eyriq wrote:I genuinely think AB is already good enough to start. He's that good on defense, and lineups with him in it on the whole played well.three3d wrote:eyriq wrote:I'd hope so
how do you realistically think things are going to play out when we are trying to win games and give AB on the job training during games? You know his leash is going to be hella short. The SHOULD have done this with him last year but because they didn’t now I think it’s a legit option to consider. He needs A LOT of work and the freedom to learn from making mistakes in the game without being taken out right away.
Does that mean he's in a win-now optimized starting lineup? No.
I genuinely think he's good enough to be in the rotation. Does that mean he's in a win-now optimized rotation? YES.
So, without factoring in player development he's reasonably included in our best, most optimized rotation. His perimeter defense, spot-up shooting, and off ball IQ is already good enough.
Now once you start sprinkling in some incentives to develop the player we pick number six? It's a f****** no-brainer.
Don’t you think if he’s good enough to start right now as you say then something is really wrong with all the DNP’s he was racking up last season? Look I want the kid to succeed and be good, hell I was really hard on that pick draft night BUT I’ve softened up somewhat on him.
There is a glaring issue though with his game, outside the defensive awareness and abilities he doesn’t have a strength on the offensive end of the floor. I know he hit WIDE OPEN 3’s, cool good he’s in the NBA he should be able to do that. He’s not yet fast enough, he doesn’t have pg handles, he’s not strong enough physically yet, and he’s not even sure what he wants to do before he does it. The game hasn’t slowed down yet for him and he needs to play a lot for that to happen.
