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I understand. Everyone is defending Butler but all I said was the dude is no where near NBA ready. I was specifically talking about how Plowden could bring more to our team now and looks actually NBA ready.

There isn’t any matchup at the 4 or 5 I would give him minutes against at his size. That’s all I’m saying. We saw how Jax struggled and he was already bigger. Being 7’1 and 190 (Chet) is already one thing and an issue. 7’1 and 175? Goodluck.

You are right, he is nowhere near ready. He is stictly a project. However, where would this team need Plowden? Unless we incurred a lot of injuries, Plowden would be in the GLeague. I think Butler has more "value" as a project and they want to secure him with the 2-way contract whereas Plowden at 24 has a better chance of being there later in the season in the G League if they ever needed him.

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Posted by Dantheman504

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Posted on 10/4/22 at 4:18 pm to NOSHAU

I mean you could make the same argument for Butler. He isn’t getting minutes over Hayes/ Nance/ Val/ Zion/ Billy (due to size) and all those guys are locked up for a few years.

Plowden could actually end up better than Kira and get a roster spot if we save money by trading Graham. So it would be CJ/ Jose/ BI/ DD/ Plowden? Kira? Naji?

If that’s a fair argument then people are making their judgment based on Butler being 19 and Plowden being 24. Which we shouldn’t do until they get playing time after seeing our recent success in 4 year college players and their development.

Maybe we can get lucky and both Plowden / Butler are legit.

Ship out Hayes and Graham for picks + cap space and can pay the rest of our young guys going forward.

This post was edited on 10/4/22 at 4:21 pm

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