Brian Geisinger
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first heard Jan 2025
last heard 3 Feb
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And he, he was very successful against it. I know Halliburton's not a good defender. The Pacers, not a good defensive team. That was interesting to me. Um, because that I don't, I don't project Miller to be sort of like a, that kind of ball handler. Like I like him a lot as a player and a score.
I think of him sort of more as like a guy that you want to use off of movement and flow them into stuff as opposed to just having him, you know, go, uh, put a target on someone's back and have Miller go after them one-on-one or in a switch or attack, you know, the hedge and recover. But that was interesting to me, um, because it showed that he's, uh, he's at least a little capable of doing it.
And again, it's the one win that they've had since I think November 21st. So like it, it, it still sticks out, you know? Um, so I thought that was a little, that was a little intriguing, but yeah, if I had to pick one thing for Miller, I would say it's the, just sort of like the steady growth as a, as a playmaker along with the, uh,
you know sort of the shot diet i guess getting to a statistically a better place um at least sort of like from a jump shot perspective but still feels like there's some work to go there as well the hornets use the six pick in the draft uh to take to john's saloon how are you saying it tell me tell me your friend i say salon yeah but i've heard saloon too so but i go salon
Yeah, I really thought heading into the season, in part because Salon had such a... He was pretty rough in summer league, if you caught him out there. It was not great. And obviously, he's really young, but he played in a good professional league last season with Colette in France. I kind of thought he would spend a lot of the season in the G League, to be frank.
I thought he would be in Greensboro playing with the Swarm most of the season, but Bridges missed time at the start of the year, and then Grants missed time, and now he's just out for the year. So they've needed guys that can just play at the four or at the five or whatever. So he's sort of been forced into a role that... It's not super fair for him.
I would honestly say the context is almost as bad as it could probably be for a 19-year-old coming into a team like this that's not very good and really struggles offensively. What I like from him are his aggressiveness. in his anticipation skills when he's guarding passing lanes defensively. I think he can be disruptive like that. I like his length.
I think he's potentially, if you could ever get to the idealized version of him, he's a guy that can give you some... weak side rim protection. You could cross match with him too. Again, Charles Lee's been using the four to guard like opposing stretch fives a lot this season.
And then having the five, which is, you know, Mark Williams right now, you know, kind of playing that Rob Williams roving defensive role on the, on the, on the backside. So Salon's a guy with his length and his size might be able to sort of unlock some stuff for you there.
I think the big thing for him though, is like, is stating the obvious is the shot, like the three pointer, the catch and shoot, the, the, the slight movement threes. Um, because ultimately that's, what's going to make him like viable or not. Like, it's cool that he can cut around. He can, he'll try to get on the offensive glass.
The Hornets have been a very good offensive rebounding team this season. And he's, he's helped there in some regard. Um, uh, But the archetype for him is tall shooter and guy that shoots pick and pops and relocations and flare screens, that kind of stuff that helps, in theory, help open up the floor for LaMelo and Brandon Miller. He takes deep threes.
Sometimes he takes really tough threes, and that's in part why the shooting numbers look so, so, so rough right now. So that's going to be the thing. Can he ever get to become a mid-to-high-30s guy on volume? Because that can open up the catch-and-go for him, and he's got some live ball dribble ability. But it's pretty rough, and I think it's going to take some time.
Again, when they picked him, I thought this was going to be a... I forget, I thought he would spend the vast majority of the season with Greensboro and in the G league. And it would be, you know, a two, three year process for this guy to sort of like be brought online. And he had to kind of get just thrown into the, into the deep end here. So not, not entirely fair.
And then the last thing I would say for him too, is like, I like some of the defensive upside, but he's going to have to get way, he's just gonna have to get better laterally. Like you see guys beat him off the dribble with the first step, first dribble, All the time. He's got OB top in hips, guarding the ball in space. Guys can just jab step and rocket right by him.
He's too long and athletic, I think, to be that much of a liability in space and getting over screens, too. There's low-hanging fruit for him to get better, but it really all starts with the... with the shot, but he placed like he, to give him some praise. He says all the right things. He loves basketball. He wants to get better. He's super young.
He's got a frame that you can add muscle to in an archetype that like makes sense with this team and in the modern NBA. But you just look at some of the other guys that were on the board, you know, when the Hornets went with him at six, you know, Edie clinging. Um, and I know that they have Mark Williams at center, but just, um,
there was some real talent on the board that they passed up to, to draft salon. So it was a big swing, uh, for the, the new front office. And he's going to be one of their first sort of like big player player dev projects.
No, I got to get some yoga, man. People are running specials. I'm sure right now. So get in there, get some, get some hot yoga in your life.
Yeah. Oh, my God. Boy, this is a little bit before my time of covering the team every day here. Not to make excuse, but let's go with... Let's go with Byron Mullen here. Oh, a great start.
Exactly.
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