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Originally Posted by FreshPrince22  I agree about the D. He seems like he wants to play D, but right now he gets caught off-guard sometimes. He has given up a number of open 3's in loose-ball or transition situations. These things should improve pretty rapidly. He has proven he has the ability to get a lot of deflections and steals though. He's got 6 steals in his last 3 games (46 total minutes).
As for the shooting... He had that bail-out shot where I believe Chauncey passed him the ball about 27 feet from the basket with 2-3 seconds on the shot clock. He also got swatted twice by JO (the 2nd of which would have likely been called a foul if he weren't a rook). As he builds confidence and learns to pick his spots, his efficiency will get better. I'm not sure if he'll ever be a really high percentage shooter though, but then again, Chauncey has never been a high percentage shooter either. Chauncey makes up for it by getting to the line. Stuckey will probably be even better than him in that regard. |
Good post. For sure, a guy just getting his feet back under him can't be judged on his D. He has a lot or things to get straight in his mind. Absorbing that road map called the NBA game. Its better to look at summer league, and preseason, since we have a quick comparison to make, Stuckey to Afflalo. What we saw there: Mejia was far and away the best defender. Afflalo was pretty darn solid though, with Stuckey good but not on Afflalo's level by quite a bit. Here is the two chief things I look at, effort, and the simple ability to stay in front of your man. Stuckey has these, and he has good height and ups to go with it. Rebounding is part of defense too and Stuckey won't be lacking there. Altogether, I think Stuckey is going to just fine on defense, not to mention the fact he will end up fouling his competition out so often it would not be much of an issue anyway.