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Who Was Worse: Rookie Cody or Rookie Dante?

Saint Cy of JFC said:
Im not saying he wont get better, but he his showing hyper concerning red flags that remind me alot of the Exum red flags.
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I think it's a fair comparison, but I don't even think it's that harsh. Exum ended up becoming and NBA player with enough time. Had he not spent most of his early career rehabbing, he likely would have gotten there quicker and/or became better than he is right now. I think Cody can also get there and become a nice complimentary player. But if you were looking at him as a high potential prospect....not looking great IMO.

When you compare prospects to ordinary NBA players it's seen as huge diss, but it really shouldn't in most cases.
 
Douchebag K said:
5 games into his rookie season. lol
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Yeah, but he's not really showing things. There's a difference between looking the part and just missing the shots and what Cody has shown this regular season.

He just has that "Im just out here" vibe that rookie Dante did.
 
Few rookies look this bad this early. He looks completely lost and out of place.

For gods sakes he’s shooting 20% from everywhere. Shooting 13% from three and it’s not like they’re hitting rim every time. When he misses it usually misses ugly.

I get that rookies come in not looking good and not sure of themselves but this is next level, oh and through 6 games his stats should look better than Exum and they don’t. They look much worse.
 
rookies play better when their teammates have some idea of how to play basketball. also i have noticed that this coaching staff have players focus on only one aspect of their game at a time, so it isn't strange that he is one sided right now and struggling. his summer league looked really good, probably because he was able to show his whole deck. again, only a few games in, and a young rookie, i will look forward to his growth.
 
Almost all rookies struggle mightily with the efficiency of their jump shots and drives to the baskets in their very first games. That is absolutely expected and a normal part of their transition to the NBA. What's important is to see how fast they process the game situations. Are they in the right spots? Do they get quality shots? Are they goof on defense? Can they react quickly to the broken play and snag rebounds or deflections? Can they quickly see their open teammates and pass them the ball?

And Cody is very good in all of that (Flip too, btw). The shooting will come and the percentages will improve. What's important is that both of our rookies look like smart, composed players with good physical tools. They will be good.
 
Just to put things in perspective.

The first 5 games of Donovan Mitchell: 13 - 52 (25%) overall, 3 - 18 (17%) on 3-pointers.
The first 6 games of Colin Sexton: 23 - 54 (43%) overall, 0 - 5 (0%) on 3-pointers.
The first 6 NBA games of Joe Ingles (he was 27, btw): 2 - 10 (20%) overall, 0 - 7 (0%) on 3-pointers.
 
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jazznik said:
Just to put things in perspective.

The first 5 games of Donovan Mitchell: 13 - 52 (25%) overall, 3 - 18 (17%) on 3-pointers.
The first 6 games of Colin Sexton: 23 - 54 (43%) overall, 0 - 5 (0%) on 3-pointers.
The first 6 NBA games of Joe Ingles (he was 27, btw): 2 - 10 (20%) overall, 0 - 7 (0%) on 3-pointers.
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But they didn’t look completely lost and out of place. After the first 5 games Mitchell was fine.
 
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