Rylan Stiles
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And whenever you put him on this Thunder team,
With so many elite defenders who can fight over screens and allow you to not fall into these mismatches, he's able to, if he does come up to the ball, he can compete and at least hold up a primary ball handler with enough time until a Kaysen or Caruso or a Dort can switch back onto that guy.
And that's been a key that I think could keep him on the floor in the postseason.
Yeah, he gets at least one or two posters a year.
I think that the first thought is that he just has to continue to improve as a guy who can knock down these give me shots.
And like last year, he wasn't particularly great in the corners and wasn't great off the catch as what you would expect him to be.
This year, he's gotten better at those areas.
If he takes another step, you know, in terms of a catch and shoot shooter and a guy who is knocking down high percentage of high quality looks, then you really see him at the very least becoming a great three in the offensive weapon.
But in this recent stretch, we've all been really interested in his point guard background and,
He has done better on the ball.
And I think what's helped him is, is really getting back to the basics.
Like now you're seeing him just break down a defense and get to the rim.
And that either leads to a shot or a pass instead of trying to be Peyton Manning out there and orchestrate an offense.
And that's really helped him almost by being too simple.
It's helped him actually become more advanced in what he can do on the offensive end.
I think that Chet, he's talking about spreading his wings.
He's like the duck in those oil commercials.
He's got oil all over him.
And you're waiting for Don.
So you're waiting for the Don soap to come and wash him up and let him spread his wings and let him soar.