How Are Wiggins and Bennett Looking So Far?

[OsuCavsfan103]

As a Cavs fan, yes a Cavs fan for a long long time, how are they looking so far?

I always felt bad for Bennett, really had some misfortune and then before he could redeem himself here he was shipped off.

Wiggins, I was really hesitant for quite some time on Cleveland trading him for Love, ultimately I gave in and so far have been happy with it obviously, but how has the young lad been so far?

[Devilzsidewalk]

Wiggins is solid, Bennett isn't getting enough minutes. Both Dieng and Bennett should be playing more and Young/Pek less.

[PZiv]

Shortly said, they are going uptempo the way that Cleveland is consolidating itself. It will take some time to crystalize, so far so good.

[Swish4]

Wiggins' rookie year is reminding me of Garnett's rookie year. Just needs strength, work and experience to become a star.

Bennett's been stuck behind Thad so far and rightly so, but he's shown good flashes and will be a quality player in time, a solid rotational big at the least, in time.

[Tirion]

well they are looking better than the Heat three-peat, I'll tell you that.

[urinesane]

Wiggins is solid, Bennett isn't getting enough minutes. Both Dieng and Bennett should be playing more and Young/Pek less.

Young shouldn't be playing less. He is the 2nd best player on the team (and not just because they are a bad/young team).

He deserves to start and play a lot of minutes for this team, because even though we want the young guys to develop, Young is pretty damn good right now and could actually be with the team long term (he also sets a very good example for the younger guys with how he plays and carries himself). His style of play should be rewarded, not put on the back burner (HE IS ONLY 26!).

Bennett will get more play, his minutes being less has mostly had to do with his sore right knee, he played well before that and was given minutes. Yes, the team is young and Bennett should get more run with Rubio out, but it's a long season and they will earn more minutes as the season progresses. You can't force development and even though people always default to "not enough playing time = stunting possible development" what is just as true if not more is "too much playing time and responsibilities early for a player can be even more detrimental to their development".

I know we are used to questioning everything FO wise with this franchise, but believe it or not, Flip actually does know what he is doing. He's being very methodical and proactive in the development of this team's youth. So far he has been the anti-Adelman and understands that while you do need to develop young players (which he is doing) you also need to compete, because meaningless blowout losses does not help development...learning how to compete and win games DOES.

[OsuCavsfan103]

Gotcha. I really think Bennett is going to pan out to be a good player. Maybe never an all-star or anything, but a solid contributor. I was actually one of the few people who was happy the Cavaliers took him, but obviously he was worth unloading for a player of Love's caliber.

[Domejandro]

As a Cavs fan, yes a Cavs fan for a long long time, how are they looking so far?

I always felt bad for Bennett, really had some misfortune and then before he could redeem himself here he was shipped off.

Wiggins, I was really hesitant for quite some time on Cleveland trading him for Love, ultimately I gave in and so far have been happy with it obviously, but how has the young lad been so far?

Andrew Wiggins is clearly going to be a superstar. It is really inevitable that he will go down as the best from the last draft. He is that good, he just needs time.

Anthony Bennett has flashes of complete brilliance in his passing ability and ball-handling. I really like him on that regard. I do have concerns about both his health, and his effort at times though. Sometimes he works hard, but when he gets tired he seems to get somewhat lazy. That is why he rightfully loses some minutes.

Anthony Bennett dunks like Shaquille O'Neal though, so that is a positive, haha.

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It's always hard for me to place the "superstar" or "brilliant" or "future all-star" tag on anyone who has played only a handful of NBA games (this is for both Wiggins and Bennett). They are both long term projects who are starting out well. Wiggins is slowly showing what his potential can be with his increased aggressiveness. Bennett's long jumper can and will serve him well if he can be consistent with it. It will open up his game quite a bit. So far I am satisfied with both and their development. I hope I am just as optimistic about the 2015-2016 season as I am about the remainder of this season as it pertains to their maturation.

[rebelx]

....Bennett's long jumper can and will serve him well if he can be consistent with it. It will open up his game quite a bit. So far I am satisfied with both and their development. I hope I am just as optimistic about the 2015-2016 season as I am about the remainder of this season as it pertains to their maturation.

Bennett's freshman year at UNLV, the Rebels had one of the top combo/shooting guard freshman as well...Katin Reinhardt...Reinhardt got 30mpg and was allowed to shoot any shot, any where any time...but inexplicably left to get more PG time guaranteed to him at USC....but that's another story for another day....

Anyway, Reinhardt was considered one of the top pure shooters out there...and that title was deserved, he had a beautiful shot and hit it for a high clip.

However, it was noted by many an insider that Katin could beat anybody on the team in a 3pt contest...EXCEPT for Anthony Bennett. When I initially heard this, it was before their freshman years' had started, and none of Bennett's mix tapes, nor the times I saw him play live at Findlay, gave me any indication that he'd be a good outside shooter....however, from game one, it was evident that was a very strong part of his game.

Anyway...from the arc Bennett ended up 36 of 96 (37.5%) and Reinhardt 65 of 185 (35.1%).... I do think his shooting is something that will always be a strength of Bennett's. If he can focus on getting points near the rim too, it will only allow him to stretch the floor even more.

[AttackTheRack]

Wiggins looks unreal to me. Don't care about psychological assessments on a 19 year old kid. Don't care about mistakes at the end of games. Don't care about advanced analytics. Don't care about comparisons with peers. Care only about tools. Tools, bitches! Kid has them. ALL. Well, I guess he can't dribble yet, but he's still learning how to play the **** game of basketball. Needs time. When he learns to dribble, which he will - Totally Unstoppable.

[ValHoffa]

the second coming of….



but really…

[djeros612]

Bennett destroys rims like I haven't seen in a long time .


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