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One big we should definitely look into picking up is Charles Bassey. He is with the Sixers now, but if they don’t sign him for the rest of the season he is a great fit for Hardy’s system. Daishen Nix is also still out there. If Harkless doesn’t work out, he’s another defensive guard to trial...

35 games left with a goal to lose as many as possible. There really is no better time to trial players than now. Harkless/Oscar should be on that list. But we really don’t need so many roster spots taken up by the Unc’s. If things go right, we won’t have this opportunity again.

I don’t have thoughts about Dadiet in particular, but this is probably the last year we have lots of minutes to do a trial run. I strongly believe that “developing” is mostly about acquiring/revealing talent. IMO, we should really dedicate more minutes/roster spots to prospects just to see how...

It’s not a problem. He just needs to shoot it like prime Klay!

OKC and BOS are run by spreadsheet enjoyers. Their spreadsheets would tell them to try to trade Jalen and Jaylen. I wonder if one of them has it in them to offer one up in a Giannis trade.

You just named 3 players with significantly higher free throw rates than Ace in their rookie year. Do you realize that horrible arguments work against your case, not for it? And yes, free throw rate, not raw free throw attempts, is the correct way to understand the concern.

There's a decent list of rookies that are above league average efficiency and a much longer list of rookies who are more efficient than Ace. But that's not the point. The point is that he getting FT's is an important part of his development. His poor efficiency despite strong performance...

The injury obviously has an impact on things, but if you look back on the tape from UCF (not highlights but actual tape I don't think the low BBIQ stuff should be a surprise at all.

In the month of January Ace is a below league average efficiency and it's because he doesn't get to the line. That's why there's a special interest in his FT attempts. January is the perfect example as to why it's important, because he's played well and still isn't efficient.

A good way to avoid the FT problem is to act like FTA don't exist lol.

I was just clarifying that my concern with Ace's FTr is not a concern with it not being able to improve. The starting point is just so low.

I'm talking about what gets people excited or concerned about a player. That's all relative to how they view the player in the first place.

Yeah that’s exactly right. The bar for concern/praise should be different when you have different expectations for players. If Key started playing like a backup PG I’d be concerned. If Collier did the same I’d be pretty excited. That does not mean I think they are the same level of player and...

I would not say my concern is Ace improving his FTr over time. I am confident it will. The concern is more about how about how much it will improve and what that means for his chances of being an efficient player. It’s more about where he’ll end up instead of whether or not it improves. PS...

I don’t get the sense that he avoids contact because he’s soft….I do get the impression that he avoids contact because that’s what he was taught to do and that’s also what looks cool on highlights. I wouldn’t expect a major shift like this to happen overnight or even during a rookie season. But...