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Thread: Kaiser Gates
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06-22-2018, 11:30 AM #281
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06-22-2018, 11:39 AM #282
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06-22-2018, 02:03 PM #284
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06-22-2018, 06:36 PM #285
Evans is not as polished, but he's exactly the same type of player as Iguodala. He's tough, has a handle and dribble in traffic, can hit an open 3, not afraid to rebound, and he plays defense right now better than many guys entering the league. His biggest issue is he wasn't trying to take over enough in his first seasons and deferred to others to get it done. His confidence is rising, though, and on the right team he can be really effective. I think he's a great fit for the Warriors. Patrick McCaw is likely out after last year's injury, and Iguodala might be out too either via trade or other avenue to save money.
I think Gates has a great opportunity to showcase his skills in the Bulls camp. They are shaping their offense around plays with a stretch 4, so hopefully things fall his way, but I think it's a long shot.
But there are plenty of cases where an unknown guy played his way onto a roster via summer league. If anything, a lot of Euro scouts are there as well.
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06-28-2018, 12:57 PM #286
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Was looking around for NBA teams' posts on the X guys, and stumbled upon this article. The oddness around Kaiser's time here continues... continually referring to his time at X as "that school."
http://www.basketballinsiders.com/nb...-his-doubters/
"It’s hard to ignore statistical evidence when it comes to evaluating players, but misuse and fit could have been more prominent factors in this case. It’s something that happens quite a bit at school programs with prospects, and Gates believes that he could be added to that list of mishandled talent.
“I don’t think I’m inconsistent at all,” Gates said. “At Xavier, I know my stats showed that I was inconsistent. Playing at that school it was a great experience—great guys, great coaches.
“Just kinda like my situation and the way I was playing at that school didn’t really allow me to showcase my full talents, and with that being said, it’s kinda hard to stay consistent not doing something I’m used to doing.”"
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06-28-2018, 01:05 PM #287
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This doesn't make much sense to me from Kaiser's perspective.
He was a stretch 4. He didn't consistently make shots, and it would have REALLY helped if he did. He was the perfect weapon in our offense WHEN he's hitting shots. He's capable of making the 3, it stretched our offense, and pulled their bigs out.
Not sure what part of his game we didn't see, unless he's saying he wanted to play bigger (in the post) but the offense didn't allow it.
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06-28-2018, 01:18 PM #288
Kaiser wants to play in the NBA. He averaged 7 points per game last year and lost his starting job to a freshman. I doubt he's going to say, "I was a one dimensional player on offense who probably doesn't have the skills to make the NBA." Instead he must say, "I'm a really good player. My stats were so low because XU didn't use me properly. Just wait until a team uses me properly."
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06-28-2018, 02:33 PM #289
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That’s a good point, he really has to sell himself on why maybe he wasn’t great here. But he seems to be really sour grapes over his time at “that school”. I’m sure he could’ve sold himself in a much more appropriate way, which to me reads that he really actually wasn’t happy in his time here. Oh well.
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06-28-2018, 03:54 PM #290
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loved the team and look forward to this year. Depth is usually a blessing but both Gates and O'Mara saw a cut in time and continuity that with Naj and Karem who both played great. This has happened forever in sports(and in pros generates trades which can't happen in college) but neither was allowed to play through a cold spell which they may have without so much depth. We had a great season but would like to have 10 minutes total back(PC and FSU) not even a half. Damn
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