Well, there was a lot of nice basketball from RWill, but it seriously blows my mind that he won that Defensive Player of the year award.
Check out his awareness starting at 6.46 - three bad moves: doesn't check his man when the handoff happens (although isn't in too bad position - lucky), late to the drive contest - just literally ball watching, then late to recover and stupidly tries to snatch a steal that wasn't there, loses position. Still needs a LOT of work. Also, his offensive rebounding effort comes and goes.
Tacko's defense was actually pretty good all night. I hope he gets a 2-way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df5g_3SsB7k
People will find any opportunity to bash this young man
Yes it's a obvious bad play on TL, but it's rare and for a guy who barely played last season in his first SUMMER game of the season it's totally acceptable
I'm not bashing, just trying to get everyone to calm down a little. He needs to do a lot of work. A lot. People are calling him for him to have the starting job...
There are some people calling for this, but it is not realistic. If you ignore those folks and look at what TL may potentially become, you can be a lot more optimistic about him. Also, Kanter, Theis, and Poirier are easily ahead of him on the depth chart.
My biggest concern moving forward is his motor - not that he isn't showing it now, but he could become frustrated at a lack of playing time after putting in [what he thinks is] so much work - still almost 3 months before training camp, too. He obviously has a long way to go - and I think that is okay as a big man. If he lacked such basic instincts (cue Sharon Stone) as a guard or wing, I would say he is toast, but I think he can develop just fine if given the time. His measurements are absolutely off the charts. He just has to want it.