Beta;c-10060078 said:
Excerpt from a book how Anthony Bennett became the #1 pick and how trash he was
"Bennett purchased a home in Independence, not far from the Cavs’ facility so he would be close. But it didn’t take long for team officials to begin questioning his work ethic, and it soon became clear Bennett couldn’t play either forward position. He started out as a rookie behind Tristan Thompson, Anderson Varejao, and free agent pickup Andrew Bynum. He never passed any of them. He showed up to his first training camp overweight by at least fifteen pounds and out of shape. When he appeared in the team’s intrasquad scrimmage on the campus of Baldwin Wallace University in early October, Bennett was gassed after only a couple of trips up and down the floor. The questions about his conditioning started early and never really went away."
https://theathletic.com/135466/2017...t-became-the-no-1-pick-of-the-2013-nba-draft/
I blame management for that. That dude Bennett was never even on people's radar as a Top 10 pick, let alone the #1 that year. I see why he fell apart the way that he did; way too much expectation put on a guy who was a 8th man off the bench, at best.
Looking back at that draft.....PPPPUUUUUUU! Gianns, McCollum, and Gobert are the only standouts. Everyone else is on either on journeyman status now (MCW,
Oladipo, Larkin), barely serviceable (
Adams, Porter, Olynyk, Noel) or got lost in the shuffle somewheres (
KCP, McLemore, Zeller)
I wonder how many of these dudes actually did four years in school? That tells the tale right there. This is why I hate the one-and-done rule; too many dudes think they're ready for the league so they come out way too fuckin early, and end up as trade fodder two years into their career.
