DOES EMU EMONI PASS THE EYE TEST?

[Gotright]

I see he still on draft boards so he got to be good enough

 

[Premeditated]

it's crazy that he's 6'8 and yet all his shots in that clip were tough or heavily contested, on college level. t-rex arms and all

 

[Gritsngravy]

If he really got a jumper and can improve the dribble I don’t see why he couldn’t be Lou Williams, Jamal Crawford, Jordan clarkson type
But he has to go to the right team with the right vets and coaching

 

[Big Boss]

He gonna be starting 5 for the milan correctional facility

 

[manyfaces]

it's crazy that he's 6'8 and yet all his shots in that clip were tough or heavily contested, on college level. t-rex arms and all

That's the biggest issue to me. He can't seem to find easy shots against low level competition. A constant buffet of difficult shots is a tough way to maintain offense, and it will only get harder when they are much better defenders guarding him. I'm glad to see he's working his way back to NBA conversations but the elite player potential talk has quieted for a reason.

 

[getmoney310cpt]

That's the biggest issue to me. He can't seem to find easy shots against low level competition. A constant buffet of difficult shots is a tough way to maintain offense, and it will only get harder when they are much better defenders guarding him.

 

[#1 pick]

He has moments but not yet.

 

[SHO-NUFF]

Would call him a Thunder pick, but it seems we are closer to cashing in those picks sooner than later, so we might be coming out of experimental mode to gamble

 

[ABlackMan]

He ready. Need to build his body a little it seem but bruh ready. Ftbs.

Should’ve went to G League.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

I already got the thread for when the Suns draft him



"Arms to short to catch the lobs: Suns vs Pelicans game thread(Emoni Bates NBA debut)"

 

[HabitualChiller]

The fact that he can't create lasting separation and needs to take and make difficult jumpers over kats that he has a significant size advantage over is a terrible sign. I mean, he was chaining moves and creating space all for several of them guys to still greatly contest his shot.

He wasn't even playing a premier college team, South Carolina is mid.

And EMU is 3-10, so he obviously isn't contributing to any wins. Once again, that's a bad sign. The scoring is good, but what about the rest of his game.

 

[GOAT]

Average athleticism and negative wingspan. He ain't getting that low arching shot off on any decent defender in the association

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

T rex arms. He should stay awhile

Desmon Baine Arms smh…

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

Desmon Baine Arms smh…

Yep

but Bane can eat because he has nba level athleticism,can shoot tf out the ball and can bully a nikka if need be with his strength .


emoni better become a elite catch and shoot guy

 

[DoubleClutch]

The way he can chain moves together + footwork is definitely 1st round quality..and I’m saying that as a nikka who been doubting him from day 1.


His limitations will be physical because every shot he takes has a high degree of difficulty and it’s rare that a nikka can eat off that at the NBA level and I don’t think Emoni will be able to consistently . If he had just average wingspan for his height he’d be a lottery pick .


T-Ross/Alec Burks type gunner off the bench

But you gotta think about the miss matches he’s gonna have in the nba

Game is more wide open spaced out.

I’ve seen Tatum, Shai and others look basic in college and become monsters in nba

Emoni will be a tough guard in nba. Either he’ll be taller than his defender to shoot over them or able to break them down off dribble and get past them