YogurtProducer wrote:Banton gambles a lot - he is lost in a team concept and he is not quick enough to guard guard nor strong enough to guard forwards or bigs. He is just bad on that end.
Disagree, he does decently on switches and his length makes it a problem even when guards turn the corner. Awareness and strength are definitely issues.
YogurtProducer wrote:Being great 1v1 is a skill you still need on a team. It is also is one NBA skill Agbaji has... Banton has zero other than height (which he does not use to his advantage anyways)
Anyone who thinks Kelly brought much value back as an expiring 32 year old is out of their mind.
Yeah, it's not as if this team has any history of overpaying for mediocre expiring Cs, right? And even a 32yr old Olynyk is going to vastly outperform the expected value from the 29th pick - see how stupid that sounds?
YogurtProducer wrote:Banton might not even be on a roster next season, let alone a couple of years. Trust me when I say teams are not clamoring at the ability to add a below average efficiency, bad playmaking, meh defending, point guard.
And yeah... Dalano's minutes are garbage time.
The fact you dont see the difference between what Dalano is doing now, and Agbaji being a rotational player for the entirety of his career is just showing the bias. Ochai was literally a rotational player on a Jazz team for a decent chunk of last season that was in the play-in until they pulled out the full tank with 10 games left. And this year, he again was a rotation player / spot starter for the 26-26 Jazz when he was traded.
Banton on the other hand has been glued to the bench his entire career until he got traded to one of the worst teams in the league and is allowed to play and do whatever he wants because Portland does not care.
Banton showed enough to get a contract from Boston in the first place - which says something. Was he ever going to play significant minutes for a title contender? Of course not. As for Agbaji being a rotational player for his "career", don't make me laugh. You and I both know there are heavy politics involved with FRPs getting minutes. Gradey doesn't get force-fed minutes if this team didn't pick him 13th last year. The fact that Ainge is hitting the reset button on Agbaji for a pick that's basically worthless is way more telling.