He played 15 games in the NBA before the Raptors quickly realized he was nowhere near NBA level. In those 15 NBA games:
3.9/1.5/1.0 on 27% FG & 24% 3P
Now that he’s in the G-League, it’s not any better. In 3 G-League games:
15/2.7/1.0 on 27% FG & 28% 3P
I’m not one to hate on rookies early in their career, but these are unacceptable stats for a lottery pick. These stats also don’t reflect how big of a net negative he is on defense, effectively making him unplayable in any professional basketball setting
Yea but it’s in Canada so nobody cares
So you think 35% eFG is bad?
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He’s fine… he’s just missing his shots.
He has great movement on the court and seems like a high IQ player. He’s gonna be a good player once his shots start falling.
He went flaccid
Crowning a “worst” pick 20 games into the season is absolutely ridiculous
did we need 20 games to crown Anthony Bennett?
bennett was the 1 pick and was even worse lmao, took him 5 games to make a field goal
Bennett showed absolutely nothing of value. It was much much worse.
When Gradey was getting minutes he was moving a lot, cutting and doing things you want to see. Bennett did nothing.
Sometimes you can just tell a guy doesn’t have it
Gradey dick is trash in the NBA
Gradey dick production is absolutely ridiculous
There was people out on Johnny Davis after the summer league so I’ve seen happen earlier than this lol
It was pretty alarming how out of place Johnny Davis looked during summer league. Sometimes you just know right away.
Dont worry according the Lakers subreddit Jalen Hood Schifino is a bust already too
How are we as basketball enjoyers hating on non-top 3 pick rookies? Hating on rookies in general is just sad but outside of the top 10? That’s just weird.
Bring the “joy” back to sports enjoyment
He’s not the worst pick in the draft.
He gets talked about because of his name
I think he could still be solid. His game(from what I’ve seen) just looks so natural. Terrible start obviously but you never know. We’re like 20 games in lol
Yeah, like yes his shot isnt falling at the moment but hes looked good otherwise. Really weird start for him. People on the Raps sub have compared him to how Kispert started his career before settling in.
He’s got a babies body. Like, he’s 19, fine… he’ll get stronger… but there are also 19 year olds coming into the league with grown man bodies, so it’s not crazy to doubt if he’ll be able to catch up
If Malachi Flynn is any estimate on Raptors FO patience, then I’d say he’s going to be okay.
Can’t we just make fun of his name?
I’d take him. Fits a need for us.
Why are you expecting mid-1st Round picks who are 19-20 years old to be NBA-ready?
You draft them for what you expect they will become, not for Year 1 production.
If we’re gonna be dissecting a player after they’ve played all of 220 minutes of NBA basketball, we may as well give him props for being 10/10 from the free throw line
Y’all haven’t seen JHS stink it up on the Lakers I see