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I’ve no problem with making him earn time, but I also do not see a concern with flooding him with too much responsibility. If you have a strong coach and locker room you don’t have to worry about the bad habits as much. But I suppose Hardy still has a lot to prove.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
It’s a good place for him right now. If he plays super reserved with the varsity team for 10 minutes a night I’m not sure that’s helpful. I really think no summer league hurts theses guys quite a bit.

Midseason drop him in the rotation for 15 minutes a night and see what he needs to work on in the offseason. Had hoped he was more nba ready but whatevs.
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I have a legitimate question, as in, I don't actually know the answer.

Has there ever been a player as tall as Hendricks, and as athletic as Hendricks, who was a great shooter, but didn't make it in to the NBA?

I honestly can't think of anybody, which is why I am not worried about his long term potential as an NBA player at all. I feel like as long as his shooting translates, he's going to be a rotation player. Most of the things he needs help with, like learning where he should be on offense and defense, will come with time. The things he has, like length and athleticism are things you can't teach.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
I'm worried about Brice, although admittedly I never believed in him. He's got a loooooong way to go.
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Luckily, missing on picks that late in the draft is not a big deal. Hendricks needs to be a rotation player though.
 
We will never know what we have unless we play the rooks. It's not like we are going anywhere with these vets anyways.
 
HeatCheck said:
Bypassing Julian Strawther to draft Sensabaugh isn't looking very good at the moment.
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Agreed. And the fact remains that late firsts are usually misses.
 
HeatCheck said:
Maybe I'm wrong but don't think Keyonte gets the keys until they trade Clarkson in January/February.

Reading between the lines it sure seemed Sarah Todd was hinting at the same point the other night. It would just cause too much issue in the lockerroom to make Key the starter at this point. There's one guy in the starting lineup, who is also making $25 mil this season, with seniority on this team and highly doubt they take the starting job from him to let Key or even Ochai start. They will also need another bigger ballhandling 2 way wing to play next to Keyonte but that guy is not on the roster yet.
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For sure, a bigger, ball-handling two-way wing/guard - that's the way to go.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
It is... but in the G League. Give him 10-15 games at least down there to not look completely out of sorts when he comes up.
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I’m curious if anyone has an example where someone’s career was harmed by playing too soon. We could easily see “hey, this person isn’t ready,” but is there actually any specific case examples that can be referenced of how something like that had a negative effect on career trajectory, aside from people who just weren’t cut for it to begin with? Not saying that’s exactly what you’re saying, but it’s taken as a given in the basketball word of playing guys too soon is this harmful idea of playing with fire but I really don’t think there’s any case where you can say some guy didn’t reach their potential because they were thrown out there “too soon” and it compromised their development.

In Hendricks’ case, the only thing we have to lose is having a guy on the floor that hurts us because he’s not ready. But that really doesn’t seem to matter.
 
infection said:
I’m curious if anyone has an example where someone’s career was harmed by playing too soon. We could easily see “hey, this person isn’t ready,” but is there actually any specific case examples that can be referenced of how something like that had a negative effect on career trajectory, aside from people who just weren’t cut for it to begin with? Not saying that’s exactly what you’re saying, but it’s taken as a given in the basketball word of playing guys too soon is this harmful idea of playing with fire but I really don’t think there’s any case where you can say some guy didn’t reach their potential because they were thrown out there “too soon” and it compromised their development.

In Hendricks’ case, the only thing we have to lose is having a guy on the floor that hurts us because he’s not ready. But that really doesn’t seem to matter.
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Can't think of a lot of good specific examples that didn't have other circumstances. I think its good to gradually build them up though. Don't want the completely losing confidence. I think like anything each player is a little different. I think getting some grasp of where he is on the court and the NBA 3 point line and such will be really good for Taylor before its just on the big stage. I think there are guys like Jalen Green that can develop bad habits and stuff like that if they are just given minutes and not really asked to play the right way.

When Taylor was out there you could see him thinking. I think its fair to let him ramp up since he didn't have a full summer. 10-15 games down there and then force feed him 15 minutes a night (but give him room to eff up so he is actually aggressive on defense).
 
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