Pachinko_ wrote:Milbucks96 wrote:Wonka wrote:I truly hope somebody picks Jabari up and he carves out a role for himself
I think he might be done and it’s sad honestly. I know half of it’s his fault for not caring much about defense but if he didn’t tear his knee twice I feel he would still have a sane Michael Beasley role off the bench for somebody.
I think there is a structural problem in US basketball.
You look at top prospects of the past coming out of the system, from MJ to Lebron/KD/Shaq/Kobe/KG etc, they all had a different approach towards defense. But none of them, not a single one, would allow themselves to be horrible on D when it mattered. They all had great D in their pocket and brought it as often as they wanted. Which was A LOT.
How is it that what came after them, the Zion/Jabari/Wiggins/KAT/Trae etc of this world are so clueless on D?
It really feels like sometime in early 2000 the youth coaches collectively said don't worry about that, just focus on making buckets. And you know what? they were right, each and every one of those guys either got paid or is in the process of getting paid. And nobody really thinks there is a problem with prospects coming out of the US system, it's all BAU. I do, but who cares.
It’s still blue chip prospects that come out of high school and college that play both sides. For every Kat, Zion, Jabari(Wiggins is Canadian and came over to the us halfway through high school), there are the Anthony Davis, Tatum, Paul George, Kawhi types that are positives on both sides. And It would be wrong to ignore all the guys like Marcus smart, nerlins Noel, Myles turner, Avery Bradley, Kidd-gilcrest etc that were all highly ranked and drafted purely for their defenses coming out the us/Aau system. You still have guys getting drafted in the top 5 for their defensive ability.
I honestly don’t see a problem with the structure or system of youth basketball in America as far as development goes.
