Knightro wrote:I'm not saying they needing to stick him on the basketball and say "screw it, figure it out" like he was Steve Nash - but this guy is purportedly a point guard and they literally used him like he was Gary Harris.
And if the main argument back is "well any reps he'd have taken would have taken reps away from Paolo and Franz and that would have made the team worse!" then why was Black picked in the first place?
They could have taken Dick or Hawkins or Lively or Cason or Hendricks or whoever else. Instead they took a PG and played him like he was a 3&D wing only.
It's like they basically just blindly picked the player they felt was the BPA without any sort of plan from a player development or roster management perspective.
True, but to be fair, this is also why I advocated for Lively before the draft. People were mad he was a "backup pick in the lottery" but I legit felt he had the best chance to play consistent minutes with Isaac's injuries, Moe being eh at times, and Goga not really having a role.
I think they legit thought this draft was luxury, Okeke style without the injuries.
Question, do you think through the season they started to see him a bit more like Ingles than a lead guard and have a plan in place for some Iggy-Ingles sort of bench initiator?
There are some interesting "small-ball" lineups that involve two guards, Black, Franz and Paolo at C.
Secondly, I do also think that sometimes it's just simple. Coaches and FO are more privy to anything we see, and they may have felt that development is occurring in other areas, he's not good enough in on-ball creation yet, so for now, it'll have to wait.
I know we all want to maximize every part of the roster, but sometimes it's just not possible. Maybe they wanted to maximize Franz and Paolo the most this year and everything else fell in line, and now next year other priorities can be addressed.