brownbobcat wrote:Compared to Agbaji, not James Harden. His FTr is nearly double Agbaji's, and even comparable to IQ and Barnes. Is he anywhere as good as those guys? Of course not, he has a lot to work on.
So Banton, a guy playing PG, has a better FTr than an off-ball player... congratulations?
Agbaji with a passable 3pt shot is maybe Terence Davis, not a legit starter on 30 teams. Put athleticism aside, what NBA skill does he actually have?
What a horrible assessment of both Agbaji and Terence Davis
They literally could not be any further from one another as players.
Agbaji is a legitimately good defender. For some reason half the court is being ignored here. Agbaji is above average on one side ofthe court - Banton is not.
I'm talking about prospects, not guys like RJ and IQ who are 4+ years into their career and clearly rotation-level guys.
Ah - so our young guys are to good to discuss
Banton is in his 3rd year, so not sure why a 4th year player is suddenly not being discussed.
On this team, that's Nwora, Agbaji, Dick, Porter, JFL. Gradey's a B level prospect to me based on pedigree, skillset and age. The rest of those guys are C/D level at best just like Banton. I'm not saying Banton has star potential, but exactly which one of those guys is killing it right now? Nobody, that's who.
Literally all of those guys, sans JFL, have shown more as players than Banton has.
Nwora at least can shoot and has shown to be capable as a scorer (just horrible defensively).
Agbaji is a plus defender
Dick is looking like an elite shooter
Porter has shown legit 2-way talent and is actually a very, very good playmaker for a big
JFL is the same level prospect as Banton - JFL had better G-League stats than Banton did
It is pretty ridiculous to lump in guys that have had some NBA success as the same level prospect as Banton. The fact two of those guys are lottery picks in the last 18 months puts them both miles ahead of Banton as a prospect (a player on his 3rd team in 3 years, actually 3rd in 8 months).
Oh, and Agbaji is barely 5 months younger than Banton - so when does he get his wheelchair?
Agbaji has an NBA skill to fall back on.
Not even saying Agbaji is a lock to be a legit NBA player, but he is certainly better than Banton.