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Not only was Anthony Morrow super-fireball-blazing-sun-hot during the NBA's summer league. Not only did he secure a contract with the Golden State Warriors after going undrafted. Now, his new head coach says he's the best shooter and their team and is heaping on the praise....... and apparently his shooting prowess has not cooled off since the summer:
"We picked him up this summer and loved him," Nelson said. "He's really impressive. Very pleased that we signed him and I think he's going to be a good player someday. ... The guy makes every shot. It's unbelievable. You've got to wonder about how a guy like that slips through the cracks. I'm happy to have him."
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Amo was a great Tech player, and really picked up his defense his senior year. I was extremely surprised he slipped through the cracks, too, but he got an NBA job the hard way and is excelling. Hopefully he wil do great!
I always thought he could have been every bit as good as J.J. Reddick had he been used right. I thought it was a shame he was never better at Tech. He was nearly as good a shooter, but a better overall player.
While I love another Tech guy making it in the pros it really does make you wonder a bit about Hewitt. How come he can get the max out of these guys while he has them? Lately, West, Young and Morrow have all showed better in the pros than anyone would have projected based on their college careers.
Uh, the only people that didn't project Thad Young to have a better pro career than college career were those that didn't understand the fundamental differences between college and pro ball.
Mario was somewhat surprising, but a hustle guy that can play lockdown defense can sometimes find a spot on a pro team. It's not like he's playing a very different style of game in the NBA.
Morrow has skill that will always be in high demand for the pro game....a sweet stroke. Morrow will excell if allowed to be in a completentary role. He was a very good player for us, but at times was hurt by the fact that our roster didn't have a reliable post scorer or slashing type guards that would have created more clear looks.
I think it's 2 sides of a coin, right. You can look at it as Hewitt didn't utilize him in the right way. Or you can look at it as Hewitt did something right to develop his players.
There is one simple reason why Hewitt's teams have underperformed recently.
Lack of consistency at the PG position.
He has had some bad luck there. Has a PG transfer out coz he recruited a new great PG (Crittenton) who was supposed to stick around at least 2-3 years.
Unfortunately, Crittenton improves by leaps and bounds in his first year itself, and gets drafted as a freshman. That in itself lost us 2-3 years of consistent PG play.
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