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Sam Amick

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The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

I have a theory. It is just that. My theory is that because he has a relatively flat shot trajectory a decent amount of the time, and because he plays very stiff and doesn't get a lot of bend through his lower half, I think that he probably is a little bit more of an inconsistent free throw shooter than he is in the run of play of a real basketball game where...

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

I have a theory. It is just that. My theory is that because he has a relatively flat shot trajectory a decent amount of the time, and because he plays very stiff and doesn't get a lot of bend through his lower half, I think that he probably is a little bit more of an inconsistent free throw shooter than he is in the run of play of a real basketball game where...

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

okay, I have to really jump up and engage in like elevate over the top of somebody. Cause every shot the guy takes is contested. That's what it feels like when you watch it, like Rutgers games. Right. So he has to like really bend and elevate and jump up and like kind of gets his rhythm that way. I kind of wonder if that's what's happening with the free throw shooting a little bit.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

okay, I have to really jump up and engage in like elevate over the top of somebody. Cause every shot the guy takes is contested. That's what it feels like when you watch it, like Rutgers games. Right. So he has to like really bend and elevate and jump up and like kind of gets his rhythm that way. I kind of wonder if that's what's happening with the free throw shooting a little bit.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

okay, I have to really jump up and engage in like elevate over the top of somebody. Cause every shot the guy takes is contested. That's what it feels like when you watch it, like Rutgers games. Right. So he has to like really bend and elevate and jump up and like kind of gets his rhythm that way. I kind of wonder if that's what's happening with the free throw shooting a little bit.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

He's not kind of getting that same level of lower half engagement and it's leading to, you know, inconsistent free throw results. Ace Bailey has touch. Like I'm not real. So the way that people use free throw shooting a lot of the time is as a touch indicator, right?

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

He's not kind of getting that same level of lower half engagement and it's leading to, you know, inconsistent free throw results. Ace Bailey has touch. Like I'm not real. So the way that people use free throw shooting a lot of the time is as a touch indicator, right?

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

He's not kind of getting that same level of lower half engagement and it's leading to, you know, inconsistent free throw results. Ace Bailey has touch. Like I'm not real. So the way that people use free throw shooting a lot of the time is as a touch indicator, right?

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

Uh, if you make the kind of shots that ace Bailey does, I kind of artificially just refuse to believe you don't have touch, right? It's just a matter of ironing out the consistency and whether or not that consistency ever comes. And in ACEs case, I think that there is a wider degree of variance in his potential as a shooter than a lot of players I've evaluated previously. Yeah.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

Uh, if you make the kind of shots that ace Bailey does, I kind of artificially just refuse to believe you don't have touch, right? It's just a matter of ironing out the consistency and whether or not that consistency ever comes. And in ACEs case, I think that there is a wider degree of variance in his potential as a shooter than a lot of players I've evaluated previously. Yeah.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

Uh, if you make the kind of shots that ace Bailey does, I kind of artificially just refuse to believe you don't have touch, right? It's just a matter of ironing out the consistency and whether or not that consistency ever comes. And in ACEs case, I think that there is a wider degree of variance in his potential as a shooter than a lot of players I've evaluated previously. Yeah.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

Biggest risers, fallers month in the last month and a half. So Thomas Sorber is a guy that I really like at Georgetown. Six foot nine to six foot ten big man who is just really sharp defensively, really reactive on the court, can really pass the ball, reacts to the game at a super high level. Like you can just see the way he's thinking about the game on the court.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

Biggest risers, fallers month in the last month and a half. So Thomas Sorber is a guy that I really like at Georgetown. Six foot nine to six foot ten big man who is just really sharp defensively, really reactive on the court, can really pass the ball, reacts to the game at a super high level. Like you can just see the way he's thinking about the game on the court.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

Biggest risers, fallers month in the last month and a half. So Thomas Sorber is a guy that I really like at Georgetown. Six foot nine to six foot ten big man who is just really sharp defensively, really reactive on the court, can really pass the ball, reacts to the game at a super high level. Like you can just see the way he's thinking about the game on the court.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

Like it feels like even as a freshman, there are times where he's like kind of organizing what Georgetown is doing out there. I've been really really really super impressed with what I've seen from him this season Another guy that's like really risen is definitely Jeremiah fears at Oklahoma. He has certainly led Oklahoma to a terrific start to the season.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

Like it feels like even as a freshman, there are times where he's like kind of organizing what Georgetown is doing out there. I've been really really really super impressed with what I've seen from him this season Another guy that's like really risen is definitely Jeremiah fears at Oklahoma. He has certainly led Oklahoma to a terrific start to the season.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

Like it feels like even as a freshman, there are times where he's like kind of organizing what Georgetown is doing out there. I've been really really really super impressed with what I've seen from him this season Another guy that's like really risen is definitely Jeremiah fears at Oklahoma. He has certainly led Oklahoma to a terrific start to the season.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

I'm probably, I wouldn't say I'm like higher or lower on him. I just need to watch more of him in sec play because he has some real tendencies that concern me in terms of his ability to finish at the rim. He has not been great as a finisher at the rim and half court situations this year.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

I'm probably, I wouldn't say I'm like higher or lower on him. I just need to watch more of him in sec play because he has some real tendencies that concern me in terms of his ability to finish at the rim. He has not been great as a finisher at the rim and half court situations this year.

The Athletic NBA Daily
2025 NBA Draft Preview + Rookie Awards | Slam N Jam

I'm probably, I wouldn't say I'm like higher or lower on him. I just need to watch more of him in sec play because he has some real tendencies that concern me in terms of his ability to finish at the rim. He has not been great as a finisher at the rim and half court situations this year.