Jarred Vanderbilt Discussion: The Vandalorian

He still can't shoot. Figures...

 

Typically when a player works on shooting in the off-season it can take a bit to show up in games. Adjust what you fixed to game speeds. It may or may not show up but I wouldn't be concerned for awhile.

 

I wasn't able to watch the game but I have been told Vando looked much better. What say you?

 

i don't think he looked better. he looked like vando, which is good.

he had a nice finish--one jj remarked he hadn't seen (decelerated euro step, pretty nice)--but imo, it wasn't surprising. he has good body control. his problem is finishing at the rim, particularly above the rim or in traffic. that move was just around someone with a free lane at the point of release.

he nailed an open corner three but kind of badly missed the two semi-contested corner threes he took.

otherwise, he was a menace on defense as always. he disrupted their first two possessions, and curry had to work to get the ball and get clean looks. curry hit everything, as he sometimes does, but not because it was easy.

anyway, vando looked like the guy who's helped us win games when he's been available. gabe was the guy who looked like someone we haven't seen before, imo (hitting threes on the move, getting penetration on offense, just generally being noticeable on that end).

 

He got 2 steals in the first 36 seconds of the game. That tells you all you need.

He looks really good physically. Best player of the preseason so far.
But yes, it's still the same Vando. If he continues he will be great for us in the regular. Might get played off the floor in postseason, but he has a few months to change that.

For now, if he keeps it up like this we get the best version we have seen of him previously, and that a guy is a core rotation piece who impact games when he's on the floor

 

He was back to his normal Tazmanian Devil Self on defense and actually made a leaning step through layup. We will need his defensive intensity all season since it’s lacking in many of our high minutes guys.