Unless, of course, you are trying to win games vs. NBA competition once the season starts. Every minute they remain on the team lessens the urgency to either develop or add another player at the PF position.
Yes, I get you. But I wish the Suns had done a better job of the whole mess. Two players drafted at the same time for the same position is asking for trouble. Competing with each in practice is one thing. Competing with each other for one position all season long, well, we've seen the failure that indecision has caused.
How did that decision cause failure? Neither player was ready for big playing time (if any) in their first year or two in the league. I think a bigger problem was simply just gifting them minutes as opposed to having someone for them to overtake in the lineup.
I was referring to lack of commitment. Draft a guy who you hope will be the PF of the future and give him a chance. Versus drafting two for the same role, then going back and forth all season long. I consider it weak management. And I blame them for the failure of both players. Instilling confidence is part of developing a young player.
I was referring to lack of commitment. Draft a guy who you hope will be the PF of the future and give him a chance. Versus drafting two for the same role, then going back and forth all season long. I consider it weak management. And I blame them for the failure of both players. Instilling confidence is part of developing a young player.
They failed also with Alex Len. He's a backup. He's a starter. He's a backup. He's a starter.
And, of course, going back to the 3 lead Point Guard fiasco.
There have been too many incidents of internal competition that have produced disappointment. Bottom line? They all failed. That is not opinion. That's the fact, Jack.
That defines the Sarver era. Hopefully, they have all learned from it.
It has worked out that way with Bender and Chriss, but I don't think that was the intention when they were drafted. I believe the intention was that they would both be playing major roles along side each other. The problem is that neither of the really progressed at all and I don't think that has anything to do with playing time. It is either that we misjudged their attitude towards improvement or we just had poor developmental coaches around them. Hopefully with the new coaching staff at least one of these guys comes around. I'm certainly not ready to just throw them both out at this point.I was referring to lack of commitment. Draft a guy who you hope will be the PF of the future and give him a chance. Versus drafting two for the same role, then going back and forth all season long. I consider it weak management. And I blame them for the failure of both players. Instilling confidence is part of developing a young player.
They failed also with Alex Len. He's a backup. He's a starter. He's a backup. He's a starter.
And, of course, going back to the 3 lead Point Guard fiasco.
There have been too many incidents of internal competition that have produced disappointment. Bottom line? They all failed. That is not opinion. That's the fact, Jack.
That defines the Sarver era. Hopefully, they have all learned from it.
I'd like to see both with real coaching before I bury them. I really like what I've seen and heard from Igor, he has a rep as a good developer of players.
I've been with you on the Bender wagon... but holy smokes did he look terrible today. Defense he was fine, on the other end it looked like he'd never played basketball before. The eye test is regressing to the stat level.
I almost feel like his offense is reliant on things starting well. He started the game by getting his shot swatted and missing like three open threes. Once that happened he seemingly became an automatic turnover. Seems like when he plays a good offensive game things were going well from the start.
It was more like 2 months not 2 weeks
Bender has put on weight and looks great on "'D". I'm not even given up on him but to play major minutes this year is foolish.
