Deandre Ayton Discussion: This Is A Platform I Can't Run From

They don’t often both play well on the same night, but even rarer is it for both of them to play bad the same night. We always got one of them that’s doing well.

G1 was Ayton, G2 was Jax. G3 - Kleber?

Ayton this year has been a real roller coaster. I like him when he’s on and his ceiling is really high like top 10 center in the league on his best night. But I’d prefer if he opted out and we traded for a big instead.

But I’ll be rooting for him for the rest of the playoffs.

 

Buha mentioned on his pod that the media section he sits in is behind the bench and noticed DA sulking and pouting some after being pulled. Not engaged during the huddles after that or wasn't as excited as the rest of the guys that they were on the verge of going up 2-0.

I did notice a couple of times regarding his lack of bench cheerleading. A couple of bigger plays happened and he's sitting there with folded hands on the bench.



That's one thing I really loved about the McGee/Dwight duo. They were up and down, minutes and role fluctuated, but they were the best cheerleaders on that championship team regardless of their on the court role.

 

ayton's center dlo. the highs are high, but there are a lot of frustrating lows. and his own recognition of this does nothing to impact performance.

i'm with svtzr: i can totally live with ayton/hayes at center if we can upgrade everywhere else, but i'd rather move on from ayton. i'd take a less talented but more engaged player.