It's on Orlando. They have butchered their young talent for years now. Terrible player development down there.
Victor Oladipo, Aaron Gordon and Elfrid Payton all drafted in last 4 years. This kid just have no talent & big ego, you can't blame team for how he performs. If Jodie Meeks is stealing his minutes, you can only blame it on him. Meeks have missed last 21 games because of the injury & Mario can't even prove sceptics wrong with increased minutes - 6.2ppg in 19.2 minutes on 37.6% FG & 31.9% from behind the arc. He has 17 more games to prove it with Meeks out for the season. Team is praying he would His ORtg (it is points produced per 100 posessions) is 84.1 this season. Worst in the league with players that burned 300 minutes or more on the court this season. And he was always below average defender, players blow by him like there's no one standing.
I understand all your numbers. But Hezonja is their best talent. They should give him the ball. They are a lottery team. Go back to previous drafts. Orlando is clueless. They have wasted talent after talent including trading all those guys for ibaka. Hezonja's numbers are meaningless and do not define him in that situation. Look at what minutes he's getting and who he is playing with. Hasn't earned the minutes? That's bull. Nobody on that sorry team has earned minutes. Orlando doesn't like Mario because he's a cocky son of a gun. They're trying to break him instead of letting him develop on the court. They are being absolutely stupid here. If they trade him they're giving up a future star.
