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Monster wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2026 1:17 pm

Wolvesfan21 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2026 9:39 am

Monster wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2026 9:06 am

Keep in mind the 41st percentile at the rim would include a bunch of bigs that take large percentage of their shots at the rim and don't do much but just get the ball in the pain than the put it in. There are also wings that mostly all they do is make basket cuts or get buckets in transition etc. What is Ayo's percentile on drives when finishing at or near the rim? That's the number you are looking for and taking a guess that it's like 40%.

One thing to consider is the difference between Ayo and NAW. Ayo takes over 50% of his shots within 10 feet of the rim. NAW is a higher volume 3 point shooter. He is a less good finisher at the Rim over his career than Ayo which isn't too much of a surprise. Meanwhile once to take away shots at the rim and 3's the percentages drop off although he has some years they have been solid. Meanwhile Ayo in general has good to acceptable percentages at every level. Neither guy takes a lot of 2's outside of 10 feet but if Ayo takes them he makes pretty good percentage of them. All these things lead to Ayo having a career true shooting percentage of almost 60% which I'm pretty sure is pretty good for a guard.

Personally I think Ayo letting it fly from 3 more would be the thing I'd like to see more and it looks to me like the way he is shooting the ball this year that's possible. Before it seemed more of a set shot this year he looks more like he can just get it and let it go. I'd like the volume to be up but especially since he is a guy that attacks and that's good too I'm wanting him to be an even bigger threat from 3 and a guy you can toss it to and he can just get it up from there.

Overall I think this is a good discussion because I think Ayo is a guy with a chance to take another leap and become a really good offensive player. I'm talking a guy that with the opportunity could put up 20ppg and do it efficiently while also creating opportunities for other players.

Yeah more 3's can't hurt, as long as they are good looks of course.

Another Wolf that bugged me was Bazz, he would drive to the hoop like he's Giannis and bulldoze a guy over inevitably and get a charge seemingly every game or at least every other. When he didn't get the charge he still wasn't good.

BTW wasn't that the same draft? I think it was.

Ah so now it comes out you are still scared by watching Bazz. Personally I think TJ is way more like Bazz than Ayo. Of Course at this point I think TJ while still blindly attacks the basket he has a number of things going for him compared to Bazz. 1 he can actually dribble and attack from multiple spots on the floor. He is an absolute bluer with the ball. He is a far superior 3 point shooter. He also has an assist rate of at least double and the gap watching those guys is probably way more vast. I was a fan of Bazz and I'm still a little surprised how he just feel off and out of the league the way he did but he was a pretty flawed guy. He was also a pretty bad defender although I thought he last year he was moving in a more positive direction there. TJ doesn't have any physical reasons he can't guard wings. Bazz had some lack of quickness but his problem was he just wasn't good on that end.

Sometimes you need to take some good with the bad from players. Idk if this is still the case but Durant for years was kinda terrible passing the ball when he had it in transition. It was like he would turn into some terrible basketball player passing to a teammate once he was inside the 3 point line. Sure he is a HOF but also you expect that type of guy to not kinda routinely chunk the ball into the stands in transition. TJ needs to find at least another gear but he does look to pass and he needs to play to learn what works and what doesn't. It's nice to have multiple guys that actually attack the basket now. It used to be basically Edwards and that's it. Now we have Ayo Edwards TJ Kuminga and Jaden is more of a threat to at least do his thing in the paint than he was. Ball is more of a threat to get there than the PGs during Finch's tenure.