re: Jaxson Hayes Interview in The Athletic

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And all I got out of the vast majority of that interview was the same trust fund bratty kid annoyed because the world didn’t hand him what he feels entitled to, like when he melted down over the rookie all star game spot. He’s now matured just enough to try and dress up and deliver his entitlement and blame shifting with an even keel, as opposed to melting down. But he’s still not getting it. Feels like until he is playing in China he won’t get it. Until every person he could point fingers at is gone and it’s just him.

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I don't think that he's going to get it even then. If getting tazed and arrested didn't do it, if his father leaving his coaching job to move in with Jaxson this season didn't do it, if getting benched by Willie Green for an extended period after SVG had to bench him for an extended period hasn't helped him to get it ... then why would being forced to play in China do it?

As I said before the season, Jaxson's potential was to be Giannis, but with a better shot. But I don't think that he's ever going to amount to much, because he doesn't have for the game, he doesn't have the drive to succeed, and because, as you said, he's the bratty kid consumed with entitlement.

Honestly, though, I don't think that Jaxson will end up in China. He's just too athletically gifted. He'll end up as an NBA rotational player in a year or two, but I don't think that he'll ever be a regular starter.

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….Jesus these picks were a disaster.

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Eh. As poorly as NAW has played compared to our expectations before the season, his production and value is about what you expect from the #17 pick. It's not fair to judge him against the value of the #4 pick.

Jaxson is a bust. He's an absolute, total bust. He's just as bad as if we'd kept the #4 pick and used it to take Culver, which is what we were going to do if we kept that pick. The two biggest busts of that draft are the guy that we took, and the guy that we almost took---an absolute failure of scouting.

But none of that is Nickeil's fault.