All our expert scouts are coming out. The same guys tabbing Donuts as a superstar. Be patient... This is essentially his first training camp.
The rookies are easily outplaying him. You would think his time in the NBDL would have helped him some.
He's a spacer type 4 and the sooner the Rox accept that the better. Get him the ball in the high or low post or run some pick and pop and he'll look more comfortable. Until then he'll struggle.
Too small for the ideal PF. To slow to be a SF. And he's really not built for the task. Maybe he could ask Charles Barkley how to play big in a small body? Did I just call Barkley small? Woah.
What happen to that thread where that one poster posted he will be corner stone type player for the Houston Rockets when we first drafted him! LOL
What is ideal? The PF position is gradually morphing into something different. Just check the NBA Finals, PF types come in many forms and many times teams play small.
He hasnt been terrible. He's been exactly decent. His numbers are about the same as White's, plus Morris got an injury or he'd have better numbers than White. Still, all the rookies are ahead of him in performance and he needs to be at LEAST in the top 3 for discussion as best player. He's the 5th best right now behind Lamb, Motie, Jones, White. (Zoran Dragic is 3-13 from the field, he's not "killing it" out there. Though he's had just one turnover and he's doing everything else decent to good. ) It doesnt help that Markieff is the 4th leading scorer in the SL. Thats the kind of potentional that Marcus has, but he's just not putting it together enough
I don't see the slowness in him to defend 3s. Easily he has a better lateral speed than Shane or Chase. His problems come more with: - shot selection, - experience and craftiness defending screens (not acustumed), and specially - how are you able to help your team without the ball in your hands? He must become once and for all a reliable swingmen defender, and offensively learn how to play off of that scoring reference role. Should improve his game off the ball, how to manage with the screens, understand positionating and reduce his number of bad shots. Difficult for him.
And the most important: accepting that he's not going to be an NBA star. Won't be a good role player until then.
He wasted the opportunity. Frankly, we have better players at his spot now that either have earned the time (Parsons) or look to be quickly earning more time (White).
I haven't seen much to impress me so far this summer. I'm hoping in these last two games he busts out HUGE so the Magic ask for him instead of Lamb.
This guy is basically still a rookie. People bashing him for being ''selfish'' oh well. He's a scorer. He's gotten much more leaner and looks like a small forward now. He's hit some nice pull up jumpers and has shown he can get to the rim.
He's been average. Shown that he can come off the bench and help but nothing that stands out and makes me say he deserves playing time. He will get playing time as a product of lack of depth at this point. If he can't get playing time this season then I don't see him becoming anything we can use.
I thought "he look ok" in game 3. 11 pts, 8 boards in 20 mins. Did his best Royce White impersonation, trying to take it coast to coast a few times, showing a better dribble than I knew about. It's all about defense for him though, IMO. He's going to rebound his position well enough, and give you something offensively.
