This dud sucks…Still can’t dribble and still can’t finish!! He’s an ok roll player I guess, but please no more pull up 3 point air balls…Sorry for the thread, I couldn’t help it…
Imagine going through a rough patch at work and your co workers say you suck at your job. That’s kinda you with jabari right now. Give me player who’s not been through a rough few games
Repeat after me: "He's a good NBA player on a reasonable contract for his abilities" It's really not that difficult, and moving forward, it doesn't matter what his draft slot was. I find it deeply strange how obsessed people get about whether a guy is a "bust". Nobody would be calling him a bust if he was picked 30th, or even 13th, but because he was picked #3, everyone has an opinion.
23 million is not bad in today's NBA. Not great, but not bad. A true max contract runs you into over 40 million per year for rookies, look at Cade Cunningham, sitting an average of $44 million per year over the life of the contract, and if he hits incentives over $53 million per year. Bari is, in comparison, indeed a reasonable contract.
I think he has been very good. Multiple improvements needed. A couple years with KD will do a lot for him.