RexBoyWonder wrote:Cmon_Son-_- wrote:RexBoyWonder wrote:
To a part of the fan base Whiteside is almost equivalent to Antony Davis. For realz. I think part of the reason is they ignore he's 26 YO and just focus on the fact he's very inexperienced. Yes he has some room to grow, more then a normal 26YO, but a lot less then a normal 21-22 YO. And they Ignore the clear attitude issues.
For most of the fan base he's a prospect closer to DeAndre Jordan because we're optimistic about his weaknesses.
From everything I see, I believe that for Spo, Wade and Bosh he's the equivalent of Jonas Valanciunas/Nikola Vucevic. meaning a good player, with real flaws, not a max player, Isn't a lock to get big minutes every night, and isn't a huge part of what we're doing.
Idk I think Spo,Wade and Bosh want him to be Deandre Jordan. I think they see him as a max player but in order to keep it going he needs to play the role that is given to him. I don't see anywhere else in the league where he could play and it'll be any different.
Look at what we're doing with Justise. He's a 19YO rook and he's playing 4th quarters regularly. Despite having Deng, and despite him being locked up under contract for 4 years.
Now look at Hassan. He's becoming a free agent, and regularly gets benched in 4th quarters.
Are we gonna bench our max player? is he going to dramatically improve from now to the start of next season when he'll make 21 Mil if we give the max?
It doesn't look like we're seeing him as a max player.
Also, If he's not willing to "play the role" now, before the big contract, It's not likely he'll suddenly accept that role after being given 90 Mil$.
Look at Deandre, or even Tristan Thompson these guys make the max or near it but that because of market instead of cant miss ability. Whiteside is gonna get the max or near it but that doesn't mean his role is gonna change. If benching him in the 4th to go small is our best closing lineup you got to roll with it. Roles change but whether he's on this team or not next year I don't see his role changing that much on another team.
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