re: Of the first 34 picks in the 2020 NBA Draft.....

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Our backcourt has looked well the first few games without even NAW playing much. So why would it makes sense to throw Lewis in the mix? f we add any more people to the rotation it should be to help the bigs. If people follow our team they would see this shite instead of sit here and worry about our draft pick because past stats say so.

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Couple things:

1.) In the last two games Eric Bledsoe and JJ Reddick have combined for 19% shooting and 13.6% shooting from three. They have a combined net rating of around -30. Reddick’s -48 net rating over the last two games is only surpassed in its awfulness by Hayes -58 net rating

So I don’t think the rotation can be explained simply by saying our guards have played so good we don’t have any need for someone to come in to pick up the slack. My initial hunch is simply it’s a trust issue, as SVG seems to be a vet centric coach(for good and bad). Worst case scenario is that it is in fact performance related and both NAW and Kira are simply not looking good in practice/camp, which would be less of an issue for Kira but a concerning one for NAW who is already an older player with more college years, but had a full season.

2.) As I mentioned, Hayes has been downright terrible, which begs the question why then haven’t we seen Willy? In the other thread I suggested one rationale may be that it’s political, SVG might not want Hayes to start if this were the playoffs, but Griff and CO want their second year top ten pick to get minutes. The other explanation is again, that it might be performance related, Willy just ain’t good. To which it will be interesting to see what happens with Wenyen back. If he gets minutes immediately it’s pretty clear it is performance related and it would raise some larger questions about Hayes future if he can be easily unseated by a second year journeyman undrafted FA.