He played 15 games in the NBA before the Raptors quickly realized he was nowhere near NBA level. In those 15 NBA games:

3.9/1.5/1.0 on 27% FG & 24% 3P

Now that he’s in the G-League, it’s not any better. In 3 G-League games:

15/2.7/1.0 on 27% FG & 28% 3P

I’m not one to hate on rookies early in their career, but these are unacceptable stats for a lottery pick. These stats also don’t reflect how big of a net negative he is on defense, effectively making him unplayable in any professional basketball setting

I personally think no one on this sub has heard his name, because D*ck is a banned word for post titles. I had to resubmit this post 6 different times wondering why it wasn’t allowed

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    Crowning a “worst” pick 20 games into the season is absolutely ridiculous

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    He’s fine… he’s just missing his shots.

    He has great movement on the court and seems like a high IQ player. He’s gonna be a good player once his shots start falling.

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    “I’m not one to hate on rookies early in their career”

    And then proceeds to do so. Ujiri has a pretty good drafting record other then his reach of bruno. Gradey was not a reach, give it time.

    Thought I read they worked on tweaking his shot and clearly that hasn’t gone well. Regardless, way too early.

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    How are we as basketball enjoyers hating on non-top 3 pick rookies? Hating on rookies in general is just sad but outside of the top 10? That’s just weird.

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    Y’all hate watch and y’all think everybody else should too. That’s the point of these posts.

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    Why are you expecting mid-1st Round picks who are 19-20 years old to be NBA-ready?

    You draft them for what you expect they will become, not for Year 1 production.