UCLA Kevon was a different beast but no one anticipated him being the kind of loonGOD he is now
You can’t expect a 45 year old man doing that regularly in a high level NBA game
I will say, everyone says he was fucked by injuries and bad hips, but even in these clips there’s no way these move are quick enough for the nba, even as a youngster. He’s always been slow, and his release has always taken way too long.
Either way, credit to him to redesign his game to become greatness.
Man I knew he was different before his hip injuries but I didn’t know he was “crossover pullback into a jump shot” different 😭😭😭😭😭
He had hips too.
Watch his high school highlights. The man was a bucket
Most nba players have a jumper that would be considered wet at most levels of basketball. It’s just that you have to he insanely good to justify taking them in a game where you’re playing with elite shooters
I hope you realize that **almost** every NBA player (even the worst player out of 450 players) has a jumper.
Looney was always gonna be a stretch four until the injuries and our lack of bigs in 2019 changed the way we thought of him.
He was compared to Kevin Durant coming into the draft.
He was doing this against the raptors in 2019 if you watched for it.
Next Kevin Durant
If Kevon Looney didn’t have degenerative hips he could have been the next KD.
To be fair this was against college competition. That plus injuries wouldn’t make Looney a viable jump shooter these days. His game now is perfect for us with his hustle, defensive presence in the paint, and board monster! #Loongod
He has a nice shot, but when you’re playing with 41% 3 pt- shooters you pass the ball!
Problem is he’ll be taking those same shots away from steph and klay. And after years of accepting a lesser role, you’re just not as comfortable with those same moves at the NBA level. Reminds me of that clip of Bradley Beal where he said just scoring won’t get you anywhere. To be the #1 or 2 option on any NBA team is a position very few players get
Pre draft comped to KD
It’s crazy how good of a nba defender he’s turned out with those slow hips, even in these moves, they’re a bit choppy, but his iq is so high
Before like 48 hip injuries Loon’s bag was crazy!!! He had a light KD comp coming outta HS
If Loongod can just find a mid jumper game he would be such a weapon to compliment our shooters
He was a beast in HS and college!
Looney was projected as a high number pick on his draft class, but fell off because of injuries.
Looney would have been a freaking star had he been Born with the athleticism of someone like Wiseman.
Literally everything he does out there on the court is based on his BBIQ, because he just doesn’t have the athletic gift that other players in the league have.
Yeah but bc of the time and team we got, we pigeonholed him into a Dennis rodman type role which is what we were gonna or tried to do with Wiseman
He could still shoot those jumpers after getting those hip surgeries. He just had to sacrifice his skills so he can screen for Steph.
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UCLA Kevon was a different beast but no one anticipated him being the kind of loonGOD he is now
You can’t expect a 45 year old man doing that regularly in a high level NBA game
I will say, everyone says he was fucked by injuries and bad hips, but even in these clips there’s no way these move are quick enough for the nba, even as a youngster. He’s always been slow, and his release has always taken way too long.
Either way, credit to him to redesign his game to become greatness.
Man I knew he was different before his hip injuries but I didn’t know he was “crossover pullback into a jump shot” different 😭😭😭😭😭
He had hips too.
Watch his high school highlights. The man was a bucket
Injuries
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mcqaNVYRSXQ
Peep GP2 in the second clip
Most nba players have a jumper that would be considered wet at most levels of basketball. It’s just that you have to he insanely good to justify taking them in a game where you’re playing with elite shooters
I hope you realize that **almost** every NBA player (even the worst player out of 450 players) has a jumper.
Looney was always gonna be a stretch four until the injuries and our lack of bigs in 2019 changed the way we thought of him.
He was compared to Kevin Durant coming into the draft.
He was doing this against the raptors in 2019 if you watched for it.
Next Kevin Durant
If Kevon Looney didn’t have degenerative hips he could have been the next KD.
To be fair this was against college competition. That plus injuries wouldn’t make Looney a viable jump shooter these days. His game now is perfect for us with his hustle, defensive presence in the paint, and board monster! #Loongod
He has a nice shot, but when you’re playing with 41% 3 pt- shooters you pass the ball!
Problem is he’ll be taking those same shots away from steph and klay. And after years of accepting a lesser role, you’re just not as comfortable with those same moves at the NBA level. Reminds me of that clip of Bradley Beal where he said just scoring won’t get you anywhere. To be the #1 or 2 option on any NBA team is a position very few players get
Pre draft comped to KD
It’s crazy how good of a nba defender he’s turned out with those slow hips, even in these moves, they’re a bit choppy, but his iq is so high
Before like 48 hip injuries Loon’s bag was crazy!!! He had a light KD comp coming outta HS
Then he tore his hips up.
This is a 1vs1 between Durant and Loon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pauDuAc5ahI
If Loongod can just find a mid jumper game he would be such a weapon to compliment our shooters
He was a beast in HS and college!
Looney was projected as a high number pick on his draft class, but fell off because of injuries.
Looney would have been a freaking star had he been Born with the athleticism of someone like Wiseman.
Literally everything he does out there on the court is based on his BBIQ, because he just doesn’t have the athletic gift that other players in the league have.
Yeah but bc of the time and team we got, we pigeonholed him into a Dennis rodman type role which is what we were gonna or tried to do with Wiseman
He could still shoot those jumpers after getting those hip surgeries. He just had to sacrifice his skills so he can screen for Steph.