The Player Development Thread

[KqWIN]

So you want to sabotage both the offense and the defense in order to lose and tank more effectively. Got it.

Why not just say so?

You are the most tanking obsessed person in the world. The need to insert it into every discussion and thinking it about 24/7 cannot be healthy.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

You are the most tanking obsessed person in the world. The need to insert it into every discussion and thinking it about 24/7 cannot be healthy.

99% of everything that happens around this team this season is connected to tanking. It would be insane to try to avoid the issue.

 

[KqWIN]

99% of everything that happens around this team this season is connected to tanking. It would be insane to try to avoid the issue.

You spend 99% of your time inventing ways to be upset.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

You spend 99% of your time inventing ways to be upset.

Not upset, just not interested in sugarcoating something that is ugly and unethical.

 

[HermanG]

The point still remains that he’s not new to iso ball. He was like 99th percentile in iso usage at Rutgers. I didn’t even think his iso game was that appealing, but it’s a big part of who he was as a prospect an I’m not going to have him stand in the corner all game on the basis of him being a lost cause.

Are you kidding me? He isnt new to iso ball for having played it for 1-2 years? Most of these kids played streetball for most of their youth and have over 10 years of experience of 1on1 basketball when they are drafted. Put Ace in front of them to try and beat them and what happens? Disaster. Ace said he was just a tall body under the rim for vast majority of his youth basketball years.

It doesnt even matter how much iso he did at Rutgers or before that. What matters is how advanced he is in those areas, and whether the right thing to do is work in the lab or start putting things in practice.

From what i understand each player has "in-season training regime" that dictates what drills they run in shootarounds and private/team practice sessions. During the season this is very limited because games and travelling restricts time and access to training facilities. They also spend time lifting weights, doing other PE (like swimming and running), video room stuff etc.. all of which limit their available time and energy.

You cant just magically "start developing a skill" by starting to do it in games, unless you are already advanced enough so it doesnt end up being a complete disaster. If his current training regime does not involve a heavy dose of ball-handling drills then you would have to change it to include some, which also means giving up something that you are currently developing.