Nuggets vs. Pistons: Takeaways and Player Grades
By Tim Hart
Emmanuel Mudiay
Grade: D
Teacher’s comment: Your son needs to calm down during class
Mudiay, Mudiay, Mudiay. He has shown glimpses of greatness, AND is still under the legal drinking age, but Mudiay needs to relax his play on the court. He plays energy that at times seems completely unhinged, which leads to panic and poor decision-making.
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Emmanuel needs to slow down and calculate his attacks, instead of going full throttle one hundred percent of the time. As a point guard, he is expected to run the offense with efficiency, and he utterly failed to do so against the Pistons.
He went 0-7 on the night, and continued to force shots up even though the Pistons were completely smothering him. Mudiay was taking awful shots, including two three-point attempts, which we are all ready to see him stop taking. He was also unable to slow down Ish Smith, a player traditionally known for a lack of scoring ability. Mudiay flirted with an F tonight, but his efficiency from the line got him the D+.