The Mike n Scottie of hoops KZfaq

It's joy as soon as I see the artwork! certified bangers by the man, not even in question

Yup.

Agreed

He needs to make more videos. 2 a month wouldn't be too much to ask 🥲

@@MasterAppels The Ringer signed him and then basically had him stop making more than 1 or 2 videos a year. It fucking sucks, kinda wish he'd just go independent again.

​@@royalminstrelI'm a little disappointed that the Ringer repurposed him the way they did too. But he doesn't just pop up on the podcasts occasionally, he's carved out his spots on the ringer nba show and feels like a mainstay now, even showing up on bill's pod realtively often.

@@royalminstrel Yeah that's exactly what it is, he has his own podcast and then he'll do draft coverage podcasts with KOC and jump on other guys podcasts on the network. He's good on the pods, but as you said it is a waste of his talent when he produces videos this good.

Depending on who or what you guys can get in a trade for Damian Lillard will be a crucial role of your future

I think we should be excited.. Anfernee, Shaedon and Scoot are a really solid young core.. Not sure why we let Watford go

Make a song about it!

hoops tube is certainly not where i would have expected to stumble across the og a capella tuber but here we are i guess 😂

Call me crazy, but I think that duo has the potential to surpass Porter/Drexler as the greatest backcourt in Blazer history.

@@goldenrk9907 I agree

Agreed!!

@@Dodge_MorningstarI’m by no means an expert but I feel I’ve watched enough to add some comments, defensively there were a few concerns but when he’s locked in his physical traits make him a very good perimeter defender and there’s definitely a very high ceiling there. He’s not a perfect floor general yet but generally good decision making and timing, and that will only improve as he ages. He’s a phenomenal slasher and isn’t afraid of contact, if his 3 ball and pull up midrange falls consistently at the NBA level he’s gonna be a problem

​@@Dodge_Morningstarscoot should have absolutely zero questions about his work ethic or motivation, he's not kobe but he is generational in that aspect.

It’s already on their channel my man. Just type in “J Kyle Mann” and a playlist with about 47 videos should show up

Scoot physically is a different specimen. Those shoulders are huge and he can probably add another 5-7 lbs of lean mass while keeping his agility. When he masters how to de-celerate and handles, he can utilize similar drive to basket game like Deron Williams. Who was pretty difficult to stop going at the hoop since that dude big at 210 lbs.

That's his prediction for right now, he could obviously work into a #1 on a championship team tho for sure. Especially with the right pieces around him.

It really shouldn't be. Go look at the best player on title teams. You basically need to be a top 3-5 player in the NBA which is really hard because you have to be *insanely* efficient. (Compared to league average TS% Jokic was +12 this year, Curry has been +7-13, Giannis was +6 in 2021, Bron has been +8-10, KD +8-10, and Kawhi is 'only' +4-6 and was +6 in the playoffs in 2019) It's basically impossible for small guards to reach that level of efficiency. Curry is an extreme, extreme, *extreme* outlier. Even Kyrie (who is an all-time great shooter in is own right) only gets to +3-4. Trae is -1 to +3. Russ has been mostly below but was at league average in his prime years. Same for Iverson. Ja and Wall are below league average. Isiah Thomas was always below except one season. So the one time this worked, the Bad Boy Pistons, it's maybe the biggest team building outlier and least replicable championship formula in NBA history. Even Jerry West (+8-10) needed Wilt. This is the reason you had a huge chunk of people who preferred Brandon Miller. It's nothing against Scoot, but he's 6'2" and can't shoot in a league where the two most valuable traits are size and shooting. And Miller has both.

@@michaelahurt Scoot has an elite mid range. And while that is true Chauncey Billiups also won a championship and finals MVP, Tony Parker was major piece, same with Jamal Murray, Kyle Lowry. And out of all those guards you mentioned Scoot is the strongest, one of the most athletic and has a 6'9 wingspan and is about 6'4 with shoes on. He's built different

@@dre7147 No he doesn't. This myth needs to die. He's 34% from mid-range. That's bad. Chauncey was an incredible shooter (+6 TS in Detroit) and played with four (!) other All-Stars. He's literally the opposite of what I'm saying. And most of us viewed Ben as our best player anyway. (Although Chauncey was criminally underrated.) Parker and Murray? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Omg. You can't possibly be serious. You think Parker and Murray are better than Duncan and Jokic? And Kyle Lowry was also clearly the second best player on his title team behind Kawhi. Which is the point. No one is saying Scoot is the next Dennis Smith Jr. (Well I'm not anyway and neither is Kyle) just that his ceiling is as a #2 like all the guys you just described

@@michaelahurt this is a good point, I was really surprised bc the narrative outside of this is "Franchise player" and tier above the rest of the prospects outside wemby. Made me expect him to say something blanket like star, all-nba, etc.

Hit shot looks good what do you mean?

Scoot does not have that bad hitch Lonzo had in his young NBA years where he brought the ball up from under and towards his left side of his body at the peak. Which was even worse since if Lonzo chose to pull up dribbling from his right (or even better with his left) defenders just scout to know when he pulls up and swipe downwards at the ball.