Good pre-season evening for the French. Alex Sarr thus reassured people in Washington, when Tidjane Salaün continues to show he can be a useful short-term piece in Charlotte.
Certainly, the Hornets lost (narrowly) against the Knicks (111-109), but the 6th choice of the last Draft for his part accumulated 11 points at 4/8 shooting, including 3/5 from afar, in 22 minutes on the floor.
“He needs to simplify his game. It’s a process” begins Charles Lee, his coach, while the Frenchman learns to position himself in relation to his teammates. “To know how much stuff we can store from one night to the next, especially in attack. When he is on the field, currently, he has to play with Melo (Ball), Brandon (Miller), Miles (Bridges), much more experienced players. So we need to develop better playing habits, more consistent and efficient, without the ball. He started doing it tonight, staying in his space. »
Because the Hornets want to spread the field as much as possible, and Tidjane Salaün must learn to maintain spacing.
“He has this tendency, in training camp, to cut too much towards the rim, to tighten the paint” concludes the “head coach”. “But there, he trusted the work he had already accomplished and he got good opportunities in catch-and-shoot. Apart from his competitiveness, we could see his fearlessness. That's who he is, and that's why he's going to be a player that's going to change a lot of things for this franchise. »
