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Taylor right now.
MKG long term.
JT played four years of college ball, so it's no surprise that he's a bit more developed than MKG. MKG will find his stride and eventually be the better player.
MKG V/S Taylor
3/4s in to the season should be enough time to determine WHOS the better player ?. Long tern ,, ? Short term ,,? Right now ? Whos the better long term fit?
Instrested to hear some thoughts be for i say mine .
Please don't let this become mean or personal .
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Taylor right now.
MKG long term.
JT played four years of college ball, so it's no surprise that he's a bit more developed than MKG. MKG will find his stride and eventually be the better player.
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Pretty much my thinking as well.Originally Posted by Black
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Yea, Jeff Taylor isn't going to get a ton better - he's a classic rotation guy who does all the things that you want from a backup decent or better. Jeff's the biggest reason I don't think Henderson really has a future with the club if Cho drafts McLemore or Shabazz. Kidd-Gilchrist has a legitimate shot at making multiple all-defense teams, however.
jeff might end being the more useful player. the NBA is entering a very boring generation of strategy, abusing the 3pt line. Jeff should have no problems becoming a 40%+ 3pt shooter with good D which is a great role player player. MKG...I dunno how he fits on a good team with current style of ball being played. look at the top teams, Miami, SAS, OKC, LAC, NYK, IND. Your wing players are either the superstar dominating ball controlling the offense or their spotting up for 3pters at 40% (or both). MKG can't do either. Why should I think he can be a starter on a championship level team? Call me crazy but I could see Jeff Taylor starting on a championship team in a Danny Green type role being more likely than MKG being a starting SF on a championship level team in any role.
Yeah there really isn't even a question about this. MKG is 3 years behind JT so of course JT gets the nod now but MKG has far more potential than JT who will peak as a solid starter caliber player whereas MKG could be a star if he develops his offense and gets that hitch out of that ugly thing he calls a jumper.
JT right now is far ahead of MKG . Long term JT has more abilitys in his favor. Right now JT is the teams best on ball defender as well as the teams best overall defender. MkG is a decent defender but not close as a on the ball defender. Can he by pass JT in that area in the next few years . I don't think he can . Second MKG loves to inprove and is a hard worker but right now,,BUT JT has a much better BBIQ . 3rd JT has a much better shot . MKGs shot at best i can't see near as pure as JTs even three years from now. JT seems to all so have a much better handle . Can't see MKG by pass him in this area either . Both players being the same size verticals seem to be close. But JT seems to be able to get open more for dunks. The only area i see MKG being better in is on the boards. With that said i think both players have value . But long term JTs value will be more. I can't see either player all star material.
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well jeff taylor was a terrible 3 point shooter at mkg's age (1 for 11 from the college line his sophomore season), so there's that.
also, small ball is another direction the league is taking, in which case mkg wouldn't really be the wing, but would be playing the 4 a lot, you could easily imagine a line up of kemba, mclemore/shabazz/oledipo, jeff taylor, mkg, biz getting a lot of minutes. i imagine an older version of that team would match up very nicely with the heat, thunder, and knicks.
i prefer mkg posting up to shooting 3s anyways. dude is a terrific finisher around the rim.
as for the original question, i'm not picking one. i like both and i hope they stick with the team for a long, long time.
i'm a huge taylor fan, but i think some of you might be overrating taylor's shot.
he's shooting 33% from deep, which is actually below league average, and his 75% ish free throw percentage indicates that maybe his stroke isn't all that sweet. he also pump fakes his way out of a lot of open shots.
can he improve on that? sure of course, and i bet he will. but so can mkg.
Yeah i don't even see why there is a discussion about this. There's no doubt in anyone's mind that MKG will be the better pro. JT looks much better now but he's 23 and had 4 years of college play. MKG is only 19 folks. Keep that in mind. In 4 years MKG will be miles ahead of where JT is now when he is 23. MKG is just as good of a defender as Taylor is and is actually a much better shot blocker than Taylor on the defensive end. He slashes much better than Taylor and can get to the hole whenever he wants. Taylor is just a much more mature player right now being that he had 4 years of college. It's really unfair to compare the two right now but MKG will blossom into a much better player.
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