To me this is another excuse. And the only reason Im saying that is because, if a player has it, he has IT! The only player that I have seen who has been this inept early on, then turn into a productive player was Chauncey Billups....Yes, that Chauncey Billups. Chauncey was a Top 5 draft pick, he had size, he had handles and he was good defensively. The only trait Reed has is shooting and at best he's inconsistent. He doesn't pass well, he doesn't have good size, he doesn't play defense. So, as you can see, he has a lot of deficiencies to overcome. If he had good handles and a good shot, I would DEFINITELY be for giving him time to develop.
I would go back and read my post again. You basically agreed with me on everything while saying you only agreed with one thing.
How long would you typically be willing to give a young player before giving up? Castle was horrific last season, should the spurs have given up? Sarr was the worst player in history by some metrics early on, should the wiz have waived him or played some crap g leager? Jabari was beyond awful early on, would you have given up on him as well?
Why would I give up on Reed at this point? Seems a bit of an emotional response? He hasn't been good, but I don't see that as a reason to give up on him. That doesn't mean I am against benching him or even trading him for the right player... but give up on him?
Does Reed have an memorable games last season that he didn't start? I know Ime stop playing him eventually but he played at least half the games and I can't remember one memorable game he played off the bench and contributed. Meanwhile you all these rookies this season having huge games .Hell Kon Kneuppel who was his draft comp this year already looks like the much better player.
Well Castle was great this year and Jabari drastically improved from his rookie year so impatient people didnt have to wait long for those two. How long do we need to wait for Reed? Personally if Kings wanna trade Dennis S and Devin Carter for Reed I'd do it. Kings are going nowhere and dont need a veteran like Dennis S and we need somebody who can contribute now.
He had 3 good games out of 52. KK is 6'6, being 5 inches taller with longer wingspan does a lot for you. If Reed was 6'6 with 6'9 wingspan no doubt in my mind he would have been ROY last year and trending towards stardom.
