Not really sure what potential yall see in Monk at this point. His ball handling and athleticism are so sub par , especially for his size. He's so small and frail you'd expect him to at least be lightning quick but his drives are slow as molasses. He's got a decent vertical that he can't use at all because he's so wimpy any contact at all will prevent him from finishing, most of his drives end up with him in a heap on the floor while the other team plays 4 on 5.
If I remember correctly from his draft profile, scouts were highly skeptical of his shooting and mostly viewed his year at Kentucky as an anomaly given his 4 year high school and aau career he was merely an average shooter. This is probably why he fell in the draft and it's proving true 2 years in as his 3pt percentage is actually dropping from an already disappointing rookie year. Hes an average shooter taking shots way above his ability level and it shows in his percentages.
This year so far he's 96th out of 101 in defensive RPM among SGs. This is actually an improvement I guess over last year where he was 86 out of 88. Malik isn't just a bad defender, he's got a decent case for being the worst defensive player in the NBA over his tenure so far.
I hope he figures it out somehow but I just think it's really understated here or people just don't realize how awful this guy has actually been. He's not just a kid learning through some mistakes, there are deep fundamental core problems with how he is built and how he plays basketball. I think he is a bust in the worst kind of way, in that every other front office kind of already realized this stuff before the draft except Cho and he probably has 0 value at this point. There won't be buyers on his "potential" now just like there weren't on draft night
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