re: Darius Garland

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NAW has more upside than Garland as a PG and as an overall player

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Defensively, sure, but Naw, nor Garland, have demonstrated they are capable of being full time starting point guards yet.

I’m not gonna go hot to cold on NAW yet, but his decision-making has left a lot to be desired so far, to the point he may be better off early in his career being more limited on the ball and utilized primarily off the ball any time guys like Jrue, Frank, Lonzo, or Ingram are on the floor because NAW has been very error prone and forcing the issue so far. And it may serve him better to focus on one or two core competencies like using screens, slashing, and spotting up as opposed to trying to run the whole show.

If you saw Brandon Ingram in gist first games you wouldn’t want him either...