NO-KG-AI wrote:EvanZ wrote:NO-KG-AI wrote:Like I said before, it's way too early to say he'll fail or whatever, but he had major problems creating and finishing at hte rim, and people (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE) acted like we were stupid to be concerned with that, and straight up said there isn't evidence he can't create/finish at the rim well.
So now Jabari has dunked the ball one time this season. We can still project that he'll get better with strength and experience, because he has tools, but for how snarky and dickish some people were about this being brought up, and blaming it all on his role and the spacing in college ball, at least come at admit you were wrong and say he sucks at it right now, because this:
Is a lot different than what is getting said now of "oh, we knew it was a problem", where people are pretending they also knew he needed to get better at it, and that he'll improve in time.
Dude sucks at the rim right now, and he sucked making plays there in college too. He has to start showing signs there, or he's basically a spot up shooter at this level.
You're just going to keep doing this huh.
Yea, I'm gonna call it out when someone is a condescending jackoff about criticism, and then pretends he was measured and preached patience. Go read some of the responses when people voiced concerns.
"He is bad at it now, but I believe he has the tools to get better at it and become a good finisher".... isn't a bad take, even if I might have personally disagreed. That's fine, and we should totally readjust our positions if guys improve or regress.
"There is no evidence he isn't good at it" and also "lolol you guys are dumb and don't know anything about prospects if you think his finishing and getting toe the rim is a problem" were awful takes almost a year ago,and they are still awful now, but worst they just flat out were not productive at all.
And honestly, you were a huge Jabari proponent but it didn't feel disrespectful from you. I wouldn't even be pointing it out if the argument didn't shift to where people were pretending they also saw these flaws but thought we should be patience. It was straight up denial about his deficiencies.
But seriously, what are you even upset about? Do you think he has nothing to improve on in terms of getting to the rim and finishing? I'm hard pressed to even figure out what you're mad at. It's very clear he needs to improve immensely in this regard. Do you just not want people to point it out?
Some people here latch onto prospects and treat them like they are their kids. They get too emotionally attached and downplay their flaws. When they struggle they gaslight anyone who calls them out, and say that these weaknesses were already well known and established. It’s pathetic tbh. It’s not Evan doing this either, someone else.
