Talent evaluation is a weak point here and everywhere else. Where do people gather their haterade from?
#unreal
Players always improve in Year 2 under Pop so why bail early?
All those people say BEAL will perform in the playoffs? He's been in the league 7 seasons and missed the playoffs 3 times. How can you perform when you don't make it to the playoffs consistently?
Otto Porter? REALLY?
When it comes to DeRozan, he just simply has to attempt a few more 3's to keep opposing defenses from collapsing the space. He doesn't have to go strictly to shooting 3's and attempting layups.
Don't let the 4 Letter influence you. Mid-Range is still a critical component to every good scorer's arsenal. His defense needs work but let's be real. The entire team suffered when Murray, White, and Walker went down early. To rely on Mills, Belinelli, and Forbes is to die a slow death and yet the Spurs under Pop competed. Since those other guys are fully healthy, the load gets re-balanced and now the team defense improves. It helps to add an All-NBA Defensive Team Member and another who got lots of votes for the same team.
DeRozan ain't the issue really. Calling him DeFrozen is really weak as well. Karl Malone, John Stockton, and Charles Barkley are all legendary, they just couldn't get past Jordan. For DeRozan in the East, it was the same thing with LeBron. Now that LBJ is out West, even he no longer has an easy path to a Conference Final. DeRozan is right where he wants to be. Contract be damned. You all keep saying he can bail for elsewhere but the reality is, in today's NBA, who's paying big dollars elsewhere?