Tim Legler
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Podcast Appearances
At like a level, like I'm not, I'm not comparing him to Shea Gillespie Alexander, but it's some of that where it's like all of a sudden he's relaxed.
You're slightly relaxed defensively.
And then when he decides to go, he goes that, that first step and push and acceleration.
is by guys or he's forcing you into such an overreactionary retreat, he can stop and make an 18-foot jump shot pretty easily.
That's the first thing.
That is a special God-given innate athletic quality that's going to create separation for him all the time.
Totally agree.
The second one is watch Vijay Edgecombe when he shoots the ball, whether it's at the foul line, a three or something off the dribble, like a pull up.
How strong...
and intentional he is from basically his elbow to his fingertips.
He is so strong with his follow-through and his wrist.
Most young shooters come into the league and because things are happening fast, faster than they've ever happened, they don't stay with their shot.
And they flick it and then their hand is down and they're kind of like...
And they didn't stay with it.
And he has this ability, I guess, because he's just a mature offensive player.
He's not phased by the speed of the game.
So he is staying with his release better than most young players do.
And as a result, he's making shots at a really high level right away to start his career, even deep shots and mid-rangers, contested shots, because he's not affected by the pace of this game.
And that's very rare for a young guard to come into the league.
They just got completely stripped down by the Sixers off the dribble.