He says he feels comfortable playing on the ball. Nets used him as a point guard and he put up a career high in assists.
With his wingspan he could give gave a run for his money at backup point. He seems like a steady scorer off the bench. _________________ “Cuban would never”
I was checking out 2k ratings this morning and noticed they have Milton as a pg/sg. Then I saw this video below where he’s being discribed as a backup point guard. Nets played him at the 1 Friday against the spurs and I wonder if that was his “tryout” for the lakers. They had him picking up full court and running the point. This is starting to get interesting.
I considered him filler, but I'll be interested to see how he performs. No conclusions from me until he gets a fair shot at showing what he can bring.
Really fair statement.
I’ll only add that Lewis was still in a shell, Shake
Has been around the block and can contribute. _________________ Lakers need to build a freaking team !
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I have a strange feeling there will be a certain renewed energy in these guys getting to play with LeBron And AD and their previous teammates in Hayes and JJ
And of course the days off in Los Angeles have got to be an upgrade for them
Milton will get you 5 points on a lot of nights. He'll get you 20 on some. He'll get you 8-10 on plenty.
He's an average player that is a good shooter. On some nights he'll make you wonder why he's been out of a team's rotation. Other nights you'll understand completely why.
If you are going to give him the role Reaves would fit best in, which is 6th man scorer you may benefit from an average of 10 points off the bench on a nightly basis.
He does best with the ball in his hands, does worst when asked to wait off ball for his turn, which seems counterintuitive, but he's the kind of player that needs to get into a rhythm in order to be effective or he can have a cold streak that lasts through an entire game. If he isn't giving you his shooting he doesn't have much else. Jack of all trades, master of none. But if you do get him in a rhythm he'll do well on catch and shoots, at least this season he has.
Not a playmaker in the slightest, but serviceable if in a rhythm if he needs to pass.
Nothing particularly special about him, but the one constant has been his shooting, but don't get too excited, he's not a proven high volume three point shooter with his efficiency but he's good enough in the few he takes, he does most of his damage going downhill, has an okay pull up from mid and can bust drop coverages, and he's very good at finishing at the basket, he won't be a 15-20 ppg guy, but if you give him a consistent role and don't flux around with his minutes he can get you 8-10 off the bench on a nightly basis and sometimes more.
That's Shake Milton in a nutshell, you will really love him some nights, you will be frustrated by him most nights, but you'll always see 5-10 points next to his name if he's given consistent time and role. _________________ How NBA 2K18 failed the All-Time Lakers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxMBYm3wwxk
I'm not looking for him to be a consistent scorer. If he can handle against the press and not be a glaring liability from 3 or on D that would be huge. _________________ Luxury Tax/FA Spreadsheet (Save to your Google Drive to edit)
He’s our Scottie Pippen JR _________________ “The main goal for the Lakers is to win a championship. All I care about, all we care about, is to raise another banner in the rafters.“
I'm not looking for him to be a consistent scorer. If he can handle against the press and not be a glaring liability from 3 or on D that would be huge.
His ball handling is good to get him to the basket off the dribble, and his D is okay sometimes, not so good most times, he hovers around the 30-40% percentile. This season he dropped to the 17th percentile. That's a Nets wide thing as well.
Schroder dropped to the 17th percentile
Cam Johnson dropped to the 11th percentile (was the 43rd last season oh the Nets)
DFS last season was in the 66th percentile
This season he dropped to the 45th
Cam Thomas is at the 1st percentile...
The only positive players on the nets in the positive percentile on defense that were actually in the rotation was Day'Ron Sharpe whom was in the 78th last season and is the 77th this season and Ben Simmons whom is in the 83rd percentile this season.
Day'Ron was someone I'd have hoped the Lakers could have gotten from the Nets given how high up in the defensive percentile he is and being a 6'11 center that is 265+ pounds... He doesn't have a long wingspan for a big but it doesn't hold him back in terms of his defensive impact being very good.
Milton will get you 5 points on a lot of nights. He'll get you 20 on some. He'll get you 8-10 on plenty.
He's an average player that is a good shooter. On some nights he'll make you wonder why he's been out of a team's rotation. Other nights you'll understand completely why.
If you are going to give him the role Reaves would fit best in, which is 6th man scorer you may benefit from an average of 10 points off the bench on a nightly basis.
He does best with the ball in his hands, does worst when asked to wait off ball for his turn, which seems counterintuitive, but he's the kind of player that needs to get into a rhythm in order to be effective or he can have a cold streak that lasts through an entire game. If he isn't giving you his shooting he doesn't have much else. Jack of all trades, master of none. But if you do get him in a rhythm he'll do well on catch and shoots, at least this season he has.
Not a playmaker in the slightest, but serviceable if in a rhythm if he needs to pass.
Nothing particularly special about him, but the one constant has been his shooting, but don't get too excited, he's not a proven high volume three point shooter with his efficiency but he's good enough in the few he takes, he does most of his damage going downhill, has an okay pull up from mid and can bust drop coverages, and he's very good at finishing at the basket, he won't be a 15-20 ppg guy, but if you give him a consistent role and don't flux around with his minutes he can get you 8-10 off the bench on a nightly basis and sometimes more.
That's Shake Milton in a nutshell, you will really love him some nights, you will be frustrated by him most nights, but you'll always see 5-10 points next to his name if he's given consistent time and role.
Now i wonder how the game forum threads and media outlets will be reacting to this? Sooo you saying he wont be able to be our Vinnie Johnson or Lou Will and he wont be able to give us 30pts off the bench when nobody can shoot? Are you sasying wien LAKANG play Hero ISO ball he wont be able to make the shot with 5 seconds to go in the corner unless in a rhythem? Are you telling us that he not John Stockton or Jason Kidd when LAKANG gets a rest and everyone running around the court with their heads cutoff? You mean he not going to be driving past people constantly like Kyrie with the ball in his hands?
Wha! What are you saying?! Heavens knows you NOT saying we still need a PG? ,,,,,
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I'm not looking for him to be a consistent scorer. If he can handle against the press and not be a glaring liability from 3 or on D that would be huge.
His ball handling is good to get him to the basket off the dribble, and his D is okay sometimes, not so good most times, he hovers around the 30-40% percentile. This season he dropped to the 17th percentile. That's a Nets wide thing as well.
Thanks for replying. Do you think his ball-handling acumen translates to handling a full-court press? I would say Austin is good at getting to the rim but he clearly has trouble with ball pressure. _________________ Luxury Tax/FA Spreadsheet (Save to your Google Drive to edit)
On paper he's not even a downgrade scoring wise from what D'lo was giving this year and a clear upgrade in efficiency. On paper is one thing, TBD on his actual fit. _________________ It was reminiscent of one of those Most Interesting Man in the World advertisements: "I don't always shoot 6-for-28 from the field, but when I do, I become the youngest player in league history to score 28,000 career points."
Underrated piece of the trade, and I'm not even expecting him to be a regular rotation player. The roster was lacking in end of bench guys who can play now if needed. Between JHS, Maxwell and Bronny we were just using too many spots on guys who can't play, especially considering we have had 2 other guys unavailable the entire season. That's 1/3 of the roster. So you end up with situations like 7 guys actually available for the last game against the Kings. That's how you give up games you should have won over 82. Shake is on an extremely favorable contract and he has played several seasons in meaningful games. We traded 1 NBA ready player and got back 2, and that is what this roster was missing.
On paper he's not even a downgrade scoring wise from what D'lo was giving this year and a clear upgrade in efficiency. On paper is one thing, TBD on his actual fit.
The big downgrade will be his ability to facilitate. Dlo a lot better at that than Shake. Although out of nowhere Shake had a 12 assist game a few days ago in 34 minutes so maybe he's has more capability than it seems. The seven games before that he had averaged 1.5 APG.
On paper he's not even a downgrade scoring wise from what D'lo was giving this year and a clear upgrade in efficiency. On paper is one thing, TBD on his actual fit.
The big downgrade will be his ability to facilitate. Dlo a lot better at that than Shake. Although out of nowhere Shake had a 12 assist game a few days ago in 34 minutes so maybe he's has more capability than it seems. The seven games before that he had averaged 1.5 APG.
Right. I mentioned earlier this season that D'lo's role had been reduced to something a less talented and less expensive player could handle. We'll see if Shake can provide that. _________________ It was reminiscent of one of those Most Interesting Man in the World advertisements: "I don't always shoot 6-for-28 from the field, but when I do, I become the youngest player in league history to score 28,000 career points."
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