10-04-2023, 06:27 PM
(10-04-2023, 04:08 AM)surfpuckmd Wrote: Maybe defensively although Anderson was built like a linebacker. Green is a vastly superior shooter to Anderson and a much better passer. If Anderson could have shot 40 percent on open 3-pointers, he'd still be an NBA rotation player.
I really had high hopes for Anderson when we drafted him and in his rookie season. It might be a cautionary tale for all of us with high expectations for our rookies.
I thought Rick was an idiot for not playing Anderson more, it seemed like that team needed exactly what he was bringing to the table, but the balance of Anderson's career has proven Rick right. I can't help but worry that there is something about Green's game that the staff is seeing in practice that we don't during games that has kept him from earning more consistent minutes. I hope they have just been slow playing his development and the arm chair GMs here are right about this being a breakout year for him, but the last few decades of late first round picks here makes it seem unlikely to me.