bstein14 wrote:GreekAlex wrote:bstein14 wrote:
His best two months of defensive ratings as a Pistons have been in Feb and thus far in March so he has went from really bad and nearly unplayable on defense to simply below average and its showing up in the stats and the eye test. He's no longer been looking like a massive liability out there the past few weeks.
He's obviously also playing for his NBA life and possibly millions of dollars and hoping to land a backup C role somewhere so I don't know how much is him really feeling the pressure to not drop out of the league and how much of this is sustainable and something he can grow and build on and keep getting better.
The scary thing is most of the contracts handed to high lottery picks coming off their rookie deals are based on potential and trajectory.
If Weaver thinks Monty can make him 20% better each of the next few seasons, we could wind up with a bad contract.
Weaver pretty much said he leaned his lesson with Bagley you can't pay young guys based on what you hope they become.
We'll find out in a few months.