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Reddick did him no favors with that statement, this could be pretty ugly.
It would be great if people just let him be judged the same as other late-2nd round picks are.
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The glee people have in shidding on a 19 year old who is playing after a cardiac arrest last year is truly bizarre to me
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It would be easier to judge him the same as any other second round pick if he was covered like any other second round pick. The media brings the negative attention when they cover him more than the #1 overall pick
The Rockets are in amazing shape for the future. Not Thunder level good shape ( hard not to compare all rebuilds there) but Reed, Green, Whitmore, Alperen, Smith, Eason , Thompson, Griffin is pretty interesting.
If Griffin can get his head on straight I think he could be a nice bench 2 way wing at worst down the line , low risk high reward add.
And of course Nate Will.
You gotta like that teams potential. That Cam slide last year still just made no sense do me. Felt like he was a clear top 5-10 talent in that draft.
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Didnāt even see they added Adams. Not sure where heās at with injuries, but if healthy thatās a slick little move for 15-20. Adds size and toughness, leadership , vet, to a young athletic team.
Always liked Van Vleet.
Probably canāt keep all those guys but they have enough there to identify the ones to keep. Amen and Reed could be a good backcourt. Eason and Sengun look like keepers. I think Jabari Smith fits too. Maybe they should trade Green and Whitmore.
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Wonder if his last name was anything else if he wouldāve played at all this year.
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Probably better than Thanasis.
Yeah who knows. The kid was deemed a viable NBA prospect before he started at USC. Obviously that whole thing happened, and Iād say it only slightly has to do with his ability to play.
Iām not convinced heās not an actual NBA prospect I guess.
I donāt think his agent helped the situation obviously.
I tend to think peoples asocial weird behavior is their own responsibility 
If heās badā¦.so? Lots of people arenāt NBA quality.
Yea, Iām not saying people should be terrorizing him but the way they muscled his way into the league and to get what they wanted put a huge target on his back.
Personally Iāve never thought he was a sure fire rotation level pro in the NBA and if he is, itās going to take a lot if patience and time which a lot of guys ( particularly guards) donāt get.
I do like the youngest whenever I see him, havenāt watched in a bit but he seemed much more intriguing to me.
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Bryce is a non prospect. Peaked early. Didnāt start for Sierra Canyon last year
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Maybe Iām crazy but Whitmore strikes me as a guy who you could play at small ball 4 sometimes, particularly with all these athletes with nice size next to him.
Really? Havenāt watched him in at least 18 months but I liked his game more at the time.
I also feel like when I watched him as a 13-14 ish year versus where his brother was he interested me more.
Has he straight plateaued ?
Yeah never really grew or improved since freshman year. Even ranking sites donāt have him in the top 100 which is saying a lot since they even tried to have Zaire Wade up high for a little while til they dropped him.
Gotcha, yea just googled him and he looks exactly the same and appears to be just ok.
Edey on the Grizzlies is too perfect. Guy is going to be a good pro.
If heās bad and not getting covered like a superstar, then so what. Nobody really bats an eye about Thanasis except in a funny way because he doesnāt get much attention. But when Bronny is getting attention like heās 18 year old Lebron, then heās going to get backlash because way better players are getting little to no attention. Heās already being covered like an NBA superstar.
This was an ESPN highlight they were promoting the other day. A regular defensive play. Not even a block or a steal that led to a run out. Because they didnāt have any real Bronny highlights to offer. Meanwhile, players who actually did something in the game didnāt get highlights.
Itās more of a media criticism than anything, but the amount of attention he is getting is absurd for a guy that very likely will never be a good NBA player. Cover him like a regular second round pick and nobody will care. Donāt have your agent dictate exactly what team you need to go to and nobody will care.
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