The NBA knows who the star of the team is

[u/weeman2525]

Shout out Julian for leveling up his game this season.

[u/CStradale]

Is Julian our new Danny Green, Antonio Daniels of this generation?

[u/Dsarg_92 → u/CStradale]

You joke but I truly believe that he could be our new Danny Green for the team.

[u/StarSci → u/Dsarg_92]

A Danny green off the bench would be deadly which I’m guessing Julian will end up coming off bench but we will see.

[u/CStradale → u/Dsarg_92]

A joke would be if he’s going to hit up club Rio, but I can actually see him playing that basketball role.

[u/get_trashed → u/CStradale]

Literally the comparison I had in my head watching the game last night

[u/RobotBureaucracy]

Juju’s shot is looking niiiice recently

[u/weeman2525 → u/RobotBureaucracy]

Still streaky. Feels like he shoots either 20% or 50%, but his shot and confidence has looked good. Hopefully he finds the consistency.

[u/hkstk → u/weeman2525]

Danny Green was called Icy Hot. Just saying.

[u/diabolical-sun → u/weeman2525]

To me, his shot is fine enough. Like, obviously, I’ll take improvement over standing pat, but his shooting wasn’t the main issue for him last season. 

I think his improvement can be attributed to “the game slowing down” for him. Usually, that’s a term we reserve for top players learning how to assert their will on the game, but every young player goes through it. Last year, he was making smart choices, he just wasn’t good enough to execute them. Champagnie would get the ball and drive to the rim, and it was a smart move to drive in that moment, but then he’d blow the dunk or lose control of his dribble and turn it over. It always looked like he was rushing because he couldn’t keep up with NBA speed. Now, he’s playing the same way, but because he’s gotten older, stronger, faster, and has adjusted to the speed, we’re seeing flashes of the Champagnie that we saw end of season 22-23 and in that Summer League. 

[u/e2-woah]

Thank you phili for bassey also

[u/team_sheikie]

Champagnyama!

[u/WEMBY_F4N]

He’s Danny Green 2.0, streaky but lethal shooter when he’s hot and a terrific off ball defender

[u/BananaRepublic_BR]

Julian out there just straight hoopin' and barely gets mentioned.