The kid is stupid.. but I'll take stupid over anybody who's not skilled. So I don't get why everyone wants to write him off. It's not like he costs a lot or that we need the roster spot.
What I do see is that he can play a position that we need depth in. We lost two PF's in Tucker and Patterson. Serge is moving to C (or at least he wants to). Poeltl, JV, and Bebe are all natural 5's too. Siakam seems to be the only depth PF that we have (or Miles if you want to play small ball). OG needs to get healthy, but even he's more like a perfect SF for this league.
Maybe he gets the opportunity but that's really Casey's domain not Masai's. And if he doesn't I doubt it will be because of his character. Lowry was an asshole too and he's our best player. James Johnson was even brought back a second time. I don't think Masai looks at character the same way a lot of people do on this board.. and I love that about him. Character is overrated. Jose had oodles of character, but I'd rather have Lowry.
Bruno is slowly developing the skill we need on this team. Physical traits aside, from what I've seen he can shoot the 3, can rebound (and wants to rebound) and block shots.. Those are pretty good skills to have for a guy making about $3M a year.. and possibly even less in his next contract.
What he needs to improve on are things that take time and maturity like defense.. which are things we just have to patience for.. like most had with DD or even Kyle. But ultimately for a cheap discount. Also we don't have a pick this year.. so it's not like we can just pull a depth PF piece out of thin air going into next season.
So I'm not writing the kid off and I hope Masai doesn't either. I personally would love to see someone that can shoot (we're desperate for shooters) and rebound (and we need those too, especially if JV is moved) hang around for awhile. Miles just got $8M a year and all he can do is shoot.
What I do see is that he can play a position that we need depth in. We lost two PF's in Tucker and Patterson. Serge is moving to C (or at least he wants to). Poeltl, JV, and Bebe are all natural 5's too. Siakam seems to be the only depth PF that we have (or Miles if you want to play small ball). OG needs to get healthy, but even he's more like a perfect SF for this league.
Maybe he gets the opportunity but that's really Casey's domain not Masai's. And if he doesn't I doubt it will be because of his character. Lowry was an asshole too and he's our best player. James Johnson was even brought back a second time. I don't think Masai looks at character the same way a lot of people do on this board.. and I love that about him. Character is overrated. Jose had oodles of character, but I'd rather have Lowry.
Bruno is slowly developing the skill we need on this team. Physical traits aside, from what I've seen he can shoot the 3, can rebound (and wants to rebound) and block shots.. Those are pretty good skills to have for a guy making about $3M a year.. and possibly even less in his next contract.
What he needs to improve on are things that take time and maturity like defense.. which are things we just have to patience for.. like most had with DD or even Kyle. But ultimately for a cheap discount. Also we don't have a pick this year.. so it's not like we can just pull a depth PF piece out of thin air going into next season.
So I'm not writing the kid off and I hope Masai doesn't either. I personally would love to see someone that can shoot (we're desperate for shooters) and rebound (and we need those too, especially if JV is moved) hang around for awhile. Miles just got $8M a year and all he can do is shoot.
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