I think we all feel the season is lost, and that sucks in and of itself. The other this that sucks is the lack of development in real games that some key players are going to miss going forward. We all saw Demar grow as a a player last year, and a second year of big minutes and big responsibility would go along way to making him a player we feel he can be. Yes he can work on his game, but it is not the same as actually playing the game for real. James Johnson showed signs when given a chance last year, now he will be missing important playing time in his development, same goes for Ed Davis and Bayless. $ players that we really needed to see what they can do to know their value going forward.....man this lock out sucks!
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Sad but true.
But the saving grace is that this affects all young players/teams equally (in terms of lost development time), so we won't necessarily be losing ground in that regard.
And as a side note, the Valanciunas pick seems pretty damn smart in hindsight. There are a lot of Colangelo haters out there, but at the very least, he deserves credit for not being deterred by Valanciunas' Lithuanian contract situation.
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WJF wrote: View PostI think we all feel the season is lost, and that sucks in and of itself. The other this that sucks is the lack of development in real games that some key players are going to miss going forward. We all saw Demar grow as a a player last year, and a second year of big minutes and big responsibility would go along way to making him a player we feel he can be. Yes he can work on his game, but it is not the same as actually playing the game for real. James Johnson showed signs when given a chance last year, now he will be missing important playing time in his development, same goes for Ed Davis and Bayless. $ players that we really needed to see what they can do to know their value going forward.....man this lock out sucks!
If the Raptors do not select high in the draft - assuming there is one - that will also be quite upsetting.
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WJF wrote: View PostI think we all feel the season is lost, and that sucks in and of itself. The other this that sucks is the lack of development in real games that some key players are going to miss going forward. We all saw Demar grow as a a player last year, and a second year of big minutes and big responsibility would go along way to making him a player we feel he can be. Yes he can work on his game, but it is not the same as actually playing the game for real. James Johnson showed signs when given a chance last year, now he will be missing important playing time in his development, same goes for Ed Davis and Bayless. $ players that we really needed to see what they can do to know their value going forward.....man this lock out sucks!
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