SOUL wrote:Bensational wrote:Maybe it’s because you like him more as a player, but I don’t think you called it a hot take when people wanted to trade Vuc or Evan or AG?
I just think you clearly see what you have in someone that showed promise and potential before the injuries, especially if he's 24. People grossly underrate his offense in that they try to act like he's MKG or Ben Simmons when he just can't create his own shot. Threes are okay, FT is good, has a lil mid-range jumper, was strong around the basket before his injury. Painfully average on offense but actually looked really fluid the small amount of time he played returning from the first injury, plus great defense.
For me his game isn’t the question, it’s his health. I think people are really underrating the importance of that in their assessments, but it’s part of the whole package. It’s similar to when people say “let’s take X prospect and just teach him how to shoot”, but instead they’re saying “let’s teach him how to stay healthy”. There are plenty of cases of players returning from injuries, but also plenty where their careers were cut short. We have the Grant Hill saga to remind us of that.
We’ve also got a pretty good feel for who he is by now, too: an elite defender with role playing offensive abilities. There are draft prospects who could offer us the same but without the injury-prone track record like Garuba or JT Thor, and they’re also younger. What makes Isaac more worthy of a roster spot and more or less “a chance” than Isaac?
Like I said in another post, I’m not ruling out his potential to get healthy and prove to be durable, but given his recent history it’s still a gamble and possibly as much or more of a gamble as trading him for an unproven player from the draft. Ultimately it’s all moot because I don’t think WeHam would trade him and I don’t think teams would give great value for him if we did (they might value him highly but not want to pay the price).
#tankthis