Rich4114 wrote:SWedd523 wrote:I'm sure had Miller looked like a stud during SL and Preseason, we'd be in here patting ourselves on the back for how great he looks. So it's a bit disingenuous to excuse away other guys looking better so far.
How did we feel about Mark Williams last October vs now? We were spoiled by LaMelo. I do think Miller will contribute in big ways and have some big nights early in the season but we definitely need to be patient before we declare how he's a bust and awful and Scoot is so much better. And I was team Scoot pre-draft by the way, for whatever that's worth. I think they'll both be really good but we can't know how it'll shake out for a few seasons in all likelihood.
Bigs certainly work at a slower development curve than wings, and they're more dependent upon their guards for production.
Even then, Williams was about 13/14 per36 in Summer League and 14/10 per36 in preseason (in limited minutes, so difficult to extrapolate). His regular season per36 was 17/13 so in line with his initial output plus some extra for development sake.
From early on, he showed what he was supposed to show: big, long, challenge at the rim and get boards. The scoring development was somewhat of a surprise. He was also the 15th pick in the draft.
Miller has had about one game where I've gone "Yeah that's a top 3 pick" and a bunch of games where I've gone, "Here we go again".
It's obvious (for whatever grand 47D Chess reason) the Hornets don't give a **** about SL or Preseason, so it's difficult to gauge too much, but there is no arguing that he hasn't done much to dissuade the doubters and hasn't popped like you'd hope a top 3 pick would by this point.
