MemphisX wrote:JMAC3 wrote:Topic played 19 mins in his first Euroleague game this year as an 18 year old.
Hard to imagine he wasn't going to be getting 20-25 mpg as the season went on, that is pretty much unheard of for guys that are that young.
We probably are talking about him in a completely different light if he doesn't get hurt.
This is assuming a lot about his play.
I agree to some degree, but am I really?
Clearly Crvena zvezda believed in him, they debuted him at age 16 in the Euroleague, which is pretty rare.
Prior to EuroLeague play he moved over this year and immediately was getting 31 mpg in ABA play. So we can agree he was a big part of the rotation.
Then in his first Euroleague game he played 19 mins.
2nd game he left with 6 mins left in the 3rd quarter, with 11 mins played. Safe to say he didn't start the 3rd quarter so he had just entered and was probably on pace to play close to 20 mins in game 2 again.
So yeah maybe 25 is a slight stretch, but they threw him in the fire from game 1. Didn't really seem like they were planning on treating him with kid gloves in EL play.