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NBA Execs opinion on Moreno & others

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HipTer said:
Yeah, I’m surprised by that. I think Moreno’s conscious perimeter shooting form (which unfortunately corresponds with this FT shooting form) makes becoming a good shooter hard to imagine and that form should be disabused as job #1 this off-season. On the other hand, his unconscious form - the form he uses when he has to react quickly – is fine (see the LSU shot). This situation of a of dual-shooting form is not that unusual in developing players, and guys who are supposedly good at fixing shooting forms say that if the unconscious form is good then it’s usually a fixable issue.
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Very insightful post!
I've thought a few times about how perfect his form was on that LSU shot. That shot plus the fact that he was able to hit near 70% on free throws with clearly bad form makes me think he has the potential to become an excellent shooter.
 
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theBlues said:
Very insightful post!
I've thought a few times about how perfect his form was on that LSU shot. That shot plus the fact that he was able to hit near 70% on free throws with clearly bad form makes me think he has the potential to become an excellent shooter.
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Boy, I think becoming an excellent outside shooter or even FT shooter is a big ask for Moreno. He had the same dual shot form thing in high school. If he was hit with a pass 10-12ft. from the basket and immediately went up for the mid-range shot as the defense collapsed on him he would shoot a fine looking shot in front of his head. But when he was standing still with time to shoot it was that ugly cock-it-behind-his-head shot. The fact that he makes the % he does from the FT line is despite that ugly form and a product of lots of repetition. Maybe he can get to the “not completely awful” (i.e., at least it’s better than Quaintance) level with a ton of repetition from the 3pt. line, but I believe that shot form will make it extremely difficult. I really wish Pope and Moreno’s brother would push the shot fix. It’s been done before at the college level, and he already has the better shot form in his bag when rushed.
 
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TeamAmerica said:
If he goes in blind I agree.If a team tells him if he stays in the draft they will take him that is different.
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Not different at all. You’re just believing a promise to be picked is binding. It is not and players have been burned before. If, as a player, you believe the ONE team that has promised you that, you’re naive. In this day and age there’s no reason to take that risk.
 
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HenryMuto said:
If he goes pro it is just another long time of Kentucky players stupidly going pro early especially now in the NIL era.

We lose player after player while teams like Florida get lottery players to return.

I thought it was Cal pushing guys out but it is apparently everyone from Kentucky.

The only time guys stayed was for that 2012 championship team because of the whole strike possibly looming that year.

Every other year even players who should never think about leaving left.
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It was absolutely Cal as he attracted the type of players that wanted to leave as early as possible and that’s what his recruiting pitch was. Pope hasn’t been here long enough or had enough underclassman go pro to show that narrative at all. I’m not even sure he’s had an underclassman declare so I’m not sure what you’re even rambling about 😂
 
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