Demin has flashes, but he probably could use another year of seasoning. As a BYU fan I'd love that, and with his NIL money it may be palatable for him to want to play a year with AJ and get a lot of overflow attention if his stock drops into the teens this year.
Donte playing as poorly as he was was never going to last- he was worth trading for for a reason. Sometimes fit and familiarity are very important for mid-high players- they have to get comfy before really grooving. Looks like it may be that way for him.
Your ‘elite’ comment is most salient to all this- you don’t trade young NBA talent that have elite skills unless you’re getting elite back or a guaranteed top 3ish pick, even if it’s just a center with limited offensive skills. It’s too hard to acquire elite skills to give it away.
Until Collier is an actual threat to make his shot he will be massively hindered as a playmaker- teams will sag and clog up the passing lanes. His main/only priority is working on making open shots.
Luka is going to attack a rookie, always, but Flip was very solid. Dude doesn't look or play like a rookie, which is really the highest praise and how you can see the guys that have the mental fortitude to play and stick in the NBA. Right now there is no discussion about whether he's going to...
Doesn't look like Portland or SA are going to be competition at the very bottom. I think we keep our bottom 3 status pretty easily since we have much tougher strength of schedule than any of the bad eastern teams, even if we out-talent them by a bit.
If he keeps this up he'll be netting us a first round pick from a playoff team looking for a big. I don't know what got his motor going, but he is a completely different player when fully motivated.
Yeah, curious to see if GSW have the horses to keep this going. Curry has been insane, but he tends to have stretches of below average play, which will cause losses with this roster I think.
Demin and generally all foreign players are much less likely to want to leave Utah than usual. He already seems to have a BYU girlfriend, so we'll see how that goes...
Here ya go:
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Yep, he has his motivation, now it'll be interesting if he has the fortitude to keep the energy level high, because no one's going to trade for him based on one or two good games...
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