Re: The Temple of Jemerrio Jones
Posted: Wed Sep 4, 2019 2:42 pm
I'm not so sure it's actually roster incompatibility, though. It doesn't actually cost much to keep him around and develop him. Talent is talent and the question is whether or not Bonga has enough and will develop enough of it to succeed in the NBA. The Wizards Brought in Thomas Bryant while having Mahinmi and Howard under contract for another couple seasons knowing Bryant had one year left on his contract and would be paid and potentially redundant if he developed. Things aren't guaranteed in the NBA. Draymond Green needs the ball to be effective and the Warriors still went out and paid Curry and Durant who both needed the ball a lot to be effective. It's actually better to have that kind of versatility in players. Having one-dimensional players makes you much easier to defend once the going gets tough. I don't think you can have too much ball-handling, passing and defense on the roster. I do think you need guys who aren't 0s with or without the ball and Bonga has the potential to be able to play both ways which is what you want.
And frankly, I think Bonga does play a position/role of need. Between Rui, Brown and Beal, I'm not sure I see a more serious need at the wing/forward spots. Really, the Wizards need everything at this point, and especially talented players. Say all you want about the Lakers being in a desperate spot for Kawhi Leonard but they just effectively gave Bonga away for free which suggests there aren't going to be a lot of teams willing to hand out particularly good prospects for him. There will probably be a fair few teams ready to pounce if the Wizards ever let him go for free like the Lakers did, though. My bigger real concern is that I very much doubt the Wizards' organizational player development relative other NBA teams but that's going to be true of any prospect and guys still develop on the Wizards, too. I do think there is a very real chance that if Bonga develops, he does it for another team after the Wizards cut him loose but the Wizards have him now and aren't likely to get him back if they let him go at this point.
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And frankly, I think Bonga does play a position/role of need. Between Rui, Brown and Beal, I'm not sure I see a more serious need at the wing/forward spots. Really, the Wizards need everything at this point, and especially talented players. Say all you want about the Lakers being in a desperate spot for Kawhi Leonard but they just effectively gave Bonga away for free which suggests there aren't going to be a lot of teams willing to hand out particularly good prospects for him. There will probably be a fair few teams ready to pounce if the Wizards ever let him go for free like the Lakers did, though. My bigger real concern is that I very much doubt the Wizards' organizational player development relative other NBA teams but that's going to be true of any prospect and guys still develop on the Wizards, too. I do think there is a very real chance that if Bonga develops, he does it for another team after the Wizards cut him loose but the Wizards have him now and aren't likely to get him back if they let him go at this point.
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