https://youtu.be/8XBPV7ByfOI
Ty Jerome didn’t have a very impressive rookie season. In fact, his rookie season was pretty bad. In 31 games for the Suns, he shot 34% from the field. I know that field goal percentage is a very basic way of ascertaining the quality of play of a particular player, but you have to remember that Draymond Green is the only player in the universe who can shoot 34% from the field and still be a net positive on the court. Anybody else with shooting percentages that low will be a detriment to their team. I’m allowed to make that determination without having to watch hours of Ty Jerome rookie year film. And you’re allowed to disagree with me – as long as you have watched the requisite hours of Ty Jerome rookie year film.
Please note that watching the single highlight video I made for Jerome last season, wherein he scored fifteen points, does not count as “hours of Ty Jerome rookie year film”. The video is barely a minute long. Neither does watching that same video on repeat 150 count as “hours of Ty Jerome rookie year film.” After perhaps the fifth viewing, additional repeated viewings will not illuminate Jerome’s game for you any more that it has already been illuminated.
Second-year Ty Jerome seems to be significantly better than rookie year Ty Jerome. I’ll give him some credit, it seems like he put in a lot of work to make sure that he would stick in the league. Sure, his rookie contract guarantees him money through next season, but late-first-round picks who spend their first few years doing absolutely nothing tend not to have very long NBA careers. So what does Jerome do? He gets to the Thunder and averages 10 PPG per game on 43% three-point shooting.
Yeah, my mind is blown too. I didn’t realize that he had become a good player. Every time I saw his name in the box-scores I assumed he was still sucking. In fact, he’s doing so well lately that I would like to extend to him some “mad props” as a gesture of appreciation for his improvement.