EazyRoc wrote:Most scouts and GMs also thought Trae Young was going to be a bust.King Ken wrote:Geaux_Hawks wrote:
You stated Cam would be in the convo for #2 if he had Romeo's offensive game. Major hot take if the guy himself isn't even in discussion for a top 5 pick. Even with the hand injury, his form still wouldn't have me believe he's a better shooter than 27%. If so, he's probably still only a 30-35% in reality. Romeo has "better" stats as the lead guy. Reddish is looked more as a #3 and that's due to style of play of the 2 guys in front of him, and Reddish being needed as a spot-up shooter. Cam's being overshadowed point blank period. Langford isn't even close to being one of the best pull up shooters in the country, and that's not even looking statistically. That's looking at the fact that he isn't even a real shooter period.
I actually like Langford but I am not seeing how this is a conversation. Most scouts and GMs will see Cam as the better prospect of the two at this stage.
While Romeo is less limited, he is more raw and will take time before you can put him into the rotation. Cam could be plugged in right now off the bench. Just a more reliable skill-set.
No they didn't. They thought he was a boom or bust. They had good reason to. We saw how he looked in SL and in Novemeber. Imagined he went to a stubborn coach like most like Coach Bud or a team where they are set in their style of play who wouldn't have a long leash for Trae or wouldn't put up with the 30ft threes and risk taking passes.
Let's just be Frank. He went to the right team who already had a fit in Collins who pretty much was going to build our team around Trae and we hired a development coach who let him be him to get the maximum results out of Trae which was more important than useless wins with guys he can trust over him.
I'll never forget Jrue Holiday opinion. He was like in preseason, I like how they want to play fast with him, he should transition faster than most rookies at PG who make you play the way they want you to play. Please take time to understand context.