Jeff Van Gully wrote:i can't even read this thread. this is why you don't get too high after wins or low after losses. this right here.
who looks at this roster and sees some kind of underachiever? to be sniffing around .500 is an accomplishment to me. that's not some half full glass talk. there's a LOT of work to be done with what we have. AND we need more talent. but i'm still content to watch them work.
now if we're talking about roster construction and PT... fair. but that we are 5-6 being the problem... i got nothing for that.
More so than anything RJ is more concerning then any record. I think I want to come away early in this year believing RJ had the potential to be a really good player. Now its still really early and I am not remotely ready to give up on him because he hasn't played 82 games yet in his NBA career but when you look at translatable skills to becoming a really good player for RJ...it sometimes can be difficult to find.
Outside of two games against the pacers he has been one of the worst players in the NBA in the other 9 games.
The rest of the guys really don't matter to me (outside of maybe Mitch) but none of those guys our foundational franchise pieces that RJ is suppose to be. I know I know everyone is going to say what about Julius Randle. Well if I'm being honest I still don't buy it. For the month of January he is now shooting 21% from 3 and 46% from the field. Those are very similar to his last year numbers. Now don't get me wrong I do believe he has improved but to what point, enough to say he is a LONG term piece for a team that will be winning a lot of games? I have serious doubts about that.
