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JoshuaPotter wrote:eyriq wrote:?t=R6lf-Cru4Zr0Co7YXU-xTw&s=19
Man I don't want to jinx anything but I am really enjoying this kids energy. He established a floor last year as a 3&D guy and now seems to be blowing the doors off those hinges and rapidly approaching an Ingles type floor. This is nuts.
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Skybox wrote:How bout that AB? One bright spot in the game…he’s the starter, Imo. KCP needs to work out his shooting with the second unit…the sample size is getting significant (for both).
Last Guardian wrote:Skybox wrote:How bout that AB? One bright spot in the game…he’s the starter, Imo. KCP needs to work out his shooting with the second unit…the sample size is getting significant (for both).
Yes just start the guy. Any reasonable person knows we are not winning a championship this season no matter who plays. We should make the playoffs sure, but get the right guys playing that will be our future.
JoshuaPotter wrote:Last Guardian wrote:Skybox wrote:How bout that AB? One bright spot in the game…he’s the starter, Imo. KCP needs to work out his shooting with the second unit…the sample size is getting significant (for both).
Yes just start the guy. Any reasonable person knows we are not winning a championship this season no matter who plays. We should make the playoffs sure, but get the right guys playing that will be our future.
I'm only a holdout because I don't want us to start him, watch him struggle and people complain that he is the reason we are losing and eventually see him benched because of being perceived in "win now" mode. (This is the same argument that people fell back on last season as to why he was given such a tiny role.)
Either we bring him along from the bench and take our lumps. Because he is young and will still lay eggs regularly. Or start him, accept that he will have his ups and downs and that he is the future PG heir and we need to now focus on fixing the lack of playing chaos coming from the bench.
Last Guardian wrote:JoshuaPotter wrote:Last Guardian wrote:
Yes just start the guy. Any reasonable person knows we are not winning a championship this season no matter who plays. We should make the playoffs sure, but get the right guys playing that will be our future.
I'm only a holdout because I don't want us to start him, watch him struggle and people complain that he is the reason we are losing and eventually see him benched because of being perceived in "win now" mode. (This is the same argument that people fell back on last season as to why he was given such a tiny role.)
Either we bring him along from the bench and take our lumps. Because he is young and will still lay eggs regularly. Or start him, accept that he will have his ups and downs and that he is the future PG heir and we need to now focus on fixing the lack of playing chaos coming from the bench.
People have to recognize that rebuilding doesn't necessarily mean bad. Magic are still a team of the future, with the core players still not in their prime years. The fact that we already are a playoff team is awesome, but there should still be an amount of patience with young players and still finding the right pieces. Which is why I think the short leash on Jett is absurd, he's essentially an NBA rookie this season. Yet people call to get him out of the game after one mistake.
With AB I would say the playmaking he's shown this season has been more than anyone has shown on the roster, aside from Paolo at times. It seems very clear to start him. He would still suck ass at times being only a 2nd year guy, we need to still be patient with that.
Last Guardian wrote:JoshuaPotter wrote:Last Guardian wrote:
Yes just start the guy. Any reasonable person knows we are not winning a championship this season no matter who plays. We should make the playoffs sure, but get the right guys playing that will be our future.
I'm only a holdout because I don't want us to start him, watch him struggle and people complain that he is the reason we are losing and eventually see him benched because of being perceived in "win now" mode. (This is the same argument that people fell back on last season as to why he was given such a tiny role.)
Either we bring him along from the bench and take our lumps. Because he is young and will still lay eggs regularly. Or start him, accept that he will have his ups and downs and that he is the future PG heir and we need to now focus on fixing the lack of playing chaos coming from the bench.
People have to recognize that rebuilding doesn't necessarily mean bad. Magic are still a team of the future, with the core players still not in their prime years. The fact that we already are a playoff team is awesome, but there should still be an amount of patience with young players and still finding the right pieces. Which is why I think the short leash on Jett is absurd, he's essentially an NBA rookie this season. Yet people call to get him out of the game after one mistake.
With AB I would say the playmaking he's shown this season has been more than anyone has shown on the roster, aside from Paolo at times. It seems very clear to start him. He would still suck ass at times being only a 2nd year guy, we need to still be patient with that.
