Yeah he's not playing well. Not even in garbage time. He played much better in preseason, especially earlier. He was able to chase down guards attacking the paint and haven't seen that. Apart from rebounding, he's failing in every area. I'm still high on him, he shows a lot of stuff that indicates he's a good player. Probably just going through the motions and adjusting to everything. He needs time. But I understand we may not have it so we have to find a middle ground in this. Vando getting back would help A LOT
no two ways about it, he needs to improve. i actually like that jj hasn't pulled out the hook yet, though. we know what reddish can and can't do. we can dust him off in case of injury and/or emergency. we have to give max a chance to work it out.
if he doesn't play well or improve, he's an untradeable 8 million on the books. Can't imagine we have anyone beating down our door asking about Max at this point. The contract changes everything.
The Wizards might be interested in a Max/Lewis trade for Valenucius. He could play a lot in Washington and we snag a legit 5 without really giving up much.
I really thought this would be at least a low key breakout year for Max. Still time, but not a promising start.
we'd have to give them something they want - not JV is worth a protected first round pick at this stage of his career
he's been atrocious and he's making Darvin Ham look good right now for not playing him enough. I hated Taurean Prince but he was at least a threat offensively. We were banking on him being a legit rotation player and he's been JHS-esque if anything
Ham was a s*** coach but he was absolutely correct to play Cam over him last year. People didn't like hearing it but his basketball IQ is crap and he's so robotic on both offense and defense that he's bringing the team down. I'd much rather work thru Knecht's growing by giving him his minutes till Vando comes back
agreed @Pioneer10 we need to give all of Max's minutes to Knecht until we have injuries or something, then Max can get in
I'm not giving up a 1st rd pick for Valenucius. He only signed for 10M. That's like saying Gabe is worth a 1st rd pick.
