Keon Ellis

[Telemachus]

sure, Fox expected this, he plays with him and sees him in practice. Me, as a fan wasn't expecting this though. Was he a shooter at Alabama?

He shot 37% from three over 2 years of college. He shot over 40% from 3 last season in the G League. The big question about Ellis was his ball-handling abilities. They were not good coming out of college. To improve them, he was used in a facilitating role a lot last season.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

He shot 37% from three over 2 years of college. He shot over 40% from 3 last season in the G League. The big question about Ellis was his ball-handling abilities. They were not good coming out of college. To improve them, he was used in a facilitating role a lot last season.

and he shot 89% from the line in college.

Also of note, is that Brown immediately played him as a ball handling guard. He started at point guard in the games when Fox was out...and has continued to play there. This has been really good development with a guy who slipped past the 2nd round

 

[gunks]

Pretty slick of Monte to make up for striking out on the Davion pick by nabbing this guy. He's pretty much the exact player we were hoping Davion would develop into.

 

[upinsmoke]

Pretty slick of Monte to make up for striking out on the Davion pick by nabbing this guy. He's pretty much the exact player we were hoping Davion would develop into.

I'm not out on Mitchell personally.

 

[gunks]

I'm not out on Mitchell personally.

I'm down on him, but also rooting for a turnaround, either here or elsewhere. I always dug the guy.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

I'm down on him, but also rooting for a turnaround, either here or elsewhere. I always dug the guy.

I'm also rooting for Kessler Edwards, which is also neither here or there

 

[kingsboi]

He shot 37% from three over 2 years of college. He shot over 40% from 3 last season in the G League. The big question about Ellis was his ball-handling abilities. They were not good coming out of college. To improve them, he was used in a facilitating role a lot last season.

I wonder then why it took this many games of him getting consistent minutes to finally display the shooting? perhaps a combination of increased confidence knowing you will get regular rotation minutes and coaches urging him to shoot when open

 

[kingsboi]

Pretty slick of Monte to make up for striking out on the Davion pick by nabbing this guy. He's pretty much the exact player we were hoping Davion would develop into.

I think Davion has a potential 10 plus career in him, it just may not be with this team and the schemes Brown runs here

 

[Telemachus]

I wonder then why it took this many games of him getting consistent minutes to finally display the shooting? perhaps a combination of increased confidence knowing you will get regular rotation minutes and coaches urging him to shoot when open

To me, it looked like he was trying to fit into the offense without disrupting things. It can be a bit of an adjustment going from one of the primary scoring options to being a 4th or 5th option.

 

[Caccia]

Nice article on Keon "Two-Tone" Ellis and how he stayed ready for when his name was called:

https://theathletic.com/5139625/2023/12/15/keon-ellis-kings-thunder/

Also some kudos to Fox and Monk. You may have to be a subscriber to read it. I will say that it is nice that The Athletic has added a Kings writer to their regular NBA beats. We have an exciting team, after all.

 

[iowamcnabb]

John Hollinger gave some love to Keon in his latest article along one of my trade targets Goga. I can’t remember the last time John had an article relating to the kings that contained only positives and no jabs

 

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