Tyreke Evans Questions
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Tyreke? Fast? What are you talking about? One of the most frustrating things about Tyreke is how slow he brings up the ball every time and how much time it takes him to get the offensive set started (although I did notice a tiny improvement in that area for him. Nothing substantial, but still improvement).
People keep mentioning how it took Chauncey Billups about 6 years in the league to hit his outside jump shot with any consistency. Even Steve Nash was not very deadly from outside and not an NBA starter until his 4th-5th year in the league. Hopefully, Tyreke puts in the very hard work those superstars did to get to where he should be with all his many tremendous gifts as a basketball player.
Tyreke needs to make his outside jumpers or quit taking them. Tonight seemed like an 0 for on his jumpers. Such evenings can be game killers and he's done it a few times now. Of course he needs to keep playing but he needs to take the opportunities that work for him and cut down the rest. We have a number of others that can do better from outside.
The biggest problem I see with Tyreke now is that we see him as our #1 option, but he's not playing like he's deserving of such an honour. Everytime a certain player has got it going, we put in Tyreke and immediately our offence changes to cater to letting Tyreke score or set someone up. For example, Cousins is beasting. We put in Tyreke, and immediately stop going to him. Unfortunately Cousins picked up his 5th foul but the thing is if Tyreke isn't handling the ball well, he's basically useless. He has an awful outside shot and so can only penetrate and set guys up or get a lay up. When he's not getting lay ups, not making good passes, not cutting, not scoring on the break, then he's basically a liability on the offensive end. He really really needs to step up his shooting now that teams have figured out how to better defend his drives.
