I actually liked what I saw from him, he showed a nice pull up jumper and was pretty fluid. Granted he seems very raw but imo slowly feeding him minutes and forcing him to play the right way will fix that. He still has star potential.
I don't know how you can see his broken jumper and think it looks nice. He's basically pushing the ball at the ring. Hence the 2-7 shooting, including a number of missed 'nice pull up jumpers'
Which is good progress when you compare it to the absolute shambles of a "jumpshot" he had last season. It'll take a few years but if he continues to work on it he could be a good player, most fana forget how young players are when they're drafted lol.
That's true, but both are worse than the jumpshot and FT form he had in college. That is due chiefly to his mental state. Much harder to fix than simply bad form.
That's true, but he's been showing quite some positive progress from the setback, and as you said fixing a person's mental state is much harder than fixing his shooting form. I get that regressing compared to college is a hard pill to swallow but it has happened, and what's important is how Fultz gets out of this rut and so far he's been showing some promise of doing so.
He is just a weight on franchises back,
Is having mental issues that are hard to solve,
His problems lead to consistent tough media questions for teammates and coaches,
He cant space for teammates,
If he has the ball (his best skill ATM) he deprives Simmons of it which is bad,
It is just a matter of time before he gets demoted to the bench and after that his confidence level and trade value will drop further.
Philly has 50+ wins expectations, they are not Pinata anymore. Bigger expectations lead to higher pressure and IMO that is not a perfect environment for someone with mental issues.
Positive changes are what the media said, not what I saw.
Currently, it is wishful thinking, not reality. He can't shoot beyond FT line.
He earns $9,745,200 next year, I'd rather have that money in free cap space and try to sign a wing that spaces the floor. (Klay, Kawhi, Middleton...)
They went through a similar process with Jahlil and stalled it until he had no market value. No need to repeat the same mistakes consecutively.
Otherwise, it will just get worse with time, until one day they finally do it.
It would be best for Philly to admit this missed opportunity, trade him (lose the baggage) and move on toward building around their 2 young stars. That sounds like a viable plan to me. The current situation sounds like: "We can't admit to ourselves that we made a mistake, we will rather wait for a miracle to happen."
F(o)ultz.