billyshelby
Well-Known Member
He's decreased his shots per game by 3 over the last 2 months. He's almost entirely stopped leaking out on the break in order to collect defensive rebounds. When he drives, he never goes all the way to the basket, always passes, and 90 percent of the time passes out for long range jump shots. And yet he controls the ball more than 50% of the time on this team.
People will disagree, but in my opinion he's playing scared. He'll have the occasional hot shooting stretch, but he's reached the point where he knows he can't score with any regularity, and he's blatantly trying to inflate his other numbers to camouflage that fact. I like the kid, I sympathize with him, and the olympic/contract thing is obviously on his mind, but it couldn't be more clear that he's a complimentary player whose numbers will decrease on a good team.
I used to think I would match 10 million. Now I'm wondering if the number isn't 8, and he should be trade bait with Alec on the roster.
People will disagree, but in my opinion he's playing scared. He'll have the occasional hot shooting stretch, but he's reached the point where he knows he can't score with any regularity, and he's blatantly trying to inflate his other numbers to camouflage that fact. I like the kid, I sympathize with him, and the olympic/contract thing is obviously on his mind, but it couldn't be more clear that he's a complimentary player whose numbers will decrease on a good team.
I used to think I would match 10 million. Now I'm wondering if the number isn't 8, and he should be trade bait with Alec on the roster.
