Cookies4Life wrote:I'm still perplexed as to why he's such a polarizing figure for this fanbase.
Why exactly wouldn't the entire fanbase be behind this kid and root for his development?
Do we forget he was viewed as a long term project coming out of the draft, now people want his head on a plate after about 120 games into his pro career that has been mired with some stupid coaches, dysfunctional rosters and the pressure of developing in such a stressful environment as NYC?
If he didn't show flashes at the very least on the offensive end than I'd be very concerned. he's already eclipsed his career high 3 times this year and this is with Fizdale's unusual rotation patterns of giving multiple DNP's to certain guys on the team.
I thought the plan was to tank and try to get Zion/RJ/Ja? Why wouldn't we want this kid to be getting 30 plus minutes a game right now. Worse case, he develops at a snails pace and helps this team lose games. Best case he starts improving and showing more consistency on the offensive end.
Some people react well to getting DNP's while others not so much. This isn't some 10 year veteran; he's one of the youngest players in the league and we should absolutely be fostering his development by playing him, not having him ride the bench and be a spectator watching terrible players like Hardaway Jr chuck up 20 plus shots.
I'm baffled by this fanbase- I thought the one good quality we all had is we root for our draft picks since we get a connection with them being somewhat "homegrown." He's on a rookie contract, already one of the best defenders on the team and I'd rather roll out there with him seeing at minimum 25 minutes nightly. But most importantly, allowing the kid to work through his mistakes rather than keeping him on such a short leash.
This isn't rocket science- we're trying to tank and we have a bunch of young guys that need minutes in order to develop. it's the perfect time to allow the young kids to get ample PT and see who's a keeper for the future. Guys like Kanter and Lee should be the one's riding the pine, not rookies and 2nd year players.
It's probably a lot of us saw this kid busting from a mile away and we've seen the goal post shift so much that they're out of sight. First it was Frank Freak, point guard Kawhi, and now it's I hope he can be a 3&D wing player. We were promised a point guard that never even really the position outside a few tournament games with the rest of the European youth. We kept hearing how much better his league was than the NCAA and he was playing against grown men. Mind you none of his games we even on TV so there was next to no footage of him playing. There was talk about his parents escaped a genocide so he was a tough smart kid . There was barely any talk of him being some sort of project. It's obvious now that he was drafted to play the Derrick Fisher role in triangle by a President that was pretty much phoning in his duties and fired a day or two after the draft.
Pretty much everyone of my fears came true with Frank. He's a quiet, shy kid that's not a point guard and below average athlete. You can't play him on ball because his handles are suspect and he's not athletic enough to drive by people. You can't play him off ball because he has no shot and just stands in the corner not moving. What skills do you want to build on for him? He's not good at anything except for having long arms and since he's not a point guard he's elite measurements turn into just average ones. I don't even think he believes he belongs in the NBA. He's so raw he couldn't even have any fun in the Rookie challenge game because he's got no moves.
