Have you watched Bender or seen his stats, someone like him even if he has a huge ceiling, will take years to develop, especially being a front court player. Porzingis was wayyyyy more developed than Bender and he even had problems with any type of physicality, Hield is ready to play now and has show to be a leader and deadly from three off the ball two things we need now.
Immediate help is what Ainge said in the post draft interview. Don't worry Ainge won't pick Bender more than likely, he is a project who will take 2-3 years. Ainge does not have a rich history of drafting foreign players, either.
I honestly could give a flying hoot about Benders stats last year. We are drafting players based off of talent level. He played an hour of basketball overseas.
Not surprising since you seem fact resistant and only look at things that reinforce your bias. Don't you think if he had more talent than he would have played more than hour? I mean he sat almost a whole season, doesn't that worry you?
BEnder is also a high iq player which most people don't realize. I don't even know that much about him but I know that just by listening to him. I like high iq players and certain players strike me as that each draft. It's also who ainge targets usually. There are certain things that go overlooked in how players speak and communicate their inner drive that just comes across.
I like a lot of guys this draft that way though. I think this is a pretty smart draft overall.
I think you should have a high basketball IQ to judge basketball IQ. This most likely rules you out, my friend. Don't confuse opinion with insight into the nuances of the game. Do you recall posting this:
Most talented players
Isaiah
KO
Smart
Sully
Crowder
Bradley
Most talented Prospects
Mickey
Rozier
Everyone else
Turner
Amir
Lee
Young
Rj
I think this rules you out of any discussion of basketball IQ.
What have I said that makes no sense or shows a lack of intelligence? I was spot on that Rozier and mickey were our most talented prospects. They are the only guys who even came close to cracking the rotation. I was also spot on that those were our most talented players. Turner and Amir probably deserves to be in that group but eh. Stevens saw it the same way. Those guys got the most minutes over the course of the year because they were the most talented, most developed etc.
What I'm saying with Bender's stats being meaningless isn't what you think anyways. They are meaningless. He played an hour of basketball. He is the equivalent of a highschool prospect already set to go to the nba in the european league. Players over there have to develop and earn playing time. He is the equivalent of an 18 year old highschool nba prospect over there right now.
Any player we draft is going to have to develop. Some more than others. Unless you are drafting hield he is obviously a 4 year college player. A few of them have a year under their belts. Yeah they are a year ahead. It's not the end all be all as far as an entire nba career.
I actually like Young but he's very young. We are still developing him and Rj. They aren't dead yet.
Also a fan of Turner and jerebko although i think their ceilings are pretty limited.
NEver was big on david lee ever and said that. I also think Amir here long term is pretty limited. He's serviceable and served a role as a free agent signing. Sully can still become a bench player. Whether he'd be good at that or is worth the money is something else. We might draft someone else. We aren't winning anything with our current big men I know that.
That post was made before the season I think or early on. It's pretty accurate actually. I also predicted 47 wins. We got 48 I think.
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