I will never forget NBA 2k that year- you play against Kaminsky and Wisconsin in the beginning of the story mode. I was thinking I would need to make sure they couldn’t control the post, but then Sam Fucking Dekker shows up like White Lebron and styles on everyone.
I still think he’ll grow into it. He’s an undersized 2 guard, but what sets him apart is that he has a solid BBIQ and work ethic, which is translating into improved playmaking and defense.
He unironically has that dawg in him and that shit matters in the playoffs and in the clutch. It’s pretty unlikely he’ll ever be an elite scorer at this point but I could absolutely see him being a crucial 3rd-best-player on a championship team.
Goddamn, every single one of those passes was perfectly in stride, perfectly on target. IMO people don’t separate court vision enough from the actual passing ability (angles, timing, accuracy, speed, variety, etc.). Very few of these passes required anything special in terms of BBIQ, but all of them were easier shots because the shooter barely had to adjust to them.
For example, peak Westbrook had good but not great court vision, but mediocre actual passing ability- he just created such big openings with his raw aggression and athleticism. A guy like D’Angelo Russell has similarly mediocre court vision, but doesn’t have the same ability to create an advantage- instead, he manages by delivering his passes through very, very tiny windows because his actually passing ability is very good. Then you have guys like Jokic and Harden- they’re seeing passes 3 steps before they happen, and they consistently deliver the ball perfectly on time and on target through tiny openings in the defense.