Julian Phillips

[ScrantonBulls]

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I think Julian Phillips has potential to be a good 3&D player, which are hugely important in today's game. He's athletic, he can run, he can shoot. I'm excited to see him get more minutes with PWill out. If I had to choose, I'd keep him up instead of Dalen if somebody needs to get sent to the G-League.

What are your thoughts on him? Can you see him being useful NBA player?

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[Charlesareed]

Yup time to give the kid some minutes

[HomoSapien]

Even though he didn’t have much impact on the glass, it was great just having size and length on the floor. It’s just so obvious how big of a difference it makes.

[2weekswithpay]

He can't shoot but if/when he learns how to he'll be a solid rotation player.

[ScrantonBulls]

Even though he didn’t have much impact on the glass, it was great just having size and length on the floor. It’s just so obvious how big of a difference it makes.

The good news is he can't be much worse than Pat on the glass.

[Axolotl]

Phillips is intriguing. The length, the athleticism, the motor - he could become a player. He also seems to have a natural feel to the game, but his skills are not at the level needed to put all that potential to use.

Interested to see what his developmental arc is going to be.

[DASMACKDOWN]

At this stage right now, he is like a taller Derrick Jones Jr. I do feel he has a higher ceiling though mostly due to the height.

What I do like is that he definitely slashes, moves without the ball and gets after it. Could be a guy that can get to the free throw line a lot.

I can certainly see by next year after strengthening and getting consistent minutes, he could be a baller.

[BullChit]

His motor is the opposite of P.Will.

There was one play that impressed me where DeMar missed a 3 and he swooped in from the corner grabbed the airball and tried to flip it up and in before the buzzer.

[ChettheJet]

I think that if they can trade some combination of Carsuo, Carter, Lavine and DeRozan they could open up some time for Phillips to be the backup 4, depending on if it's Williams or someone back in a trade so Billy shifts away from the 4 guard sets.

[FriedRise]

Been calling for Phillips to play instead of trying to force Coby and/or Caruso at PF with Pat and Craig out. Glad it finally happened, but concerning that Billy still went Drummond + Vooch before trying him.

Like, your choices aren't just guards or centers. Players in between do exist - they're called forwards.

Yes he's raw, but no more than Dalen IMO, and Dalen has been getting a lot of playing time. Too bad it didn't happen sooner because we had games we dropped because we were too small and couldn't match up with the other team's size. Phillips could've helped with that.

[dougthonus]

I think that if they can trade some combination of Carsuo, Carter, Lavine and DeRozan they could open up some time for Phillips to be the backup 4, depending on if it's Williams or someone back in a trade so Billy shifts away from the 4 guard sets.

Or we could just play him as backup PF without trading anyone because with Craig out, we have no backup 4.

[GoBlue72391]

He's got the athleticism, length, and shooting form to be successful. All he has to do is bulk up and gain game experience.

[Hangtime84]

learn to dribble with dribbletoomuch he could be looking like the Jalen Johnson from the hawks

[Wingy]

That block was kinda cool. It was also the 21,233th instance where I self-recognized that I'm an old curmudgeon thinking "just grab the damn ball!!!"

[kulaz3000]

He has all the tools to be a really good player. I have no question that in time he will become stronger, that's the easy part. It's whether he can become a consistent shooter, and whether he can improve his ball handling. That will be the difference with him being a role player, or a player who could catapult himself into a starter level player, or possibly more.

You see someone like Mobley who is already a solid player at power forward, but he hasn't developed his shot enough to be an elite power forward yet, and is more suited to being a center. Not a direct comparison between the two players, but emphasizing the fact that adding a critical piece to ones game can really open up a players game, which is what has happened with Coby, by adding a reliable dribble game.

He is still very young though, and we probably won't see the fruits of his work for another season or two, but he is definitely worth the investment for sure.

[DASMACKDOWN]

He is still very young though, and we probably won't see the fruits of his work for another season or two, but he is definitely worth the investment for sure.

And at least AKME learned their lesson from the Marko/Ayo deals.

We have Julian on a 4 year deal.

[kulaz3000]

He is still very young though, and we probably won't see the fruits of his work for another season or two, but he is definitely worth the investment for sure.

And at least AKME learned their lesson from the Marko/Ayo deals.

We have Julian on a 4 year deal.

Agreed. They got lucky on Ayo's current deal, because he had a poor sophomore season.

[boozapalooza]

Back to back solid games from JP…this kid has serious potential. Former 5 star recruit/Mcdonalds All American showing why he was ranked so highly.

I watched JP at Tennessee and hated his offensive game. He couldnt score to save his life in that offense. Played awful in the tournament. Didnt want us to draft him at all. Im glad I was wrong. His down season at Tenn is the only reason he was able to fall to the 2nd round.

Kudos to AK and maybe we need to acquire more 2nd round picks, since drafting there seems to be the one thing AK does pretty well.

[Bandit King]

Our coach will make him earn his minutes though.

[sco]

His opportunity to get some developmental minutes may be the silver lining here with Pwill's injury. Maybe we can trade Craig at the deadline (although I like him but he's not a long-term piece) for another young piece.