James Young's biggest problem

[KG Living Legend]

 Great point on his footwork. Tp.

[CelticSince83]

 I'm not going to talk trash about Young.

 I was very pleased with his 20 mins that he played last game.

 Here is what I see excellent quickness for a legit 6'6" wing with a 7 foot wingspan. Very good athleticism  overall except the ability to explode off the floor going to the rim.

 For those who recorded the game he did actually do that for his first hoop. I was so amped! He made an NBA drive to the rim. He took two dribbles and exploded vertically into the defender and finished with a fairly difficult left handed Layup.

 For a guy with tons of ability and athletism, he usually has no idea how he's going to finish near the rim.

 I watched everything I could on Young the other day back to high school, and this is how his drives go. Head down two hard dribbles and almost never makes it all the way to the rim, puts his shoulder down into the defender and just stops for about an awkward 10 foot floater, but it's so awkward it seems he never has a plan.

 Please give Young some advice on how to drive like a Pro, cause if he figures that out he could be a force in the league, if not we won't resign him and he fizzles out.

 Learn the force Young. It is within you.

Well this was spot on. TP.

[moiso]

His biggest problem shooting is confidence like somebody said.  But I think the reason he is so awkward on his finishes on drives, in addition to footwork and ballhandling, is a lack of quickness, explosion, and athleticism in general.  He takes weird shots because he drives in slow motion and never really gets by the defense.  If he gets by his man someone else usually gets in his way near the rim.  I don't get why some people think he is such a good athlete.  He's not.

[hwangjini_1]

good thread and points by the OP. for what it is worth, tonight young played pretty good defense. he missed some assignments, but considering what a disaster he used to be on defense i like the improvement.

now if he would just relax more on offense he might earn himself a place in the nba.

[RockinRyA]

His biggest problem shooting is confidence like somebody said.  But I the reason he is so awkward on his finishes on drives, in addition to footwork and ballhandling, is a lack of quickness, explosion, and athleticism in general.  He takes weird shots because he drives in slow motion and never really gets by the defense.  If he gets by his man someone else usually gets in his way near the rim.  I don't get why some people think he is such a good athlete.  He's not.

He is quick and is quite athletic, but he doesnt have good handles and lacks finesse around the basket, that is why his drives tend to go and look that way.

[KG Living Legend]

 TP Celtic 83, this buds for you.

[KG Living Legend]

 Tp to Hwang too, that's my boy

[tarheelsxxiii]

Mo $$

[Kuberski33]

RJ Hunter

Hunter is a better basketball player at this point, but Young is more athletic and still has major upside.  This team needs a 3 who can fill it up from outside and Young has a chance to be that guy.  His shooting remains inconsistent however.  So patience is still required.

He seems to be making some progress though.

[Chief Macho]

They need to let him play. He is hesitant because he is trying to fit in.  I'm tired of watching Lee and Turner and all of these vets take shots that are going to get us nowhere but the eight seed.  I'm ready to watch Young, Mickey,Rosier and Hunter play.

[rollie mass]

young  gave a nice fake from corner and penetrated base line for a floater and he was quick on that play-surprised me i almost thought it was someone else-nice surprise and seemed automatic
but later went under a screen allowing a  very good 3pt shooter a wide wide open look-
you can't let a shooter get that wide open
-brad complimented james in interview-the improvement is there but as i have posted he is still 20 and brad has to pick his spots as he has done with rj

[rollie mass]

RJ Hunter

Hunter is a better basketball player at this point, but Young is more athletic and still has major upside.  This team needs a 3 who can fill it up from outside and Young has a chance to be that guy.  His shooting remains inconsistent however.  So patience is still required.

He seems to be making some progress though.

i'm sorry but rj scored very high in agility test, i assume that makes him athletic-i am not trying to provoke but do you have test results or a reason you say he is more athletic or is it eye test-ihave watched rj with those long arms get up quickly to snatch rebounds,he gets up quickly--
this is a good topic, is young more athletic and do they both have room to improve with weight training and drills -young said he added 3 inches to jump over the summer

[OhioGreen]

Other than having NO RIGHT HAND at all, I think JY's problem is he's got a case of the yips!!  I'm sure just shooting around he probably makes 18/20 threes.  In Red Claws games, 10-12/20.  No pressure at all!  In C's games he's lucky if he makes 2-3/20.  A "shooter" who can't shoot because of nerves!
It's not the kind of thing that you can overcome playing on a contending team with sporadic playing time.  Practice doesn't help, DLeague games don't help.  Only being on the court, playing lots of minutes, and feeling like "you belong" in the NBA will do it.  He'll never get that in Boston.  He'll be released/traded first. It's too bad!

[rollie mass]

the celts have the luxury of all those draft picks and since brad has taken over,the celts seem to have developed their picks-i disagree the red claws are for developing  his game -he can't experiment and try new things in a few minutes and with a few practices-if rj was available he would be up in maine with mickey -practicing his right hand developing moves to the hoop and pumping iron and doing lateral drills and playing defence-the kid is 20 and didn't come in with any nba basketball game

[moiso]

His biggest problem shooting is confidence like somebody said.  But I the reason he is so awkward on his finishes on drives, in addition to footwork and ballhandling, is a lack of quickness, explosion, and athleticism in general.  He takes weird shots because he drives in slow motion and never really gets by the defense.  If he gets by his man someone else usually gets in his way near the rim.  I don't get why some people think he is such a good athlete.  He's not.

He is quick and is quite athletic, but he doesnt have good handles and lacks finesse around the basket, that is why his drives tend to go and look that way.

For an NBA 2 or 3 I don't see him as being quick or athletic at all.  He is young and has an athletic looking body with long arms. But his first step looks as slow as molasses and even when his ballhandling is adequate on a drive he has a very hard time losing his defender.