Smart2Nesmith43 wrote:He_Got_Game wrote:It doesn't matter where a player was drafted (see Nikola Jokic). All that matters is can the guy play and does he have an NBA skillet. The answer for JD is yes, he is an NBA level passer. There is a place for a passer like him in the NBA.
Absolutely. See also the Raptors who won the title with zero lottery pick on their roster. But people fall in love with the iea of a quick fix which is why it's so easy to sell tanking for a generational guy as the only way to build a roster. The odds are stacked against Davison just like they are stacked against Walsh and any other guy that wants to carve out a role on an NBA team but they are grinders and those are the ones that have a chance to stick around. You have to give them a chance to develop and time to grind their way into becoming NBA guys. Davison is still super young, he turned 21 less than a month ago, like a third of the players that will be drafted this June are older than him.
I think he deserves another year even if it means investing a full roster spot.You pair him with a NBA center and he can run a competent pick and roll against third units to protect leads in garbage time. He can at least do that while we wait to see if he rounds out the rest of his game. I could never say that about Carsen Edwards, Tremont Waters, Kadeem Allen and a bunch of other late picks in recent seasons.
All fair points.
But I just think that:
a) It might not be fair, but the reality is that a lot of these guys (especially guys drafted in the 50's) don't get 3 seasons with the same team to develop and prove themselves. The Kings parted ways with Queta after 2 seasons. The rockets parted ways with Garuba and Josh Christopher after 2 seasons. Kennedy Chandler, Keon Johnson and Tyty Washington were moved off their team after only like 1 season...Kessler Edwards and Joe Wieskamp didn't last very long with their original team, etc. It is what it is..
b) We've got Pritchard, Springer, Davison..hard to keep all 3 of them on. idk how many teams had 3 guards on their 15 man roster who were all 6'4" or under but I doubt it was very many. Not to mention we also have white and Jrue who are 6'4". That would be 5 guys on our 15 man roster who are 6'4" or under if we keep all these guys and have JD on a standard contract. Teams typically try to have more size than that. I think JD only had a shot at our 15 man roster next season if we part ways with Springer, which doesn't seem very likely since he's under contract and the team just traded for him..
