Can Risacher become Pippen ish

[Spud2nique]

Or am I dreaming ? Roughly the same size and build coming out of central Arkansas. Defensive minded but Risacher already a better shooter.

But the defense and to be a Robin to Traeman?

If you remember Pippen was also herky jerky initially but became smoother as time went on. Pippen stuffed people down on D though. 
 

Thoughts?

 

Is he more Klay ish?

[kg01]

Why TF not?

Sign me up.

Good length, good feel.  Off-ball focus.  Really excited to see his fit with the real team. 

Bonus points if he gets Hunter off the team.

[Hawkmoor]

He got a long ways to go to get them Pippish Moves...

[macdaddy]

5 minutes ago, Hawkmoor said:

He got a long ways to go to get them Pippish Moves...

It's not NBA ball but you can see the feel for the game he has.  I expect him in our rotation if not starting. 

[AHF]

I’m rooting for it but my no vote speaks more to how highly I regard Pippen than me being down on Risacher.  
 

Whem Jordan went out, Pippen led the Bulls to 58 wins and put up 22 points, 8.7 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 2.9 steals and 0.8 blocks per game.  That produced 11.2 Win Shares, a 7.7 BPM, and a 6.8 VORP.  He did that while being the best wing defender in the league.  Only a handful of guys can claim to be better than that from the wing in their careers.

I’m not going to measure him against that standard because he can fall well short of it and still be the best player in this class by a large margin.  But if he can equal or surpass Pippen that would be amazing especially considering that I think Pippen is a much better 3pt shooter and a bigger impact player if he comes up in this era than when he played.

[Spud2nique]

13 hours ago, Hawkmoor said:

He got a long ways to go to get them Pippish Moves...

But you wanted Kyme on the Hawks. People don’t forget.

[Packfill]

I don't think Risacher has the athletic traits that would enable him to reach Pippen's level, particularly as a defender.  I also don't think he could have the playmaking impact of Pippen due to the more heliocentric nature of the Hawks offense as currently constructed around Trae's scoring and passing.

The above does not mean he can't become a really good player, but Pippen is an all time great and outside of Wemby there has not been a guy drafted #1 in the past decade where that high end outcome is expected.

[kg01]

1 hour ago, Spud2nique said:

But you wanted Kyme on the Hawks. People don’t forget.

Based solely on my confidence in @AHF's player evaluation skills, I will hereby now refer to ZR as Scottie Risacher.

[JayBirdHawk]

Thought JJ was the Pippen-esque model 

[Gray Mule]

Just now, JayBirdHawk said:

Thought JJ was Pippen-esque

We'll take all of them we can get!

 

[kg01]

42 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Thought JJ was the Pippen-esque model 

Yeah Pippen but bigger.

So, to recap, now we have Scottie Risacher and Big Pippen.

No autographs, please.

 

[Spud2nique]

1 hour ago, kg01 said:

Based solely on my confidence in @AHF's player evaluation skills, I will hereby now refer to ZR as Scottie Risacher.

Great I make the thread and cagey gives him the star ️. congrats @AHF come and get it.  Theee thee prize  

[Spud2nique]

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Thought JJ was the Pippen-esque model 

Apparent I’m just seeing Pippen I’ll admit that’s Pipps! Burd…  don’t you hit me with them..

[warcore]

17 hours ago, Hawkmoor said:

He got a long ways to go to get them Pippish Moves...

I believe that was from the Soul Train episode that featured 'On and On' from the soundtrack to the film Claudine. Awesome episode. 

[warcore]

4 hours ago, AHF said:

Whem Jordan went out, Pippen led the Bulls to 58 wins and put up 22 points, 8.7 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 2.9 steals and 0.8 blocks per game.  That produced 11.2 Win Shares, a 7.7 BPM, and a 6.8 VORP.  He did that while being the best wing defender in the league.  Only a handful of guys can claim to be better than that from the wing in their careers.

Jesus Christ. 

[Spud2nique]

1 hour ago, kg01 said:

Yeah Pippen but bigger.

So, to recap, now we have Scottie Risacher and Big Pippen.

No autographs, please.

 

We have Trapippen. 3X. Trae( tiny Pipp)Rza (medium Pipp) Jalen (the bigga figga Pipp)

And @kg01said gimme Pippen Jr. (the real rugrat).. that’s four folks.

 

The Atlanta Pippen’s (no Larsa please )  

 

and they all got like dis 

Edited July 16 by Spud2nique

[Peoriabird]

He could be Jayson Tatum

[hawkman]

19 minutes ago, warcore said:

Jesus Christ. 

Yeah, prime Pippen was no joke. Nique and Grant Hill (when healthy) were probably the only small forwards that were better than him at that time. Pippen was much better than both of them on defense though. He could guard 1-4.

[Spud2nique]

6 minutes ago, hawkman said:

Grant Hill (when healthy)

He’s still not well  

[kg01]

36 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

We have Trapippen. 3X. Trae( tiny Pipp)Rza (medium Pipp) Jalen (the bigga figga Pipp)

And @kg01said gimme Pippen Jr. (the real rugrat).. that’s four folks.

 

The Atlanta Pippen’s (no Larsa please )  

 

and they all got like dis 

I think ZR will be what we thought Reddish shld be