Bird played at a different time where the three was not emphasized as much. He would have shot circles around Sam.
Are all the Hauser Haters from last year and the Summer league going to fess up?
Who are you kidding? The last few games he has had 17, 8, 0, 9 and 5 points. He is all over the place, Liam, but he is not excused from Summer League.
He has shot well for sure. He had a great game tonight but he can't play D, when his shot is falling he is not worthless.
I am glad he had a good game BTW we need shooting and offense and I hope he works on his D.
Wrong
He's a decent team defender, but he's nowhere near mobile enough to stay in front of explosive opponents on the perimeter after switches. He's not strong enough to hold his own against slashing bigs either. I remember one play where Randle bullied his way to the basket like Hauser wasn't even there. The advanced stats suggest he's a negative defender.
DBPM: -0.8
defensive RAPTOR: -0.1
Obviously, he's a net positive by a wide margin cause he's an elite floor spacer.
OBPM: +5.9
offensive RAPTOR: +5.6
The sample size is small, but you get the idea. We don't have access to EPM yet cause it's too early into the season.
the bolded part of the analysis is where i am after watching hauser in the short minutes he has played.
on defense, against bench players, i think he is generally adequate on defense. he tries hard and he seems to be in the right place on defense.
hauser is NOT a turnstile, chair, or matador on defense.
but what he does well, he seems to be doing very well - shoot 3 pointers and do so with a very quick release. once other defenses catch on to his shooting they will have to put a defender on him. fine! that is one less man to double team the Js or other players.
to be honest, i thought hauser was a scrub. but maybe not. still early in his career.
out of curiousity i looked at the stats for both hauser and strus. sturs is 2 years old, so i compared only the stats for the first two years of each player.
the numbers have a really sss, but they were very similar across the board...except hauser was the better 3 point shooter.
maybe hauser will prove to be similar or better than strus? we can all hope and have another glass of kool aid.
