I think Rui should be more of a catch & shoot guy for right now. Him trying to do anything else other than that and open dunks/layups, is hurting us more than helping us. I could see him headed back to the bench sometime in the near future.

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  1. He has been a sniper so far this season.

    I think he needs to focus on being a catch and shoot player and drive when closed out on rather than trying to do dribble iso moves.

  2. As others have mentioned, he has a problem when defenders run him off the line. He goes to the rim then it gets generally messy.

     

    Funny enough, the fix is pretty simple:

    – Defender closes out hard
    – Rui drives by
    – Rui takes a midrange pullup

    the midrange is literally his favourite shot anyway, just use it more.

  3. I hope he can be similar to what Aaron Gordon provided in their championship year run but a better shooter

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