thelead wrote:pepe1991 wrote:Damn people turned against him after year and half

Not everyone. A few us weren't excited from day 1. Hell, the post right above yours I was pointing out how fans were going way too crazy for a few weeks of hot shooting.
This was my third comment on him and as usual i got incredible amount of heat for being "hater"
Man stop right there.
If you are hurt, does that mean you have to chuck shots, make wrong decisions, turn the ball over and show zero trust in your teammates?
He is playmaker who doesn't make anybody around him better nor he even tries to engage rest of a team into team offense. Guy in 22 games took 142 three point attemps on 88 assists. He doesn't care about anything but his own shots. And it shows.
Just look for example amount of shots to amount of assists he made AS PLAYMAKER.
Haliburton 242 shots- 142 assists
Lewis ( also trigger happy) 449 FGA- 162 assists
Maxey - 351 shots- 99 assists
Prichard 442 shots- 172 assists
Cole Anthony - 345 shots- 88 assists
From all point guards in first round that was selected, he has worst offensive rating. Once again, mostly because he is point guard who just hogs ball and doesn't run offense well.
I don't care, 15# pick is a wash, but before draft i said that i would not tuch player who is only interested into hoisting jumpshots. That strenghts vs weaknesses picture where for point guard only strenght is rebounding is as laughable as it gets.
Thing is, people pretend they love somebody until somebody else comes and plays same role so they turn against him ( Cole- Suggs, Oladipo- Evan, Gordon- Harris, Isaac- Gordon, Bamba- Vuc) . There is always very little objectivity and reality about them in comments, there is always over a top love for xy player followed by irrational hate for yx player. Been that way since i started reading this forum , around 2013,2014 can't even remember any more.
Anyway, issue here is simply not being realistic from day one about what you got. Cole Anthony was college chucker. Period.
Odds of having player capable at age of 18,19,20 going through complete behavior change are always slim. People are creatures of habbit. If, in this case, you drafted shoot first, shoot second point guard, his whole existence in basketball world, and in his head will be about him shooting and playing hero ball. Because that's what made him sucessful in past and that's how he views himself.
Same works for RJ Hampton , Suggs, Fultz and everybody else.
Same goes for other Magic young players. Same is reason why Isaac, college second offensive banana to Dwayne Bacon didn't turn into potent nba scorer, same is reason why RJ Hampton 2 years into nba still tries to outrun opponents for no reason, same is reason why Oladipo was copy past same player for 4 years until he met workhorse Westbrook that changed his apporach to nba. Same reason why Gordon needed 7 years to mature as player and start playing to his strenghts, opposite of playing how he feels he should be used (here ). Same is reason why Bamba can't just "tune effort on".
Player behavior is very hard to change. Yet every year whenever Magic draft somebody or sign somebody people write stuff like " he just needs to do this and that". Well, if he "just needed to do this and that" he would be doing it already. Cole Anthony won't wake up one day and change everything that turned him into nba player to that date. Suggs won't magically wake up one day and start making shots like he is good player. Bamba won't wake up one day and channel inner Rodman. You won't wake up one day and decide to become olympic sprinter or serial killer. Because everything you experienced in your life molded you into person you are. On and off the court.
Only reason why i brought this topic to live is to show how people keep expecting something that isn't expectable or objective, than get but**** about player not doing execlly what they wanted, despite all the evidences always pointed out he will never become what they want him to be. Year and half of Cole, 95% of board wants him off a team for being same player they were thrilled about during draft night and rookie season. Hypocricy at it's finest. Why ? Because he "didn't develop" into player they wanted
Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans. -John Lennon