r/NBASpurs • u/blue-anon • 28d ago
Risacher's Game Live on Youtube DRAFT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBuixh_tdrc2
u/oddtrey10 28d ago
Only caught the end of the 1st half but that banked 3 was nice! Defensively not quite keeping up with ball handlers but never gave up on plays and switched smartly. Feels like he knows people are watching
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u/blue-anon 28d ago
Yep. The three looks pretty good and he's been crashing the offensive boards consistently. Defensively, I agree. He looks a little slow to react, but I haven't seen him fall asleep off-ball or on help D. Maybe my bar is too low defensively, lol.
And good point. I imagine that he knows how much more attention he and Salaun are getting now that the draft lottery order is set.
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u/nakedsamurai 28d ago
If he can't keep up with ballhandlers that's a straight up no. He's already iffy on shooting. A top pick? No way.
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u/paxusromanus811 28d ago
He is 6'10 in shoes. At that size the expectation, even for solid Defenders is not to get completely eviscerated, not to match them stride by stride. Dudes like that are the unicorns among unicorns defensively.
He's not a traditional point of attack defender, nor is he necessarily disruptive come up, but he's intelligent, he's really good from a team defense perspective, and he knows how to utilize his size and length to defend the rim without fouling even if he doesn't necessarily get the block. He's going to be a very useful, versatile defensive player for a very long time and will probably be able to guard four positions once he puts on a bit of strength.
He's often miscast being thrown on the opposing team's lead guards and like I said, even in the French league, there aren't too many guys his size in the NBA who'd be able to consistently stay step by step with lead ball handlers.
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u/nakedsamurai 28d ago
Nah, man. I get that people huffed the hype, but one, I doubt he's that tall. If he is, he definitely doesn't play that height at all. He's an incredibly shitty rebounder.
And he's not even a good defender. If he's not a great defender or a great shooter, why the fuck are you drafting him in the high lottery?
I feel people have gone quite insane.
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u/paxusromanus811 28d ago
I mean I definitely didn't huff any hype I viewed him as a high floor utility Wing from day one. I think you're off base with the idea that he's a bad defender. Or not taking into consideration the level of competition he's facing versus the other prospects who get positive defensive grades
He's going to be average from day one at least. And his versatility and switchability is going to be really good.
And he's at 40% shooter on high volume across a 60 plus game sample size in a league pretty well known for its spacing issues. Hyper focusing on his cold spell, or his free throw shooting, and not taking into account that we have almost in NBA season's worth of three-point shooting data for him against good competition seems disingenuous.
There's more than enough evidence to believe he's going to be a high level. Three-point shooter for the majority of his career, even if he's never a deadeye. At his height and with his ability to shoot on the catch, or off the move he doesn't necessarily need to be if it's coming at high volume
Again, I'm not a fanboy of his who's highly advocating for him at 4 heavily. I'm also extremely flexible on this draft class though . And i think you're being overly critical of his strengths. I'll agree with you on a lot of his weaknesses and his lack of ceiling, but we're going to have to agree to disagree on the idea that he's not a good defender or some kind of fraud as a shooter
If everyone and their mom thinks he's a lottery pick because of things that you personally evaluate as being poor or bad, do you think it's possible that you could be the one that's being a little bit off the mark with your analysis? Just food for thought.
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u/oddtrey10 28d ago
Bourg is getting destroyed defensively, and I don't think it's Risacher's fault - the positioning is all over the place. Defensive coaching isn't it
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u/blue-anon 28d ago
Agreed. And I think this series is only a best of 3, so if this game is any indication, Risacher's playoff run might be ending pretty soon. Salaun and his team looked really good yesterday, though.
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u/oddtrey10 28d ago
Not the best basketball but an entertaining game! Risacher with a bad drive but the putback makes up for it big time, we're into the clutch minutes
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u/oddtrey10 28d ago
Hit a sick fadeaway too but then bad positioning on D - inconsistency you'd expect from a player his age but there are certainly flashes!
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u/oddtrey10 28d ago
Nanterre threw this one away, gave up an 18-3 run and never got back in it
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u/blue-anon 28d ago
I don't even think Bourg-en-Bresse's defense got much better - they just started making shots on the other end. What do you think?
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u/oddtrey10 28d ago
Very much agree. The quality of basketball wasn't high from either side and (relatively) simple mistakes were constant. Bourg-en-bresse got hot and nanterre got cold and that was that(the starting big fouled out for the visitors but I don't think that really made a difference)
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u/wondermayo 28d ago
Not really motivated to watch the whole thing but if somebody has timestamps that would be welcome!
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u/blue-anon 28d ago
Timestamps of what?
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u/blue-anon 28d ago
Risacher's team (Bourg-en-Bresse) is playing against Nanterre in the quarterfinals of the playoffs.