Not a big fan of Carlin. His over abundant use of very short video clips to try to prove that what he is saying is happening all the time drives me nuts, though I should say, this seems to be all the rage on blogs with people trying to play scouts.
I used to enjoy it when it was mostly just Zach Lowe doing it, but now every article I read is broken up by a zillion little clips that I can't even watch because I'm usually reading these articles when I'm waiting in line at the store, or at work, or whatever.
Carlin obviously knows a lot more about shot mechanics than I do. It's obvious he spends a great deal of time watching tape of many different players.
With that said, I like to reserve judgment on a player's jumper -- good or bad -- until I see it in games. There are a lot of guys who have weird form who end up being decent spot-up shooters because they're able to be stable and consistent in how they shoot.
Of course, if Romeo's issue is that his form tends to result in a lot of variation and lack of stability, then that will problem prevent him from being a decent shooter.
Lots of guys have really nice looking form but end up as streaky or unreliable shooters.
Still other guys have awful jumpers when they enter the league but work on it and turn into quite good shooters.
Point is we don't know until we see it in the real games, and for such a young guy we can't rush to judgment.
From everything I've read I wouldnt' be surprised if Romeo is a bit of a Tyreke Evans type at first. Mainly shifty, fluid slasher with some passing ability. Tyreke eventually developed a pretty solid outside shot, though. Perhaps Romeo will as well.
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