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43 minutes ago, AHF said:

Too early to call any 19 year old average 12 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists per game a bust.  All the areas people called out as weaknesses (lack of activity on defense, raw skills, shooting struggles, etc.) have been weaknesses.  If he doesn't develop he'll be a huge bust. 

But Hunter was almost 3 years older as a rookie and after 13 games he was putting up 10 points (on 37% shooting), 4 rebounds, 1.5 assists 0.8 blocks, and 0.2 steals.  He got better.

Let's not judge too quickly.  Lots of young players struggle out of the gate or even for a few years before finding their game in the NBA.

In a normal year, Edwards would not have been considered for a #1 pick and wouldn't have the same pressure.  (Like if he would have been in Trae's draft class he would likely have gone somewhere in the 6-11 range instead of #1 overall).

Yeah but is my specialty.  I'm calling it right now...Anthony Edwards will be a bust period!

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1 hour ago, macdaddy said:

Because he doesn't have the talent or won't do the work to develop it?

He has never demonstrated work ethic or maturity.  Guys that don't have that winner mentality don't become stars.  This should be pretty obvious by now.

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1 hour ago, Peoriabird said:

Yeah but is my specialty.  I'm calling it right now...Anthony Edwards will be a bust period!

What is your definition of bust? Will he be a star player? The odds are against anybody becoming a star really. At the very least he can be an empty calories scorer. 

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4 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

What is your definition of bust? Will he be a star player? The odds are against anybody becoming a star really. At the very least he can be an empty calories scorer. 

I'm not sure he can even be a role player.  Role players are specialist and are good at something.  Edwards isn't good at anything but has the mentality like he is a lead scorer or an alpha.  That's a recipe for disaster!  Sorta like my assessment of RJ Barrett but Barrett might be better than Edwards in the long run.  Neither will be important cogs on contending teams

3 minutes ago, bleachkit said:

People call Andrew Wiggins a bust. But actually he got a monster 150 millions dollar deal. So he's not really a bust. There's different levels to "bust".

A true bust is Hasheem Thabeet or Anthony Bennet. 

I would consider Wiggins a bust!

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1 hour ago, bleachkit said:

People call Andrew Wiggins a bust. But actually he got a monster 150 millions dollar deal. So he's not really a bust. There's different levels to "bust".

A true bust is Hasheem Thabeet or Anthony Bennet. 

Wiggins and Marvin are busts only relative to their draft position.  They absolutely are not busts in an absolute or "true" sense of whether they belong in the NBA.  Guys like Thabeet and Bennet don't belong in the NBA.  A guy like Wiggins belongs in the NBA but got overdrafted and overpaid.

Whether you use the term in a relative sense (i.e., that their career was well below the expectations for where they were picked) or an absolute sense (they don't belong in the league) is important to the discussion.

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2 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

With 25% of the season over, how are all the lottery picks around the league doing?

Who wants to do a breakdown?

Haliburton was not a lottery pick (but should have been) and he's doing fine.  

:hi:

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