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Re: Celtic Rookie Comparisons
« Reply #30 on: October 19, 2019, 01:35:44 PM »

Offline ball4life67

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Trae Young is 6’2” which is fine for a PG.  if waters was 6’2” he would have been a first rounder for sure.  Unfortunately he’s not.

I love waters but we’re comparing a maybe role player to a potential multiple times all star.

The size of a player generally is less important on offense and more important on defense. So, even if Young is an 1" or 2" taller than Tremont (whoop de dang doo), Waters is an excellent defensive player (conf defensive player of the year) and Young is considered one of the worst defenders in the NBA.

Waters' handle, in my view, is just as nifty as Young's.  Young's only noticeable advantage is his outside shooting and range. And at .324 so far from 3 in his NBA career, not sure that the advantage is all that.

Young has way more hype, but the differences between them are less that most of you are making them out to be.

Young got off to a really slow start from 3. His last 55 games he’s shot 37% from 3. Also averaged 25/9/5 with a .58 TS% after the all star break.(24 games)  They are nothing similar at all.