This is the worst part of it. Yeah sure, Butler is not going to be a huge difference-maker this year, but by god neither is Forrest as he cannot shoot and is easily negated. Butler has so much more potential than Forrest that we are just wasting, throwing right in the *****er. I don't care if he makes 3 mistakes in the first 2 minutes on the floor. In the next 8-10 he was generating some real plays and getting more comfortable with the offense and his defense is on par with Forrest, playing during the injury and covid stretch, and if you gave him those minutes consistently he would improve. Remember, Forrest went through the same learning curve last year and into this year before he started to be comfortable and stable in the vaunted System of the Snyder. But no, Butler had to be benched as soon as everyone was healthy because what, we already invested 2 years in Forrest, so the sunk cost wins out over the high-value gamble? Stupid people management from the FO and coaching staff. It will come back to bite us as soon as we realize that in the playoffs Forrest is this year's Niang, completely unplayable and adds nothing, whereas during the regular seasons we relied on him way too much, so now we have nothing else to show to make up for his empty spot in the playoffs.
We have seriously taken 2 steps back as a team this year. I will be happily surprised if we win in the first round, and I seriously doubt we can do anything in the 2nd round at all.
This year is turning into such a waste. The only good thing to come out of it will hopefully be the end of the Quin Snyder era.