicate, finesse movements. a good question you can ask is why kareem can sky hook effectively but more powerful, more explosive big men in this more athletic era of basketball cant. why cant more powerful, more athletic big men like dwight howard move with the same grace and awareness as the less athletic tim duncan. one answer is that powerful, explosive movement is contradictory to soft, delicate, graceful movements. this, to me, would make some sense.

westbrook, whos decent now at shooting from about 15 feet, must come to full halt to get off that shot. he must switch his body from an explosive state to a more mindful and ultimately softer, more delicate state. his shot still looks very hard and stiff. it doesnt have that characteristic softness or smoothness that a true shooter has. i would never expect westbrook to have a shooting touch like kobe, who has softer and smoother body movements. kobe consequently has a shot variety that i dont think westbrook would ever have, as hard and as explosively as he likes to move.

i wouldnt expect wall to have it either, since his whole style is oriented at being powerful and explosive vs soft and delicate
 

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honestly, out of college he should have been one of the best true PGs since jason kidd, but well, it didnt turn out that way so far. i still have hope for him though, nikka needs to slow down and think a little bit, also needs better teammates
 

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Nah i think that would be deshawn stevenson :gag:

If Deshawn spotted up from behind the three, I'd probably put a hand up to contest

If John Wall spotted up from behind the three, I'd probably encourage him to shoot that bullshyt
 

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And if Steph Curry had Wall's athleticism and ankles he'd be the best pg ever. If if was a 5th then we'd all be drunk.
 

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And if Steph Curry had Wall's athleticism and ankles he'd be the best pg ever. If if was a 5th then we'd all be drunk.

Curry could still develop into one of the top pgs in the league. Next season will be a breakout one.....I hope.

And if Wall had Currys jumpshot:ohlawd:
 

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touch/body awareness and raw athletic power are two different things. basketball is a duality of explosive movement and more carefully executed, delicate, finesse movements. a good question you can ask is why kareem can sky hook effectively but more powerful, more explosive big men in this more athletic era of basketball cant. why cant more powerful, more athletic big men like dwight howard move with the same grace and awareness as the less athletic tim duncan. one answer is that powerful, explosive movement is contradictory to soft, delicate, graceful movements. this, to me, would make some sense.

westbrook, whos decent now at shooting from about 15 feet, must come to full halt to get off that shot. he must switch his body from an explosive state to a more mindful and ultimately softer, more delicate state. his shot still looks very hard and stiff. it doesnt have that characteristic softness or smoothness that a true shooter has. i would never expect westbrook to have a shooting touch like kobe, who has softer and smoother body movements. kobe consequently has a shot variety that i dont think westbrook would ever have, as hard and as explosively as he likes to move.

i wouldnt expect wall to have it either, since his whole style is oriented at being powerful and explosive vs soft and delicate

There are some valid points in this quote, but I would counter the dwight howard argument with Shaq, his small half hook around the basket was virtually unstoppable. I think a lot it boils down to footwork, which Kareem, Hakeem, Ewing and Shaq have great footwork combined with power.

But I would have to say that LeBron is the best combination of power, speed, and touch when needed. He never seems to out of control or unable to pull back when needed. Durant is coming in a close second.

Kobe is the exception because he's Kobe, Westbrook will definitely get better though.
 

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Wall needs to slow down, he is TOO fast with the ball. I look at the screen like :wtf: at times.
 

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Wall needs to slow down, he is TOO fast with the ball. I look at the screen like :wtf: at times.

yea its not that he is too athletic :what: its that he isnt smart enough to know when to use it yet. there are times to run the break and times to slow it down and run the offense. :scusthov: at being too athletic
 
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