countryboi wrote:BatumtheGlue wrote:Donovan Mitchell scored 40, meanwhile our rookie played 0 minute.
I honestly never believed Donovan Mitchell would be this good this quickly but I also still believe Monk is just as talented most likely more talented than Mitchell. He is just stuck with a head strong coach that doesnt want to take his lumps with a rookie.
It's promising that we were planning to draft him. People had Monk ranked as a top 5 pick and he fell to us. I would've been livid at the time had we been able to draft Monk and passed on him for a guy that was originally being mocked mid-first or later. If anyone knew Mitchell would be this good, he would have never made it out of the top 5.
All that being said, Monk's confidence has been totally destroyed by this coaching staff. He has not been put in position to succeed and he gets to watch MCW get all of his minutes when he's one of the worst NET rating guys in the league. Early in the season when Monk was getting playing time, he was playing like we'd expect a 20 year old rookie who is on the smaller side to play. But he also lit it up a few times which gives you a glimpse of what he can do. I think he'll turn out to be really good for us once we get a coach who uses him properly.
The "he's undersized" or "not good defensively" is sort of a joke to me when we play Frank as many minutes as we do. It's also a joke wen we have nothing but guys who are good defensively + Kemba Walker in the game most of the time. We are already bad defensively and don't defend the 3. If we're going to be bad anyway, please find a way to use a guy who can make shots. Portland has two electric guards who are undersized that drive their entire offense on a nightly basis.
