Nobody is counting shabazz but that doesn't mean he isn't promising. That's the reason for the acquisition in the first place. He has to show he could prove he could be beneficial. He's been ass of late but that doesn't mean he doesn't have time to get it. Otherwise, the Magic could ship shabazz and frye for a player with promise.
That OKC team is nowhere to be found and holding on to a disgruntled Kevin Durant and unpredictable Westbrook. Ibaka is unheard of around the league at this point. Its almost like he doesn't play with them.
Harden is a fictional all-star to me. I have zero respect for his
unbearable to watch game. That type of style of play is extreme wade bull and based of contact. While I do feel his step back dribble is a travel almost all the time, he does know how to get to the rim and shoot the ball. His dribbling is ugly as .
He's not an elite two way player. I could say the same thing about Durant. Westbrook...hmm..probably the best all around player when it comes to filling the stat sheet on that okc team.
Jeff Green is not great at all. He's almost cancerous to me knowing that he's been a let down to teams he's been traded to. Its too late for him to change. He'll probably be one of those monta ellis/richard jefferson/matt barnes type players that hop around the league.
Thabo selfolosha. Meh. He was acquired from Chi and was just a poor man's trevor ariza.
Eric Maynor isn't even in the league. Meh. and he's playing in russia:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4118819,32.6877083,4z
Serge Ibaka was a more athletic and taller Selfolosha who could shoot better.
Leonard and Paul George have become and are the elite two way players that i'm talking about.
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At this point of the season, Shabazz is trade bait. Elfrid, Oladipo, Gordon, Harris, Vucevic, Hezonja, Fournier. Definite core players. Nicholson is working himself back in after stellar bench performances. Hezonja, Fournier and Oladipo have taken SHabazz's minutes the past 10 games.