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Originally Posted by Quantum
He has one of the best looking shots in the game...he makes shots too. But damn...dude has bad tunnel vision when ball is in his hands.
If he doesnt take the three and decides to put the ball on the floor...no one else is getting the ball. Almost like what going on in his head is "Shot clock is low...I gotta make something happen"
Its crazy how his dad was a sweet dribbler....but THJ seems stiff...he doesnt have the natural gift/feel for dribbling unfortunately. If he could dribble better(more creative at getting past the defender) and finish at the rim more...he would amazing. A lot of guys would be amazing with another skill in their bag...but why I say this with THJ is because most guys in the League have good dribbles and decent finishers playing 1-3 position.
He has gotten more aggressive at taking it to the rim(at least to me it seems that way from last year to this year...dont know about his early days) which I like...and it will help him get paid long term...but he needs to focus on passing after putting the ball on the floor.
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You are spot on with that assessment of him.
Could you imagine if THJ had handles....he would be awesome because then when defenders close out on him respecting that jumper he could mix it up and drive more.
That's the thing which separates him from a Devin Booker, Donovan Mitchell or Zach Lavine types they can all be used as primary ball handlers because they have handles.
God Shammgod is the ball handling coach and he was amazing handling the rock back in his days as a player. I'm sure he works with THJ every day but he probably just doesn't have that skill set his like his daddy LOL