I couldn’t believe at times when Schröder was struggling – I was hoping that Darko would put Malachi in to help give the team a spark and even some stability. How does this factor, which most of us (other than his loyal stans – s/o to you guys btw, seriously) couldn’t have possibly predicted, help out this team moving forward?
by earlyearlgray
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Malachi showed some flashes but also did some dumb things. Turnovers, missing point blank layups. Overall better than last year but nothing elite
Forced to be the backup PG this season , darko trusts him a lot , team also seems to be high on him . Tbh he’s been serviceable
He’s ok.
He is still at best a 3rd string guard.
I think the only way for his game to truly evolve is becoming a good scorer. I think he’s a very solid catch and shoot threat from 3 but he needs to attack off pick and rolls either at the rim or for a mid-range shots on drop coverage.
I think he’s vastly improved defensively and looked solid as passer off PnR’s. If he can even average 8 points a game this year I’d be happy, think he just needs to be a bit more of a scoring threat to be a viable back up PG.
Flynn probably would have developed more if he didnt get the hook from NN everytime he made a mistake. You dont grow sitting on the bench. Unfortunately NN was willing to ride his starters into the ground (and into the sunset). Maybe now Flynn will have the opportunity to develop that many hoped he would get in the previous years. Hopefully Flynn will be able to take advantage of the opportunities as they present themselves.
As a long-time Flynn critic, I can’t believe I’m saying this but we need to get him more 3-point shots. Other than Milwaukee where he went 0-of-8, he’s been an incredibly consistent low-volume shooter this year. If he’s going to make the next step and be an asset this team can consider long-term, he needs to bump up the attempts to the 5-6 per game range without too much of a dip in percentages. (In a worst-case scenario, the percentages are unsustainable when he ups the volume, in which case at least we know and the team makes a decision about him based on that.)
Part of low volume is because there aren’t enough passers when he’s out there with Barnes and the rest of the bench. Other than Barnes, nobody else makes the extra pass. After he gives up the ball he’s usually stationed above the break on the left side where he’s shooting nearly 50%, but these possessions usually die with someone like Achiuwa or Boucher taking the corner 3 rather than looking for that pass.
Surprisingly Malachi has only taken 5 corner threes this year (made 2, one from each side). I get why there’s a reason for having your tall shooters in the corner for their slashing ability. I really like Chicago action as one of the primary playsets for this team. (Ball in the high-post, offball screen set for the player in the corner, potential dribble-handoff for the player from the corner to curl around and drive to the basket). They’ve used it well with Poeltl in the high-post and the screen being set for Barnes. I also think that would work really well with Barnes in the high-post and Flynn setting the screen for Boucher, and you could have a lot of different wrinkles that would get Flynn open to shoot either from above the break or the left corner.
Malachi has done well from basically being a neglected prospect locked in the citadel of Nick’s Nursery to actually being brought to the surface and dusted off by Darko. He’s gonna make a lot of mistakes and he has. In fact he is gonna have some quasi-rookie growing pains because on the court shit he has barely played a full season appearances wise I think.
However he has done some good things and at this rate of development he will be a decent player by the end of the season. Will he be the answer for Toronto? That remains to be seen but he will have a future in the NBA.
Nick Nurse is terrible with young project players. That’s just was never his strong suit. That’s OK. Everybody has strengths and weaknesses but players like Flynn are the result.
He’s finally looking like NBA player but a bad one.
Malachi plays well in recent games, and it’s shocked to me that he can defend Porzingis last night. Dennis should realize he is not HIM in this team, he should give the ball to Pascal to Scottie as quick as he can.
Malachi is going to be our starting PG in a couple years
On this team he’s a serviceable backup PG (as he’s one of the only options to begin with), any other team he’s a third stringer/injury insurance
He’s in his 4th year there’s nothing rapid about that. If the FO was competent and was able to secure a backup pg, he would be playing in China. We should have cut him 2 seasons ago and kept Brissett and Yuta. Sunken cost fallacy.
Showcasing him for trade but he still don’t look good lol with an these minutes he still 3rd string type player
It means we don’t have to spend a FRP on a bench guard, and instead can spend two FRP on Zach Lavine
Something about his performance in last night’s game made me think: we should give him a contract for long term. Maybe I’m crazy, but i see shades of Lowry
Hes not a NbA player
He doesn’t pass the eye test for me
@aa1