BoogieTime wrote:kingjawn100 wrote:The hope is that the Bagley addition really lights a fire under Willie's ass. He's being spoken of as an afterthought who has no future with the team. in some ways the team drafted his replacement 2 years in a row. It's both on him and also the coaching staff to get defensive/rim protecting production out of him. Strange that no one's been able to get through to him being that he has the tools. The pitch this year really should be, "'we don't care what you do on offense - if you're not playing D we aren't gonna play you" - that would hurt him in the poket book come next summer.
Also...with all the hype surrounding Harry i still maintain he will probably be on some minutes restrictions this year and may not play in back-to-backs. i also think it's possible that Harry starts the year playing in Stockton to both give him confidence playing in live action and to also help solve the big man glut. At least until the all-star break when Willie/others get moved. Not what fans want to hear but i think it's an option.
IMO WCS lacks motor, which is innate and won’t change with the flick of a few words. Even if he moderately improved for a payday, who would be comfortable with that. The way Joerger was speaking with Carmichael Dave, I inferred that WCS is not in their plans, and IMO he shouldn’t be
Honestly, it all comes down to his mentality. There were two instances last year that really stood out to me. First, was that game where Porzingis destroyed him. He does a media spot after the game and basically hypes himself up saying he's a multi-faceted player who can score and be a go to guy.
WCS wrote:"I think I just gotta get more selfish,” said Cauley-Stein, who hit 2-of-6 shots, and is averaging 8.9 points this season. “Offensively, I gotta get to the point that I’m just going at dudes like him. Guarding him, and then watching his game, you take away, oh, this is what he’s doing. I have the same body size, the same skill-level, just transfer it over to a game now. But being behind in the race, he’s been doing it for a while.”
Second, we had a game coming up against Minnesota. Again, he starts talking and comparing himself to KAT. Then he plays what I consider the worst game of his career wherein he seems to take the KAT matchup personally and as a moment to prove he is just as good. He played completely outside of himself trying to go one-on-one and turned it over and took so many bad shots that I couldn't even count them.
--Couldn't dig up the quote I was looking for here but once again he was talking about his matchup with KAT as if he is anywhere on that level--
News flash to him - you are not that good. Know your role and stick to it. King Jawn hit the nail on the head. The message to WCS next year needs to be pretty simple: your value to the team is to anchor our defense, run end to end, and score off setting screens. The optimist in me still believes WCS could break out and be a good two-way player in an uptempo offense. He could even be decent next to Bagley who should hopefully make up for Willie's poor rebounding. But I'm not holding my breath.
.... Imagine how much damage would those 2 do if they had a proper jumpshot and were that big.