Yeah, he's such an unknown still. From the G-league, it seems he can shoot from 3, but two notable 0-fers in a short stint is a worrisome event for someone whose most relevant skill is shooting.
On defense, he showed signs of being alright, but he's not Klay/S-Dot height, so that's one challenge, and he still seems kind of raw. Not as dependable as even JTA. But Ron Adams said good things about him, so that has to be a good sign, right?
I will admit, he feels more ready to contribute than Bowman or Poole, who seem farther off from being ready, or guys like Evans or Damian Jones, whom I don't really expect to see in the league in a year or two. But we also have a much better sense of where all those guys are at, whereas Mulder is just a huge question mark with high upside and equally high downside.
I'm not feeling irrational at all. Any player that makes it to the nba, no matter how they got there, has skills. But that is not enough to insure that they stay there. The Warriors, in assessing players, have 2 areas that they need to pay special attention to. How well they execute when they are on the floor, and how much they have to pay them.
Mulder was seen to execute sporadically, not very efficiently. One could think that he could improve with time. If the season were allowed to play out, we would have seen which way this area would go. Now, he will have to be measured against other free agents that will be available, known commodities. The odds stack up against him. Bad luck.
When the draft and trades sort themselves out, they will assess what they have, how much money they have to add players, and who they will be. It's no longer last year's choices except for those signed to guaranteed contracts. The Warriors will not be looking for bodies, but talent that will hold down and execute their position. The room for question marks just shrunk.
His 3pt fire power and effort on D, despite the small sample stats, have given me goosebumps at times. He's on a non-guaranteed. We HAVE to at least see more of him at the start of the season before considering a chop.
It's why I was interested in the last part of the season, despite the record. There were so many questions that we might have gotten better answers to: Mulder, Steph-Wiggins-Dray all on the same court, more data on point-Poole, can JTA provide just enough O to be worthy of a roster spot etc...
Yeah, he's such an unknown still. From the G-league, it seems he can shoot from 3, but two notable 0-fers in a short stint is a worrisome event for someone whose most relevant skill is shooting.
On defense, he showed signs of being alright, but he's not Klay/S-Dot height, so that's one challenge, and he still seems kind of raw. Not as dependable as even JTA. But Ron Adams said good things about him, so that has to be a good sign, right?
I will admit, he feels more ready to contribute than Bowman or Poole, who seem farther off from being ready, or guys like Evans or Damian Jones, whom I don't really expect to see in the league in a year or two. But we also have a much better sense of where all those guys are at, whereas Mulder is just a huge question mark with high upside and equally high downside.
I'm not feeling irrational at all. Any player that makes it to the nba, no matter how they got there, has skills. But that is not enough to insure that they stay there. The Warriors, in assessing players, have 2 areas that they need to pay special attention to. How well they execute when they are on the floor, and how much they have to pay them.
Mulder was seen to execute sporadically, not very efficiently. One could think that he could improve with time. If the season were allowed to play out, we would have seen which way this area would go. Now, he will have to be measured against other free agents that will be available, known commodities. The odds stack up against him. Bad luck.
When the draft and trades sort themselves out, they will assess what they have, how much money they have to add players, and who they will be. It's no longer last year's choices except for those signed to guaranteed contracts. The Warriors will not be looking for bodies, but talent that will hold down and execute their position. The room for question marks just shrunk.
His 3pt fire power and effort on D, despite the small sample stats, have given me goosebumps at times. He's on a non-guaranteed. We HAVE to at least see more of him at the start of the season before considering a chop.
I have an irrationally good feeling about this guy
It's why I was interested in the last part of the season, despite the record. There were so many questions that we might have gotten better answers to: Mulder, Steph-Wiggins-Dray all on the same court, more data on point-Poole, can JTA provide just enough O to be worthy of a roster spot etc...
Doesn't he have Kawhi-like claws too? I'm, perhaps irrationally, high on him too...
“And this small sample tore up the G-League, then came on as a ten-day contract and after a rough first game, shot the lights out.”
I love Mulder. Can his nickname be Small Sample from now on?