MagicMatic wrote:pepe1991 wrote:People forget White was 5th in ROY voting. Bulls in same time stunned growth of him, Lauri, Wendell , Pat Will etc with one single mistake called Zach Lavine.
Coby White in his rookie season was
5th in minutes per game on that roster.
Anthony Black was about
10th in comparison.
Yeah, I'd agree they have different skillsets but there was no real path to minutes with Fultz returning in the first week of January. When he was playing he looked pretty good and was actually hitting his stride hitting outside shots.
I don't get where the AB criticism comes from really. He looked above average for a rookie compared to other picks and theres obviously a lot of potential.
Jett Howard... Yeah we have no idea but it can't look good when half your wings are injured and he isn't getting any minutes whatsoever.
I haven't said a word about Anthony Black tho.
AB made some 3s , mostly wide open, but looks raw and doesn't look like point guard at all. Same could be said for Amen Thompson and Scoot. It's almost a pattern now ,where majority of lottery selected picks simply have no base skillset , and it's all about upside, so you have to wait until they learn basketball basics.
That's why somebody who has gift and base skill ( Victor, Chet) look like people who aren't from same planet compared to rest of a group.
As person who grew up as soccer fan, i find that absurd. Somebody who is 20, probably plays that sport for past 12-14 years, there is no excuses why some players are that raw.
Today you have parents who pay personal trainers, nutritionists, fitness, strenght & conditionig coaches for their kids, i litearlly see it every day, kids who are 11-13 years old working out with personal trainers. So why NBA has has such a massive influx of unprepared rookies who aren't that young? I don't know. Probably because basketball in general is one of slowest developing sports and people treated advanced analytics, 3 point shooting, space & modern offense like it's voodoo back in 2016 still?
NBA has easly most unclear set of "rules" games are called by, case and point, mid way through one season there is silent agreement to not call as many FTs. Nobody even bothered to explain new rules to media, fans, or even players.
Or because american players have massive issues with midnset in team sports, as media makes narratives about individual sucess instad of team ?
Or because rules are streached in nba to redicilous level where you spend one year in nba learning how to cheat with seven steps "gather " step, Eurosteps that are cute term for jumping like a fool, shifting pivotal leg at least twice, or how stepback is basically new term for travel + ball carry in same play.
But even by just watching World Cup last year it's clear that having on paper most talented team, made out of people who aren't ready to commit to a team, and aren't ready to make tweeks in their game, simply isn't enough any more to be dominant.
Tbh i don't really care what Black and Howard are, i don't find them all that important going forwrad for Magic. If they pan out,great, if they don't, i would trade them at some point.