We seem to be loaded with guys who need the right system rather than guys who can dictate the system.
After watching a couple games with Ivey, Bari aside, I'm very thankful they didn't take him. He wouldn't really be playing any more than TyTy or Josh Christopher. All else fails with Jabari and you know he at least give you something unique to throw out there when he's a veteran. Part of it too is just how stacked the league is with guards, and how hard it is to break into rotations. You've gotta be something real special if you are a guard getting drafted in the top 5. Jabari's always going to be able to find a home in the league regardless if he improves or not.
I think benching him and starting Tari sends that message loud and clear. I do think it's probably time to give it a shot. Doubt Silas has the balls though, and there's always Stone's agenda dictating everything. Can't ever act like he's not the genius he's trying to desperately to portray instead of just making the right play. Trying to hit walk off home runs instead of worrying about getting on base.
Fixed it for ya. Several posters have touched on it in various threads but the coaching staff should be the biggest influence on the areas where our young players are lacking. Mental toughness, teamwork, consistency, decision making, culture, yadda, yadda. I can't decide if coaching up through ownership are playing it close to the vest and trying to look inept while we pile up losses and foster a losing culture, or if they're all really THAT bad at their jobs and are just rolling the ball out and letting this teenagers drive this team off a cliff. Either way it doesn't bode well.
Well what's the average age of the guy's they've drafted the last 2 yrs? How many of those kids we got? Where do they avg as a team age wise in the league? How does that compare to the norm in the past? Kiddos compared to vets... Since when do kids dictate the system? How many 18-19 yrs olds not named LeBron ever dictated the system? How many???
There's actually been a fair amount of first and second year players drafted who didn't need any particular system, or who had enough gravitational pull to create the system around them Off the top of my head - Paolo Banchero (unless you guys are crediting the Orlando "system*) LaMelo was pretty good by that age (again, unless he's a "system" player ) Zion (doesn't need a system). Ja Morant. Luka Trae These guys were all all stars by year 2 (save Paolo) and most of them are on their 2nd or 3rd coach by now. My hunch is that rather than lacking a system - none of the players the Rockets drafted are as good as those guys. Sengun is probably the closest. Since Jabari Smith is the subject of this thread - i don't ever being close to those guys regardless of system.
You typed I concluded. There would also be no point to fantasize about Jabari on the Spurs because it is not what happened. Don't take everything so seriously.
I get your point. Let's reconvene in their 3rd and 4th seasons. Not halfway through their 1st and 2nd.
He is 19 guys. Sure he sucks but he is 19. There are literally no 19 year olds that are good at basketball.
No coach or system is going to fix Jabari’s broken shot. At this point, he has played way more pro games than he did college, and the only logical conclusion is that his college shooting was a fluke. It’s not his age or his teammates or the system - Jabari is just a bad bad BAD basketball player. Maybe he’ll turn it around, but right now I would have preferred just about any other forward or center taken between 3 and 17 over him.
