Semi's biggest drawback is his lack of wingspan this hurts him going to the hoop and rebounding.
Has he got the yips or has he gotten musclebound his shot looks horrible .
I think the lack of wingspan is the least of his problems. Better physical tools (which you already rave about) wouldn’t improve his offensive game. He can’t shoot, can’t pass, doesn’t know how to move without the ball, can’t handle the ball, and has no offensive IQ in general. You could give him Mo Bamba’s arms and it wouldn’t change any of that.
well, he was a pretty good shooter in college, averaging 41.5% on 3 pointers. so it is not as if he has never been a good shooter. the question is what has happened to him so far in the nba. and by so far in the nba i mean ONE SEASON of 73 games at 16 minutes per game.
i will once again play the role of the broken record...why not wait and see whether he develops before jumping to a conclusion on the entirety of his career as a professional?
He actually wasn't that great of a shooter in college despite claims saying otherwise. He had one good shooting year in a weak conference, but he also played 2 seasons in the much tougher ACC where he shot 34.8%. That's not good when you consider the closer 3PT college line, but it's more indicative of his shooting ability when you factor in the level of competition.
You're also dismissive of the sample size of his "one NBA season", but that sample size is much larger than the one you use (his 1 season at SMU) to make a case that he can actually shoot. So the breakdown is as follows:
College
Duke FG% 37.5 - 3PT% 34.8 ACC - 23 games
SMU FG% 48.7 - 3PT% 42.4 AAC - 35 games (huge difference in that one letter)
NBA
Regular season FG% 34.6 - 3PT% 32.0 - 73 games
Playoffs FG% 30.3 - 3PT% 27.3 - 17 games
As you see, the lone season he had at SMU is an aberration when you consider his overall shooting during his past college and current NBA career. Another thing to factor in, besides the level of competition and shorter college 3PT line, is where were these shots coming from. Where they coming off-the dribble or was he spotting up? Perhaps Semi, who was likely SMU's best player, had the ball in his hands a lot and the majority of these shots were not coming on catch and shoot looks as he's getting on the Celtics and received as a bench player at Duke. It could be entirely possible that he not only has issues with the longer distance in the NBA, but isn't that good in catch and shoot. Jamal Crawford is a player that comes to mine that is a much better shooter off-the-dribble than he is on catch and shoots.
This preseason Semi finished with shooting percentages of 19% from the field and 17.6% from 3's. Not exactly encouraging when you think that's what he needed to work on during the summer and so far seems to have regressed (if possible) shooting the ball.
You preach patience and cite Bradley and Perkins as references. The problem with that comparison is that Perkins was 19 and never played college, while Bradley was 20 and played one season in college. Semi is turning 24 in less than 60 days.