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lilfishi22 wrote:MrMiyagi wrote:Is Kuminga the most delusional player in the NBA?
He's definitely a better player in his head than he actually is
lilfishi22 wrote:Ghost of Kleine wrote:lilfishi22 wrote:Apparently Mark Williams is available to play in the opener but will be minutes restricted.....
So no one has explained to me why we're load managing him already?
Apparently, because of his concerning injury history, the suns approach is just really precautionary because they're trying to build up his strength and durability to try and make him more durable for a long season.
I get the rationale for wanting to make sure we get him right so he can be as healthy as possible over the long season but we also traded for him on 26 June, that's almost 4 months ago. As far as we know, he hasn't been nursing any injuries that made the news so we have to assume he's been largely healthy, yet after 3 months, he's played no preseason games, he was held out of 5 on 5s until recently and while it's great he's available for the 1st game of the season, he'll be minute restricted...so like we've had 4 months to get him right and we're still babying him into the early part of the season.
None of this inspires confidence
). All of the information presented so far indicates that he's a 40-50 game player. They're banking on him showing a level of availability that he has yet to show in his entire career, which means the odds say its a losing bet, though they took it anyway. They have to hit on some of these gambles to have any hope of improving this team. This isnt the gamble I'd have taken, but 
