Here's a shocker, Tony is 27 years old
. He's pretty far from being one of the young bucks. The guy is a 27 year old, five year veteran. At this stage in his career, his prime, rookie mistakes are inexcusable. If Tony hasn't learned the game by now, I don't see what an extra season would do for him. Even if it did help we don't have the time to waste on him.
You know, Manup, I completely agree with you here, TP.
Tony always gets a pass though from people who support him because of the rationale that he was hurt for the better part of two seasons so it's really like he's a three year veteran if that because he's only be truly 100% physically for a little over one year of his career.
Personally, I think that whole argument is complete and utter garbage but, my guess is that not long from now someone will be using that logic to defend Tony. He was a 4 year college player and been around and playing the better part of 5 seasons in the pros. Tony's time for making stupid sophomoric mistakes should have passed long, long ago. But it hasn't.
He still fouls jump shooters on the outside consistently.
He still dribbles into a crowd while looking at the ground.
He still has trouble switching hands on the dribble in the open court on a fast break.
He still doesn't space properly on the fast break.
He still doesn't know how to keep his dribble alive and avoid the offensive charge.
He still doesn't get some of the simplest rotations.
He still has no outside shot to speak of.
He still makes too many bad decisions that lead to turnovers.
He still isn't all that much better than he was his junior year of college.