If you thought this was the worst class in recent NBA history, there’s a group of experts who seem to agree with you: NBA coaches.
  • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    This is just a shitty article, acting all surprised that this wasn’t a top tier draft class which we already knew. We knew most of the top picks were not scorers, and most of those that were (Sheppard and Dillingham) went to stacked teams like the rockets and wolves, so of course they aren’t getting a ton of minutes.

    If you look at defensive performance and offensive execution in general (you know, actually watch games rather than count points and minutes), the wizards rookies are killing it.

    Coaches across the NBA just aren’t trusting the rooks to do much of anything.

    The tanktastic Wizards have been the boldest team in the rookie department. Coach Brian Keefe started the team’s two heralded lottery picks Sarr and Bub Carrington in the season opener against Boston. But even Keefe couldn’t stomach that situation for long. After two blowout losses, Jonas Valančiūnas replaced Carrington in the starting lineup to give Sarr some muscle up front. After three games, Carrington has scored three, 10 and 13 points.

    This is completely inaccurate, clearly this person does not actually watch the wizards. The rookies (with bilal and poole) are holding the team together. Yes there were two blowout losses against the world champions and the (undefeated) Cavs, but both games were actually competitive in the first half which is about as much as you can expect from a rebuilding team.

    The 3rd game where they started JV and Sarr together started out terribly, and THAT is what Keefe quickly abandoned. As soon as they put Sarr back at center they came back and won that game. And then won the very next game as well, starting ALL THREE rookies.