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The Dyson vacuum
Western Conference Executive No. 4: If we re-draft in three to four years, he may be the guy who should have been taken higher. A 6-7 18-year-old that can play the point guard today, has a phenomenal basketball IQ and mature beyond his years. He can defend three positions. His shooting, sure, it needs work. But these kids get 250, 300 reps every single day, so his shooting will be adequate enough. He makes players around him better, and he can pass the ball. If there was a highlighted guy right now in my mind, this could be one where we should have took him and let the developmental time elapse, and we’ve got ourselves a cornerstone of our team for the next 10-12 years.
Jason Hart, Ignite Head Coach: That’s the difference with coming to Ignite and maybe going to college. If Dyson would have gone to college and gotten off to a slow start, he would have sat down on that bench for a junior or senior, and he would have gotten lost. Here, it was, (Ignite Program Director) Rod Strickland was saying, ‘We’ve got to bring it out of him.’ And the fastest way to do that was to keep him out there. I’m not taking you out. So there’s no life raft over here. It took him about two or three weeks to get used to the speed of the game. Now granted, he’s 18 years old, and he was over here from Australia by himself. So we’re talking about music, culture, living, weather, time. It just took a little time. Once he got acclimated, he took off. But I told him, ‘I’m not taking you out of the game. You make a mistake, you get tired, I’ll bring you out then. But you’ve got to fight through this.’ And it was more like the Orlando Magic and OKC — we’re going to let the young guys develop. It’s the same pattern. They’ve got to develop.
Western Conference Executive No. 2: Versatile with upside. Really covers.
G League Coach (his team played Ignite): When I saw him early, everyone was saying ‘He’s probably going to be a lottery pick, and I’m like ‘That dude? For real?’ … He struggled with his confidence early, but he improved the whole year. Every part of his game improved. Even his shooting, which, right now, is subpar. His shooting improved dramatically. He’s got great size. Seems to have a good basketball IQ. I could see that. Even when we played them, I could pick up that he had a very good basketball IQ. And the fact that he improved after such a rough start says to me, he has some toughness about him. … size, can do a little bit of everything. Passes the ball well. Looking at the tape, he’s actually shooting the ball better than Ben (Simmons), which might not be saying much. But at least he’s willing to shoot some 3s. But clearly will be in the top 15 someplace. …
Thinking about what he was like in November to now, he just moves with so much more confidence, more fluidity, more strength. He can probably guard one through four in the NBA. And even on some smaller fives, he’ll front the post, he’ll box them out, that type of thing. The big question mark is obviously the shooting piece. Just needs reps. Guys get better.
https://theathletic.com/3350046/2022/06/07/nba-draft-top-guards-analysis/
Western Conference Executive No. 4: If we re-draft in three to four years, he may be the guy who should have been taken higher. A 6-7 18-year-old that can play the point guard today, has a phenomenal basketball IQ and mature beyond his years. He can defend three positions. His shooting, sure, it needs work. But these kids get 250, 300 reps every single day, so his shooting will be adequate enough. He makes players around him better, and he can pass the ball. If there was a highlighted guy right now in my mind, this could be one where we should have took him and let the developmental time elapse, and we’ve got ourselves a cornerstone of our team for the next 10-12 years.
Jason Hart, Ignite Head Coach: That’s the difference with coming to Ignite and maybe going to college. If Dyson would have gone to college and gotten off to a slow start, he would have sat down on that bench for a junior or senior, and he would have gotten lost. Here, it was, (Ignite Program Director) Rod Strickland was saying, ‘We’ve got to bring it out of him.’ And the fastest way to do that was to keep him out there. I’m not taking you out. So there’s no life raft over here. It took him about two or three weeks to get used to the speed of the game. Now granted, he’s 18 years old, and he was over here from Australia by himself. So we’re talking about music, culture, living, weather, time. It just took a little time. Once he got acclimated, he took off. But I told him, ‘I’m not taking you out of the game. You make a mistake, you get tired, I’ll bring you out then. But you’ve got to fight through this.’ And it was more like the Orlando Magic and OKC — we’re going to let the young guys develop. It’s the same pattern. They’ve got to develop.
Western Conference Executive No. 2: Versatile with upside. Really covers.
G League Coach (his team played Ignite): When I saw him early, everyone was saying ‘He’s probably going to be a lottery pick, and I’m like ‘That dude? For real?’ … He struggled with his confidence early, but he improved the whole year. Every part of his game improved. Even his shooting, which, right now, is subpar. His shooting improved dramatically. He’s got great size. Seems to have a good basketball IQ. I could see that. Even when we played them, I could pick up that he had a very good basketball IQ. And the fact that he improved after such a rough start says to me, he has some toughness about him. … size, can do a little bit of everything. Passes the ball well. Looking at the tape, he’s actually shooting the ball better than Ben (Simmons), which might not be saying much. But at least he’s willing to shoot some 3s. But clearly will be in the top 15 someplace. …
Thinking about what he was like in November to now, he just moves with so much more confidence, more fluidity, more strength. He can probably guard one through four in the NBA. And even on some smaller fives, he’ll front the post, he’ll box them out, that type of thing. The big question mark is obviously the shooting piece. Just needs reps. Guys get better.
https://theathletic.com/3350046/2022/06/07/nba-draft-top-guards-analysis/
