Missing from your analysis: Beekman injured his ankle against Michigan on Nov. 29th, then had a more substantial injury to his hamstring against JMU on Dec. 6, serious enough to miss that game, a second game in January, and to playing hobbled in most of his games in December and January. The injuries left him unable to accelerate or elevate at anything close to the level he did before the injuries. When healthy, his burst is among the best among college guards and his athleticism considerable. His two-point percentage is down because he couldn’t elevate as he would otherwise do or get to the basket ahead of defenders with his burst.
That he has continued to put up great numbers is testament to his high hoops IQ.
Thank you for pointing that out. I am a believer in Beekman, just have concerns in the areas of his game that I spoke to despite the injury. That definitely could have been included in there, so thank you for speaking to that.
We recently spoke about him on the No Ceilings NBA podcast, and gave a good review of him overall.
I do appreciate you taking the time to speak to that and appreciate the support you show our team here. Wishing Reece and the Cavaliers nothing but the best moving forward.
Super great film & data analysis here. Thanks for pointing out both the positives and negatives of his game. I'm wondering what you think about him not declaring for the draft this year (especially with the recent injury) and playing another full season next year - is it worth it?
It's always tough to say for certain. There are a lot of people that are higher on him than I am--though I still have a draftable grade. One thing to consider is that there could actually be younger players that come back to improve their stock. If that happens at decent enough volume, it may be better for him to stay.
Agreed. Additionally, I think staying another year could not only improve his stock based on improvement, but it could also give NBA teams a chance to seem him become the primary guard, as Clark is set to leave. For his entire Virginia career, it's been a two-man balancing act for the Cavaliers between Beekman and Clark, and the idea of Beekman "having the keys to the team" really excites me.
Missing from your analysis: Beekman injured his ankle against Michigan on Nov. 29th, then had a more substantial injury to his hamstring against JMU on Dec. 6, serious enough to miss that game, a second game in January, and to playing hobbled in most of his games in December and January. The injuries left him unable to accelerate or elevate at anything close to the level he did before the injuries. When healthy, his burst is among the best among college guards and his athleticism considerable. His two-point percentage is down because he couldn’t elevate as he would otherwise do or get to the basket ahead of defenders with his burst.
That he has continued to put up great numbers is testament to his high hoops IQ.
Thank you for pointing that out. I am a believer in Beekman, just have concerns in the areas of his game that I spoke to despite the injury. That definitely could have been included in there, so thank you for speaking to that.
We recently spoke about him on the No Ceilings NBA podcast, and gave a good review of him overall.
I do appreciate you taking the time to speak to that and appreciate the support you show our team here. Wishing Reece and the Cavaliers nothing but the best moving forward.
Super great film & data analysis here. Thanks for pointing out both the positives and negatives of his game. I'm wondering what you think about him not declaring for the draft this year (especially with the recent injury) and playing another full season next year - is it worth it?
It's always tough to say for certain. There are a lot of people that are higher on him than I am--though I still have a draftable grade. One thing to consider is that there could actually be younger players that come back to improve their stock. If that happens at decent enough volume, it may be better for him to stay.
Agreed. Additionally, I think staying another year could not only improve his stock based on improvement, but it could also give NBA teams a chance to seem him become the primary guard, as Clark is set to leave. For his entire Virginia career, it's been a two-man balancing act for the Cavaliers between Beekman and Clark, and the idea of Beekman "having the keys to the team" really excites me.