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Besides his fiery character, I like Sexton for his efficiency. As many have said here, he can do well as a 6th man.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Keyonte is a better natural playmaker and passer than any of the guards on the roster. He will improve but its one of the things that has me most excited about him because its not something that can be easily developed.
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I know people are afraid of giving him too much too soon….but I actually think the reverse is true and he’s kind of playing underwater. He won’t be Baylor Keyonte who was shooting every shot with a glimmer of space….but I think he needs to be more than a 16% usage guy. He’s holding back and hesitating. I think he needs to let loose at be a much higher usage guy. Just give him the ball and let him run a million PnR’s. Let him shoot a bunch of off the dribble threes. Can’t be worse than whatever JC is vomiting out.

If he stinks and someone else is playing better, whatever, let them have more PT for the night. But I think the problem I’m seeing with Key’s development isn’t necessarily his minutes. It’s his role in those minutes.
 
I read today that George is 6th among rookies in minutes played. Playing off the bench is probably better for him.
 
KqWIN said:
I know people are afraid of giving him too much too soon….but I actually think the reverse is true and he’s kind of playing underwater. He won’t be Baylor Keyonte who was shooting every shot with a glimmer of space….but I think he needs to be more than a 16% usage guy. He’s holding back and hesitating. I think he needs to let loose at be a much higher usage guy. Just give him the ball and let him run a million PnR’s. Let him shoot a bunch of off the dribble threes. Can’t be worse than whatever JC is vomiting out.

If he stinks and someone else is playing better, whatever, let them have more PT for the night. But I think the problem I’m seeing with Key’s development isn’t necessarily his minutes. It’s his role in those minutes.
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Good post. He's going to continue to make mistakes, but he's already shown he won't hurt us as much as our other guards through turnovers or poor shooting or trying to do too much.. He has more patience than the others. You'd think in limited minutes he'd try and impress and end up forcing things but besides the occasional rookie turnovers he has remained pretty damn calm. I could see him making big improvements with a starting role and as you said becoming a bigger part of the offense.

Unless we're trying to tank.
 
homeytennis said:
An example I can think of is Chandler Hutchison who is now out of the league. He was a first round pick selected right after Grayson Allen. He was thrust into a rotation role and quickly lost confidence.
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Pat Williams
Tyreke Evans
Anthony Randolph
Eddie Griffin
Shaun Livingston

All for different reasons probably should have been brought along somewhat slower.
 
KqWIN said:
I know people are afraid of giving him too much too soon….but I actually think the reverse is true and he’s kind of playing underwater. He won’t be Baylor Keyonte who was shooting every shot with a glimmer of space….but I think he needs to be more than a 16% usage guy. He’s holding back and hesitating. I think he needs to let loose at be a much higher usage guy. Just give him the ball and let him run a million PnR’s. Let him shoot a bunch of off the dribble threes. Can’t be worse than whatever JC is vomiting out.

If he stinks and someone else is playing better, whatever, let them have more PT for the night. But I think the problem I’m seeing with Key’s development isn’t necessarily his minutes. It’s his role in those minutes.
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WAs thinking the same thing. He's deferring far too much to other perimeter players.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
How do you know he wasn't? Really man... NBADraft.net?

He's not full-time pg material. Nothing about the "programming" people think he got in Cleveland is the reason. He has tried to improve here but it runs against his natural basketball DNA. He can improve but this isn't like a player going from non-shooter to 40% 3 pt shooter. That is one skill and there are mechanics to fix and its much simpler. Playmaking and reading both sides of the court is one of the hardest things to develop.
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You know I'm not a draft/college guy so my source criticism here is lacking. Btw which sites are usually good for reasonable analysis?

I'm not gonna claim to know what is easy to develop and what is hard. I would guess thats also something that depends on the person and what comes natural to them. A case in point: Wasnt Tyrese Maxey seen as a off-ball/combo guard prospect when coming out of college? He has done a pretty smooth transition to lead guard and learned to playmake and make reads in the NBA.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
He's also just not good enough. I dont see any reason to make him a starter until he is consistently playing well as a backup. I dont think there is a whole of upside in rushing it and potentially more downside.
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lol. apparently either Hardy doesn't know basketball or Key got a lot better in the space of two days.
 
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