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Interesting review from a blogger on Wright's 2009 summer league performance which tells alot about his game:
http://www.hornets247.com/blog/2009/...-league-wrapup
http://www.hornets247.com/blog/2009/...-league-wrapup
Julian Wright
Julian Wright's consistent inconsistency was again on display in Las Vegas, as his points varied from 4 to 24 and rebounds varied from 1 to 7 despite playing a fairly consistent 30+ minutes per game. Not really unexpected at this point. Some observations:
First, Wright doesn't have a scorer's mentality. At all. In the first three games he did not demand the ball and instead seemed perfectly content to try and manufacture points at the end of the shot clock after other players had failed to score, leading to low percentage shots. In the games Collison and Thornton played, he only averaged 11 shots and an abysmal .96 points per shot. However, once both Collison and Thornton had gone down with their ankle injuries and the coaches made him the centerpiece of the offense, Wright scored 43 points on 33 shots for a healthy 1.3 points per shot.
That tells me that he's capable of scoring, but needs plays run for him AND he's not going to insist on those plays. This dovetails with all the interviews I've seen of Julian where he says how Byron Scott keeps telling him he has to become more aggressive. I think Julian may be mistaking energy, which he has in spades, for aggression. Energy is a part of aggression, but he has to combine that with assertiveness, of which he has none. In other words, Julian needs to call for the damn ball. In the NBA, if you aren't assertive, you aren't going to get the ball.
As for the rest of his game, he's still brilliant in transition, mediocre in the half court, a lame shooter, an excellent on the ball defender, and too eager to help on help defense.
Julian Wright's consistent inconsistency was again on display in Las Vegas, as his points varied from 4 to 24 and rebounds varied from 1 to 7 despite playing a fairly consistent 30+ minutes per game. Not really unexpected at this point. Some observations:
First, Wright doesn't have a scorer's mentality. At all. In the first three games he did not demand the ball and instead seemed perfectly content to try and manufacture points at the end of the shot clock after other players had failed to score, leading to low percentage shots. In the games Collison and Thornton played, he only averaged 11 shots and an abysmal .96 points per shot. However, once both Collison and Thornton had gone down with their ankle injuries and the coaches made him the centerpiece of the offense, Wright scored 43 points on 33 shots for a healthy 1.3 points per shot.
That tells me that he's capable of scoring, but needs plays run for him AND he's not going to insist on those plays. This dovetails with all the interviews I've seen of Julian where he says how Byron Scott keeps telling him he has to become more aggressive. I think Julian may be mistaking energy, which he has in spades, for aggression. Energy is a part of aggression, but he has to combine that with assertiveness, of which he has none. In other words, Julian needs to call for the damn ball. In the NBA, if you aren't assertive, you aren't going to get the ball.
As for the rest of his game, he's still brilliant in transition, mediocre in the half court, a lame shooter, an excellent on the ball defender, and too eager to help on help defense.
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