PrimeThyme wrote:Can someone give me an example of where this has worked with any player in the last 10 years?
I mean, I hear Weltman saying that the G League isn't what it used to be and that it's now a legitimate development tool for players, but I can't find any instance of a lottery pick playing an entire season in the G League turning into a legitimate starting-level or rotational-level player for a team.
I'm generally curious about this, as I'd like to have continued hope for Jett.
There isn't much evidence G league today is any better than D league was.
Being refered as " development " league is actually funny because how far from truth it is. When you look rosters, it's just bunch of people who should have been pros like 4 years ago.
Just look at all NBA G- league team from last year:
David Duke Jr- 25 years old. Hardly ever played in any professional league but several nba games.
Jay Huff - 26 yeras old, once again, apart from sporadic tank effort nba games, never played anywhere serious basketball
Carlik Jones- 26 years old, one year in China
Queta ,24 years old , - had 4 professional games outside nba, 482 min of nba ( mainly deep bench)
Lofton- on his 3rd nba team , 45 games in nba. Only actually young player on a list.
We are 5 or 6 years into two way contracts and only like 5 players popped. Caruso, Dort, Martin, Dort, Reeves. Maybe i'm missing on somebody but that's what 5 out of 360 signed? And like 4 out of 5 are Lakers and Heat players who play very specific roles on teams that have very specific needs.
Month ago i went deep trying to find lottery pick who played so little in nba in rookie year and i tapped out after going back 6 years. Probably should be looking for somebody drafted 10 + years ago to find reference point. ( assuming that player didn't have injury that kept him whole year long like Randle who played like 7 min of rookie year).
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