Kidd-Gilchrist versus Barnes

[Veteran_Picksetter]

The difference being that rebounding, shotblocking, and defense aren't products of skill. Guys with no skill like Diop, Bismack, DeAndre Jordan, Reggie Evans, Tony Allen, etc are all players nobody would consider "skilled", but are good rebounders, shot blockers, and defenders. You can do those things just by TRYING.

Also, I wouldn't consider Gilchrist a particularly good passer either (not that Barnes is).

It's kind of like in NFL football where truly every player has "skills", but the ones who generally do the scoring (RB, QB, WR) are referred to as the "skills positions" players. Technically speaking all of those things(rebounding, shotblocking, defense) are skills because they involve the ability to anticipate, box out, whatever, but I see where you are coming from: In sports the term "skill" is generally applied to the skills which take a longer time to develop (as in Barnes' shooting skill) or those which are simply more related to scoring/having the ball in your hand.

[Veteran_Picksetter]

And this raises an interesting question for me. Did Alexis Ajinca simply not try hard enough in games, or did he just have zero anticipation skills It often looked to me like he didn't know how to react to plays in anyway shape or form. Like he basically hadn't played enough basketball, really.

[adam187]

I think you guys are confused. I googled it and this is what I found.

List of skills

Magic: Alteration, Conjugation, Destruction, Enchanting, Illusion, Restoration
Combat: Archery, Block, Heavy Armor, One-Handing, Smithing, Two-Handed
Stealth: Alchemy, Light Armor, Lockpicking, Pickpocket, Sneak, Speech

How do Kidd-Gilchrist and Barnes compare in each of these categories?

[cltblkhscoach]

I can see the comparisons to Glen Rice. Good size small forward that can take his man in the post and score, and as well he's a deadeye shooter off screens and standstill. I think off the dribble he needs to work on his game, but honestly Carolina doesn't run a lot of isolation in their offense. Face it. We need scorers, damn all this defense and rebounding skills. We know we're still gonna suck next year, at least let's score more while doing it. Gilchrist doesn't do it for me. At all.