spearsy23 wrote:Pillendreher wrote:InTheSabonus wrote:
To be fair to Sabonis, I think his hot start was always a little misleading. One look at his body and you can tell he needs some time. He might not become a 40% 3 point shooter again, but his ability to switch on D is still great for a rookie and will probably be the strongest part of his game throughout his career and he can still pass well. The shots aren't dropping, but then again I believe he was more known for his post moves in college, and his twig of a body isn't going to be posting up many NBA players any time soon.
He's not ready yet, but I don't think that should be too surprising. I think it's more on Presti- Sabonus should be developing off the bench. Let him try and score on weaker bigs. I think in time Sabonis will be the perfect starting role player, complimenting any superstar, but he needs time to develop. We should have a starting caliber power forward for this season and probably next season in the mean time, but if we're making a dead line move it'll probably be for a 3. So I'd be surprised if we got an interim 4.
To be honest, that sounds an awful lot like Nick Collison. We can't really afford to 'waste' lottery picks like that (especially with how Payne has looked).
I've been saying collison with a 3 point shot since we got him. That's not a wasted pick, that's great value. Prime collison was consistently one of the most impactful non stars in the league.
I thinking more of starter quality while picking in a lottery. Collison was great because he came off the bench. It's a whole different conversation if he actually started.
