First of all, I think Admon has a pretty well developed game without any huge or obvious deficiencies.
Here are some things I think he does exceptionally well.
- I think Admon is an even better perimeter defender than we give him credit for. He was near the top of the league in steals (averaged 1.9 per game; Caruso average 2.1 per game in comparison, none of our other guards had more than 0.5 per game which was a huge problem). But I think he was an even better on the ball defender. Ask Malik Monk. I am very excited to seem him play alongside better perimeter defenders. I think that will give him more freedom to jump lanes and get even more steals.
- Admon shot a very solid 37% on threes and that would have been even higher except 1) he was the one that had to jack up low percentage end of shot clock threes when nothing was going on and 2) he faded down the stretch as he just kinda wore down and was playing dinged up a bit.
- Admon is very good in the open floor. Great footwork and great balance.
I think the one thing that I see that Admon could work on is getting to the rim in half court. His footwork and finishing is pretty advanced once he gets in the lane but he isn't yet a guy that can regularly blow past his man and get into the paint in half court. Maybe a better cross over or something.
Besides that I don't see anything I really think he needs to add. He can just get a bit better at everything he does and cut down on turnovers a bit.
I think best case scenario for Admon is that he becomes an absolute lights out three point shooter. 43% or something like that.
What do you think?
Here are some things I think he does exceptionally well.
- I think Admon is an even better perimeter defender than we give him credit for. He was near the top of the league in steals (averaged 1.9 per game; Caruso average 2.1 per game in comparison, none of our other guards had more than 0.5 per game which was a huge problem). But I think he was an even better on the ball defender. Ask Malik Monk. I am very excited to seem him play alongside better perimeter defenders. I think that will give him more freedom to jump lanes and get even more steals.
- Admon shot a very solid 37% on threes and that would have been even higher except 1) he was the one that had to jack up low percentage end of shot clock threes when nothing was going on and 2) he faded down the stretch as he just kinda wore down and was playing dinged up a bit.
- Admon is very good in the open floor. Great footwork and great balance.
I think the one thing that I see that Admon could work on is getting to the rim in half court. His footwork and finishing is pretty advanced once he gets in the lane but he isn't yet a guy that can regularly blow past his man and get into the paint in half court. Maybe a better cross over or something.
Besides that I don't see anything I really think he needs to add. He can just get a bit better at everything he does and cut down on turnovers a bit.
I think best case scenario for Admon is that he becomes an absolute lights out three point shooter. 43% or something like that.
What do you think?