Nowadays is more like play a bum 30 mins a game so they can get better.

what's going on here?

Now there is finally a system where you can refine a players mental approach to the game and in the off season that player can work on his actual skills in terms of improving his shooting and dribbling technique etc. In the D League players can really stretch their wings minus the presence of vets who would be in front of them in the pros. I think it helps to build confidence and to get reps doing things a pro will be required to do more so than they might have had to do in college. Still if a player is up with the big team they have to show in practice that they understand what is required of them and the proper effort level. IMO if they're showing it in practice they will get minutes in games. If they slip and revert in practice or the games then they will see minutes drop and perhaps get sent down. I think this is a proper method to develop.

EnySpree wrote:It used to be you show it in practice and earn your spot. Be ready when your number is called and seize the moment.

Nowadays is more like play a bum 30 mins a game so they can get better.

what's going on here?

There would be no D-League if what you said above was the proper process of development

Because of a dilution and similar like talent level

You don't have clear distinctions of who's better than the other player

You have contracts getting in the way of who should and shouldn't play

You also have more 1 and done or younger talents coming into the league

There needs to be proper development in place

I'll interject with this point too, why do fans say it takes point guards and big men

3-4yrs to DEVELOP before you know what you have, what the heck does that mean

If there's no such thing as development or proper way to develop a player

dk7th wrote:

EnySpree wrote:It used to be you show it in practice and earn your spot. Be ready when your number is called and seize the moment.

Nowadays is more like play a bum 30 mins a game so they can get better.

what's going on here?

where's this coming from? the knicks? can you provide an example?

dk7th wrote:

TPercy wrote:

dk7th wrote:

EnySpree wrote:It used to be you show it in practice and earn your spot. Be ready when your number is called and seize the moment.

Nowadays is more like play a bum 30 mins a game so they can get better.

what's going on here?

where's this coming from? the knicks? can you provide an example?

THJR and Shump??

thjr has been on a deeply-diseased knicks team that resembles an expansion team the last season and a half so i don't see a problem with auditioning him. nonetheless i agree he is closer to a bum than a legit nba player. bbiq, court vision, handle, footwork, shot selection, lateral quickness-- all are questionable. he does not seem mentally resilient... not expected in such a young guy but he just isn't that good.

shumpert is a strange and puzzling case. before his knee injury he had a chance to have a decent career on his defense alone. i think this truly shytti knicks organization did a lot of harm. he too was not mentally resilient and he may have had attitude problems to begin with.

if the knicks franchise were not so revoltingly awful and diseased the team would have been further along than it is and these two guys would have been able to develop in the d-league.

but the knicks have sucked for years (except for half a season) so these guys end up getting a shot.

Weaknesses: Lacks stability/discipline on the court ... Inconsistent … Not efficient at all ... Horrid shot-selection ... Liable to shoot at any time, even when being closely guarded ... Likes to shoot off the dribble on a good deal of his isolation possessions, despite only connecting on 20% of these attempts ... Shoots nearly 5 three pointers per game, despite only shooting 27.8% from behind the arc ... Will often go for the flashy play instead of the easy play, which can lead to unforced turnovers ... Very poor jump shooter, and hasn't shown any improvement in this area during his three-year career with Georgia Tech ... Needs the ball in his hands a lot to be effective on offense and he certainly won't have as many isolation opportunities at the next level ... Should look to take advantage of his size and strength more in the post, but has yet to add this dimension to his game ... Attitude has been questioned in the past, but to his credit he appears to have matured over the past year ...

For that scouting report on Shumpert

There should have been no reason to draft him

As he fulfilled every letter of it in the NBA thus far

I believe the individual player is responsible for their own development by working on their deficiencies in the off season. Until the NBA adjusts the developmental league to reflect to what MLB has, an NBA coach just doesn't have enough time to hold a player by the hand...ESPECIALLY DURING the season.