Scase wrote:YogurtProducer wrote:Scase wrote:The thing with IQ is, that even if he regresses to the mean, that's still not a particularly impactful player, nor is it worth the salary that we've given him. We gave him a contract based on imaginary performance, and a hope that he will grow into it, we shouldn't be celebrating his poor performance helping the tank, the injuries are what we should be "happy" about helping the tank.
I still think he can get better, but I've always thought the contract was an overpay. He's definitely a longer term piece than RJ, but that's not really much of a compliment.
Lastly, we can't say forget about the past mistakes, if they are the exact reason we are here. Not to mention that one of those mistakes, arguably the biggest, happened relatively recently.
You don't think IQ would be worth the pay equivalent of a 3rd-ish option in his prime?
So far he has shown he is at a minimum going to be a a 19/7 type guy, with room to grow if he adds some more to his game (which is completely possible as a guy who has been a PG, let alone a starter, for 40ish games).
His contract really is fine, with the potential to be a bit of a bargain if he develops how Toronto has developed their players in the past. "A contract based on imaginery performance". Welcome to signing players coming off their rookie deal.
He has not shown he would be that "at minimum", he's also going to be 26 in 5 months, so no I don't expect him to develop like past players. Signing players off their rookie deals for big contracts usually isn't something you get concerned about for lotto picks, not 25th OA picks.
Well he gave us 18.6/6.7 last year in his first season ever being a full-time PG, and so far this year per 36 (as he has left a lot of games hurt) he is at 19.4/8.5
"he is going to be 26 in 5 months" is a long winded way of just saying "he is 25"
IQ is fine, I'm not saying he is some major issue with the team, but I'm not also going to blow smoke up my own ass and pretend like he's got some major room for growth and development. If you want to, be my guest but I'm not someone who gets blown away by 30-40 game sample sizes, you clearly do.
Do I seriously have to go find the "Siakam is historically the worst shooter of all time" thread you made based on like 25 games???
IQ also was a guy who was scoring at a 22pt/per 36 clip on 60TS% in NYK. To act like he does not have the potential to improve upon that, especially when he almost doubled his assist rate last year when being traded while not increasing his turnovers, and again this year has increased his assist rate, suggests there is still improvement being made.
No, he is not going to be a superstar. But you said he is "not worth the salary we paid him" which is a **** wild statement to make considering you seem to have a crystal ball to know how the next 5 seasons is going to look.
