samwana wrote:Letting all the youngins together on the floor was a bad idea with the right purpose, or the other way around? Anyway all three of them will have a better chance to succeed with vets around them who can teach them how to play. Both Pat and Wendell played better against Toronto. Maybe Wendell is a bench player too, nothing wrong with that.Stratmaster wrote:PWill was done a disservice being on the court with 2 other players who haven't learned to play yet. It is tough for a rook to succeed starting in the first place, generational talents excepted of course.
Donovan and AK keep taking about development. Pwill will actually have a chance to develop now playing more minutes with all vets. I think he will thrive.
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In regards of development,
Lauri's defense was damn good in that Toronto game. Having him and WCJ out there at the same time hurts them both. Their awareness isn't great and when they are together its really rough. Having Thad out there to call out defensive rotations is huge.
Not a straight comparison but look at Wiseman with and without Draymond. The guy is clueless, he is essentially a highschooler having only played a couple of college games.
Unless you are a bigman with 3-4yrs of college experience under your belt you are going to look like a fool on the defensive end.
I said it in the GT or post game, Coby at PG was about getting him development time to make him a well rounded 6th man. I think AKME knew that when they came in but thought, "let's run him out there and see if he can be our PG. No harm."
Well we had 35(?) games of it, learned that he isn't really picking up any new skills or developing better vision, and oops, we just found out that it may have been hurting Patrick Williams development as he plays 5th banana, essentially waiting for a catch and shoot corner 3 most of the time.
WCJ has poor to mediocre vision passing out the post and is easily frustrated offensively. Coby White is a walking bucket, but you don't expect Jordan Clarkson or LouWill to run your team. You bring in Sato and Thad, who are solid defenders and excellent ball movers, guys who can score but aren't looking for their shot. In the end you get more touches and easier looks.
Zach didn't even need to score in the last game. Toronto was putting a man on him at half court allowing Sato/Thad/Lauri to pick apart the defense in 4v3/4v4 action for half the night. Dude would see a double shade his way and just get the ball moving. In the past that would be WCJ holding it for 2s to find a lane, instead it was Thad/Lauri finding a wide open or cutting Sato/Patrick Williams.
We saw how good Zach has looked with the vet lineup. I think shuffling the minutes around will do wonders for all the young guys.
