“I think they can fake the pick-and-roll or do a fake dribble handoff.’’ Scott said. “I never asked him. I want him to buy into the program they have for him. One day he’s going to have to improve and shoot the ball. He can do that. It will make him easier to have the defense guessing. I think he can be an Anthony Davis-type player – with a jab, mid-range jumper, dribble and explode to the goal.”
For now, Fizdale is rolling with Robinson’s oops.
“He’s mastered that now,’’ said Scott, who also has Davis as a top client. “Throw it anywhere in the top of the box. Dunking really motivates him. At first, he didn’t understand pick and rolls and spacing. Now, he understands it better and when not to roll.’’
While Fizdale has given a ton of credit to veteran DeAndre Jordan’s recent mentorshipafter being obtained from Dallas, Scott says his childhood friend/ex-Net Kerry Kittles has boosted Robinson, too, on defense.
Two weeks ago, Kittles sat down with the foul-plagued Robinson, the 20-year-old who never received college coaching.
“He was reaching too much,’’ Scott said. “Kerry showed him on the computer — you need to help on this, but if you help too far from the goal, it puts you in trouble. Sometimes (your teammate) is going to get beat in the NBA and you hold them accountable. A lot of credit to Kerry. Once he understood, it was ‘I see it now’ and he stopped taking chances like that.’’
“When I first got here two months ago, he was a little lazy getting the extra work in, going to the gym after a game,’’ Scott said. ”He’s picked up that habit again. He wasn’t in no shape when I first got up here. It’s back to the habits we used to have. When I got here he was rusty in things we used to do every day, like free throws.’’
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