I don't at all agree that Semi is NBA ready, certainly not more so than Tatum. There's a reason he wasn't drafted in the first round, teams see weaknesses in his game. Looking good in summer league means just a little bit more than nothing, it certainly does not suggest he's NBA ready. His shot looked good in the summer, when there was essentially no defense, I think he'd likely shoot very poorly against an NBA defense. Tatum, on the other hand, has NBA ready offensive skills. No comparison.
Folks tend to fall in love the shiny new draft picks and SL does not help in that regard.
Good point.
Semi cannot create his own shot ...
I think that you'll discover otherwise.
He's a spot-up shooter...
More than that, I think. The pick and pop was very much in evidence in SL, for one, and the roll is not far behind.
Great athlete as shown by the Hoops House videos, but he doesn't strike me as having a good feel for the game.
We'll see how this plays out, but I thought he did a great job of: giving up the ball when he didn't have an open shot; set good angles on screens; moved to the open spot on O; bodied up and stayed vertical without fouling... a lot of 'feel' stuff he's got already.
He's also a tweener.
I don't think so.
Usually that means that a guy isn't strong enough or big enough to guard 4's (or can't get off his shot over them), and too slow to guard 3's. But he's 241 with a wingspan of 6'10"; as important, he's got great lower body strength, hops - and he
uses his length. The athleticism you mention makes it possible for him to guard smaller players effectively.
He was highly effective in SL guarding centers (e.g., shut down Zubac after Zizic couldn't do anything with him), in fact.
He's a swing - that weird new category. He'll be a matchup problem for opponents, rather than the other way around.