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Topic subjectRE: You see growth, I see him doing the same things he did well at 19.
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103888, RE: You see growth, I see him doing the same things he did well at 19.
Posted by murph71, Fri Nov-15-13 04:28 PM
>You can pretend his basketball just started on draft night
>and expectations only began from that night, but it's not so.
>
>
>If Andrew Wiggins doesn't enter the draft. Then goes 7th the
>following year and becomes a bench/role player that would mean
>he's performing below expectations.
>
>It happens.


I don't have to pretend on anything...I'm just reading through old pieces on the kid at the time of the draft...The kid was deemed a good player...But hardly a can't miss, all-world prospect...

As for the role player thing, as I said before, that's a trap door...

When I think of role players I think of John Salley, Steve Kerr...Specialists...

Players that get by on one singular talent...

If u r coming off the bench dropping 14-15-16 points in a game or in a playoff situation, that goes beyond being a mere role player...U r now an important part of the team being being a specialist...The bench player responsible for points off the bench on some Microwave, JR Smith shit...

In other words, I would slow down with calling dude a disappointment...