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Sam Vecenie

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411 total appearances

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The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

It might end up being Cooper by the end of it, because he's the guy that like, will be the on ball player that like, we'll get the most reps on ball and we'll be able to play in that way. He's shown that he's comfortable shooting off the pull-ups to some stretch.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

I think the answer realistically is probably Trey Johnson from Texas, just in terms of like the numbers would dictate Trey Johnson, but yeah, It's a lot of tough shots. It's a lot of really, really tough shots with him. And he's a talented shot maker. But I worry that he's not going to be able to separate at the NBA level because it's been hard for him to separate in college, frankly.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

I think the answer realistically is probably Trey Johnson from Texas, just in terms of like the numbers would dictate Trey Johnson, but yeah, It's a lot of tough shots. It's a lot of really, really tough shots with him. And he's a talented shot maker. But I worry that he's not going to be able to separate at the NBA level because it's been hard for him to separate in college, frankly.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

I think the answer realistically is probably Trey Johnson from Texas, just in terms of like the numbers would dictate Trey Johnson, but yeah, It's a lot of tough shots. It's a lot of really, really tough shots with him. And he's a talented shot maker. But I worry that he's not going to be able to separate at the NBA level because it's been hard for him to separate in college, frankly.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

And then off of movement, I don't even know like the numbers would bear out that it's con, but I would say con can nipple just from like a balanced perspective, running off of screens, knowing how to run off of screens, um, understanding how to curl, understanding how to flare out. Like, um, His movement shooting ability is just like really, really special because of his balance.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

And then off of movement, I don't even know like the numbers would bear out that it's con, but I would say con can nipple just from like a balanced perspective, running off of screens, knowing how to run off of screens, um, understanding how to curl, understanding how to flare out. Like, um, His movement shooting ability is just like really, really special because of his balance.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

And then off of movement, I don't even know like the numbers would bear out that it's con, but I would say con can nipple just from like a balanced perspective, running off of screens, knowing how to run off of screens, um, understanding how to curl, understanding how to flare out. Like, um, His movement shooting ability is just like really, really special because of his balance.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

He is always constantly just straight up and down. You can get him the ball and he will get into his hop and he will like find his balance almost no matter what, if he's wrong footed, if he has to realign himself in midair, like he's just really, really good at finding that balance with his shot prep. So that's probably the way I would go about answering those three.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

He is always constantly just straight up and down. You can get him the ball and he will get into his hop and he will like find his balance almost no matter what, if he's wrong footed, if he has to realign himself in midair, like he's just really, really good at finding that balance with his shot prep. So that's probably the way I would go about answering those three.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

He is always constantly just straight up and down. You can get him the ball and he will get into his hop and he will like find his balance almost no matter what, if he's wrong footed, if he has to realign himself in midair, like he's just really, really good at finding that balance with his shot prep. So that's probably the way I would go about answering those three.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

But this is a class that has some shooters for sure.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

But this is a class that has some shooters for sure.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

But this is a class that has some shooters for sure.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

There's not another way to put it. Okay. So like Maryland will like oftentimes like pre switch him and make it so that he doesn't have to get North South as a defender and like really come up to the level and guard. It was very similar actually to, you know, rest in peace.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

There's not another way to put it. Okay. So like Maryland will like oftentimes like pre switch him and make it so that he doesn't have to get North South as a defender and like really come up to the level and guard. It was very similar actually to, you know, rest in peace.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

There's not another way to put it. Okay. So like Maryland will like oftentimes like pre switch him and make it so that he doesn't have to get North South as a defender and like really come up to the level and guard. It was very similar actually to, you know, rest in peace.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

Like, you know, Caleb Swan again, when he was at Purdue, like Purdue devised the scheme where like he would call out to a teammate on the wing to go up, guard the ball screen. I'll switch onto the guy on the wing. Right. And for his part,

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

Like, you know, Caleb Swan again, when he was at Purdue, like Purdue devised the scheme where like he would call out to a teammate on the wing to go up, guard the ball screen. I'll switch onto the guy on the wing. Right. And for his part,

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

Like, you know, Caleb Swan again, when he was at Purdue, like Purdue devised the scheme where like he would call out to a teammate on the wing to go up, guard the ball screen. I'll switch onto the guy on the wing. Right. And for his part,

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

Derek queen is actually like a really good communicator on defense within the scheme and is like really good at making sure that like he has his teammates, you know, in the right spots and that he's in the right spots. I think he's actually also like pretty okay. Laterally on defense. Like if he is in a switch situation and is guarding like a wing and