He's completely out of the rotation this season, on a team that severely lacks talent and is rebuilding. That says a lot for a young prospect. No thanks.
His life story ......
Would love to go back and revisit some of the Bender "evaluations" on the board pre-draft. He might've been the prospect that posters got most vocal for & against.
Well we all have made poor selections .. and will make many more.
What was infuriating was the completely out of place and time comments and opinions about the israeli basketball league and maccabi by people who haven't watched a single euroleague game..
Bender was an intersting case. Very long kid who could shot but extremely raw. When drafted he had spent two season in Israel as an end of the bench guy playing a few mins per game and he had removed himself from the Croatian Junior Teams. So in two very important years of his carrier he saw almost no play time with a bad Maccabi team in a bad league.
He was a nice end of first round / second round pick. Give him time to develop , maybe send him in a good Euroleague team in order to develop.
But lottery pick
?? As buffling as picking Papaggianis that high!
But everyone were afraid of loosing the next Giannis ......
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