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Stars Season Opener Game Thread: 8PM Mountain Time

SoUjazzfan said:
I'm not certain at this point anyone would even acknowledge it with the exception of you, fish, myself and a few others. Seems most want him to fail to support the narrative.
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I think most want him to succeed. Even his loudest detractor would like him to be good. I think what could happen is he has a good game and people "meh" it or talk about how it was just shots going in and dunks... etc. etc. "If Taylor is good he should dominate!!!!" type of commentary would come from the haters is my guess.

Tay Henny Hive just needs to stay strong. No reason to panic at all.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I think most want him to succeed. Even his loudest detractor would like him to be good. I think what could happen is he has a good game and people "meh" it or talk about how it was just shots going in and dunks... etc. etc. "If Taylor is good he should dominate!!!!" type of commentary would come from the haters is my guess.

Tay Henny Hive just needs to stay strong. No reason to panic at all.
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I wanted him to be good because I really wanted to watch winning basketball this season and he would have been a part of that if he was as NBA-ready as some people said.

In the absence of immediate contributions on the court (which is always a possibility when dealing with rooks), I would have liked to see some undeniable high-end talent at least. To me he looks extremely meh. A future role player with a low ceiling.
 
Tremendous Upside said:
Hendricks himself may not be doomed yet, but the fact that he's not even an NBA player at this point has probably stretched the rebuilding timeline by several years.

Let's not start rewriting history: he was supposed to be a guy who can contribute right away on a high level. He was NOT drafted as a project.
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No one thought he would be an instant contributor. He's 19 and played for a poor basketball school. We are damn lucky that one of our 3 nineteen year olds is "NBA Ready."

People were high on him because he was one of the few players that we didn't have to say "If he develops a shot. . ." That is far from being "NBA ready. . ."
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I think getting on the court quickly was a feature (hopefully) but was never the main selling point. The selling point is him being a super role player 3-D player that could allow some flexibility on sizing up or down. The defense was really passive in preseason but he did have one nice transition block in the game so I think its in there if he gets more comfortable.

Him not being NBA ready is a bummer but there are a lot of guys (upperclassmen usually) that are billed as "NBA Ready" that come in and struggle. Is it great... nah. As you mentioned its not like he's doomed.
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For me those two things came hand in hand. I thought TH could be a super role player because he was young and already pretty good at the things that could make him a super role player. I didn’t expect him to be amazing right away, but I thought he had enough ability to get on the court right away. A wing who is just mediocre at both defense and hitting wide open shots has a good shot at playing for any team.
 
Sensabaugh looking good early. Hendricks with a nice three and transition layup where he avoided the charge. For anyone not watching the Stars are playing against potential top-5 pick Ron Holland as well.
 
TH great start. Something is a little funky with the way he moves, but he that was a good finish/
 
Yeah, Hendricks is just super clunky with the ball. He has such amazing speed, but with the ball he's slow slow.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
One thing I wills say about Hendricks is that he looks very fast.
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I remember posting that in a pre season gamethread and you gave me the laughing emoji. Glad to see you are seeing what i was seeing now.


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