It is not looking good, man. I thought he could be a 35-40 piece threat when the moment called for it like tonight, but he's genuinely struggling to put points on board. I mentioned above; he only scored 30 or more three times in a season in which the primary option missed a total of 18 games.
Makes it doubly frustrating, there isn’t a physical reason he’s bad he’s just intrinsically ass like DDR
He loses confidence whenever he gets blocked.
That’s a great assessment. I wonder what the reason for that is. Would that be the hamstring? Did he always do this? I still feel he can get a first step on guys which mitigates his bad technique but he hasn’t really taken advantage all year.
I don't believe he has. Again, he's just not being used right to get the best out of his abilities. I'm sorry, but as I've said before, if this is how they're going to use him, should have never signed to to that max contract for this kind of role.
Much better articulated than how I've been trying to say it. Yes, not an excuse, but Mitch is expecting him to do what he's not capable of. He played his best when he was 1A at the start of the season, or 1B when he took a more aggressive approach from the start of some of the games Victor played (OKC game being one example).
Fantastic observations. Did he play like this in Sacramento? Has he lost a little bit of jumping ability from his SAC days, or is this how he's always played close to the rim?
Great questions. He does seem to be lollygagging at the start of games, and maybe, that is a little bit on him. Maybe he is contributing a little to this. He should not be happy/content to play that way. If that is his mindset and he's happy to do it, I don't know if that's going to get it done. He needs a lot more killer instinct. Take a look at Scoot. That dude is going for it. That's how De'Aaron should have been playing. A lot more decisive with or without Vic.
I think what LeBowen said is happening. He's getting no elevation around the rim. Not sure if he always played this way, or if the hamstring took away some of his vertical, I don't know.
I really don't know why I'm sticking up for Fox so much. I wasn't really a fan of his in Sacremento, but I just feel this isn't all his fault. I've been trying to say what LeBowen mentioned a few posts above, they're just expecting too much from him and are putting in poor position to be able to deliver that. It's obvious he can't just turn it on as he hasn't been able to do that at the end if the season in multiple games in crunch time. Not sure why they thought it'd be any different. They're asking him to bail them out after everyone else craps the bed with the ball sharing/ISO/your turn approach. I'm not sure a lot of great players would be able to play like that. A lot of these other star players need to get into a rhythm earlier in the game to be able to close games. Not just do it in the last 5 minutes.
To counter the “Mitch needs to get him more engaged early on” point, he’s a PG and has a chance to engage in the offense HIMSELF at the beginning of a lot of possessions. Instead of deferring to castle immediately why doesn’t he call a screen? Initiate a dribble hand off? Pnr? He can do a lot with how he’s deployed already
Not sure. He's done it most of the season. Maybe this is what the coaching staff wanted and he's going along with it. I don't know the reason/s, but if he's been doing it under instruction, maybe he's still following some sort of instruction from the coaching staff on how they want to play. Poor coaching, though, if it's coming from the coach. They need to change things up a bit. Not drastically as it's too late for that, but they need to change it a little bit and get the ball in his hands a bit more IMO.
. Maybe because I haven't listened to more than a few songs, the unfamiliarly is causing that, but yeah, I don't feel it was a positive thread title.
Jar of Flies is excellent.Bit late in the game to say this, but all season the thread title has bothered me. Didn't really want the association with Layne Staley. I'm not really into grunge and I know the guy was considered a great vocalist in the genre/his time (I still have to give AIC a proper listen to a full album as I'm way more open minded music wise these days), but the thread title hasn't given me good vibes all season
Thanks for the recommendation. Will try and give it a listen after the playoffs.
Would one million percent do this. Love curry
This thread has seen a steady up and down of Love, Hate, Love towards Fox.
I mean, automatically I'd say no due to his defense, age and availability, but then I think about it real hard due to his shooting. I'd be interested to get him in to see if he can teach Steph, Dylan and those guys anything different about shooting the ball. If he can help improve their shooting, show them his training methods etc. that alone would be worth two De'Aaron Foxes
. I'm sort of more interested in Draymond Green, though.That's what it's all about. Layne Staley, a f#@king rollercoaster of a ride. I want Fox to finish it off much, much more positively, though.
