I like that we have these scouting videos now, but this one could be used as an example of people who believe any hype they hear.
From the 1st video, about 1:25 it says one of his strengths is setting solid screens. They show 3 plays: one illegal screen/hip check and two where he never set a screen at all. If they're going to say he sets solid screens, at least show us one!
About 3:07 it says of his rebounding strength: "does a really nice job boxing out and keeping offensive players off the glass." First play they show his man gets right by him, he only got the board because it went over his man's head. That's not a box out. Of the 6 plays they show here, he was 2 for 3 on box out attempts, and neither of the successful ones were a very good box out.
At 4:48 it says one of his strengths (when referring to interior D) is "timing & instincts," but then at 8:52 it lists a weakness as trying to block everything, and at 10:00 is says will bite on fakes. Now maybe this is more of an interpretation issue, but I consider those to be opposites. If you have good timing & instincts, then you don't try to block everything and you don't bite on fakes, because those represent poor timing & instincts. But maybe this last one is just on me.
Anyway, just saying, you know how some people believe everything someone else tells them. I'm sure there will be some people who rave about how good he is at setting picks, because that video said so, even though they didn't show one pick.
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