Deni trade looking rough but we’d just be straddling the playins mired in mediocrity if we had him. Better to just bottom out

At the time, the trade was a bit odd but idk if Deni would’ve developed into the player he is now. The Blazers really gave him the opportunity to do his thing, Washington changed GMs and he was inherited by a new FO that did not have future plans for him.

I was a Deni truther and desperately wanted the Sixers to get him.

And with worse mentals. I’d take Cam Thomas any day of the week over him

How so? Thomas has never had any work ethic, coachability, or teammate issues and never complains to the media. Only vaguely controversial thing he’s done off the court I can think of is get mad at Zach Lowe during his free agency.

He is shabazz muhammad. Good tools and okay scorer but sucks at everything else. Also the only other play to average 0.5 assists/turnover in college that I can find which is a pitiful number.

That’s only a red flag if you’re from the south, nobody expects someone from Maryland to BBQ

No that’s fair. Dry brisket is a fireable offense.

is this why everything in America is locked up

yall doing grand theft soap down there?

It was like soap and candles and other home goods/personal care. Really annoying because I appreciate that the team has standards for conduct but this was such a small thing that could have been resolved internally.

As a former Shabazz Muhammed truther this is a great take.

Damn, Shabazz Muhammad is a name I have not heard in a long time…..

Ah, the old “If I’m not able to score, why should I give a shit where the ball ends up next”

that is pretty incredible damn

The worst analytical profiles I’ve ever seen/scouted since, you’ve guessed it, Shabazz Muhammed. Nothing comes close to them too. Kuminga’s was bad, Bub Carringtons was bad, James Bouknight was bad, JHS was bad, etc list goes on but Cam’s was pitiful. The former Villanova coach after Jay Wright literally regretted recruiting Cam. He refused to run any of the sets the coach called out, Nova was severely limited depth and talent wise and they still played like a first four out team with him off the floor. With him on the floor, they played like one of the worst teams in the entire country.

You got me curious and I had to look it up - whitmore is one of the rare neutral wingspan guys.

Feels like this is too harsh if only because Cam Whitmore was doing his thing off-ball for the most part.

I still maintain that he could have become an off-ball monster — like a guard version of MPJ or something. He was shooting great off the catch, he had great cutting ability, and he if he got run off the line, he could put it on the floor and yam it against a scrambling defense. Not to mention the threat his athleticism brings in transition.

Unfortunately, he apparently does not see that as the role he wants to play. His game is tailor made to be a superstar role player without even making large, unrealistic jumps. He didn’t need to make an Jaylen Brown level jump as a ball handler, or suddenly become a strong playmaker (things he would absolutely need to do to become a star), but just get marginally better in those areas and defensive fundamentals over the course of a 10-year career and give effort.

When 2k was good (2k11-14), I knew all the role players. And it was interesting to see where these journey men ended up , their backstory…etc.

Interestingly I seem to recall Shabazz had his own uncle Dennis and also had some issue with his age.

JHS tho

His analytics were probably the worst in the entire draft, and sadly JHS wasn’t that far off from Cams poor analytics. JHS had a bottom five analytics profile, while Cam had a bottom 1 out of the top 70 draft hopefuls.

Fuck you man, you were us for 20 years

Fully agree - I hope they really hit on their next picks!

People also don’t realize Bub is dealing hard with the loss of his father. Talented young man and his future is still bright

Im guessing he meant Lamelo Ball

Lol not that Melo damn

LaMelo sir.

Pretty sure I heard during the draft his coach at Villanova was openly talking him down to teams. That guy didn’t last but Whitmore must’ve really rubbed him the wrong way if the coach was willing to risk that getting out.

pretty much describes Zion, Ja morant as well

I really don’t understand. Dude is a good shooter, great athlete, has good defensive instincts and hands - his steals numbers are very impressive. And even with all that he’s one of our worst players impact wise. Get this bum off my team

Yeah maybe, I think they completely gave up on him, but maybe they wanted to do him a solid too

Reddish ➡️ heavily protected Hornets pick ➡️ D. Murray ➡️ Dyson, 2027 min(Pels, Bucks) 1st which could be part of a Giannis package

it’s actually a great situation for him, Wolves could realllllly use a a quality player of his archetype. He’s unfortunately just kinda ass

It’s probably a bad quote or soundbite because Robbins has reported that “Keefe and, later, a team source said that Keefe’s decision was not a punishment for anything. Whitmore had not committed any violations of team rules.”

There’s no way that literally skipping practice isn’t breaking a team rule

Words aren’t usually meant to be that literal. Those two things often mean the same thing.

The guard rotation is essentially the same as last year, just swap Poole for McCollum. Add in Tre Johnson(yes he’s injured right now), Cam Whitmore and at times Will Riley on the wing, now you have a logjam on the perimeter.

I’m actually excited for him to develop more in the G-league and showcase his growth in March. He really struggles when his initial move is taken away, he doesn’t have any counters off of his first crossover. Not really an off-ball player, not a good defender, and not really a table setter. This isn’t me shitting on AJ, I like his potential. But he has A LOT of growing to do before he can get consistent rotation minutes. Even though we are absolute ASS, the truth is that we have better wings/guards right now.

Dude has yet to touch the floor in 20+ games

I’m expecting at least 5 minutes even if it’s trash time

Your guess is as good as ours. This is the same front office that screamed “minutes earned” but Watkins is getting starter time.

They can’t even stand with their own ideology