08-04-2023, 10:30 PM
(08-04-2023, 09:35 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: The problem isn’t even his defense, imho. The problem is that like 78% of these guys (a number straight from my rear end) come into the NBA thinking they’re going to be featured offensive players. And, almost all of them are ALMOOOOOST good enough to justify that expectation. But only the top 1% are good enough to be featured on a team and WIN GAMES. The rest either figure out they need to learn how to rebound/defend/space the floor or all of the above and have nice careers or bitch and whine about not getting treated fairly by coaches and lose their spot in the league.
For Bagley to learn how to be a passable enough defender to stay on the floor, he’d first have to overcome being offended by not being given a starring role just based off of who he is and being the 2nd pick.
Interesting theory…sounds an awful lot like what I said in my post.
“It feels like he needs to go somewhere where he can develop without the expectations of immediate results, assuming he can swallow his pride.”