The young man has shocked me. He’s proving there’s a place for him in the NBA. The GS veterans seem to love the way he plays the game.
If you're a shooter, you love a guy who willingly sets screens, runs and rebounds. TJD's done that extremely well when I've watched.
TJD excels at all three of those things too. Probably too 10% in all three for his position in the NBA.
Yep, he went from being the "Man" at IU to being a role player there and he's been terrific. Lot's of respect for that. I wasn't sure how well his game would translate (and neither were the rest of the NBA, or he'd not have lasted til the end of the 2nd round!) but he's found himself the perfect situation there in GS. He'll increase his value tremendously if they decide he makes DG expendable.
We saw glimpses of him being a willing role player. Like the Purdue games. Did all the right things in those games. Didn’t score as much.
was against Jaylen brown on a dunk very impressive close out, it's in a yahoo article.
He is going to earn a lot more playing time. I'm not surprised at all. He's better than Looney already, imo.
Ben Simmons didn’t make a 3 pointer his first two seasons. TJD does valuable things for a team without shooting any 3s.
hard to believe that on Simmons but if you say so I guess it's true, the 3 comment was on everyone saying he had no future because he can't shoot from 3.
Yep. That was the knock on Simmons when he came into the league. Dude couldn't shoot at all.
outside of 30 players, everyone is a role player. don't think that was the issue. he's a little undersized for an NBA post player, always thought he was way more athletic than what he was given credit for. fringe players a lot of times need to find the right system to showcase their skills. looks like he landed in a great spot. and don't underestimate intelligence and work ethic, tjd seems to have those intangibles.
