Ik being a cavs fan and seeing Isah Mobley average 22 points 10 rebounds and 4 assists on 50/30/70 splits and Emoni Bates average 25 points 5 rebounds and 2 assists on 40/40/80 splits is disappointing seeing them waste their talents in the g-leauge
I feel like “wasted” is a biiiit too strong 🧐 G-League helps a lot of players develop who really need the playing time and go on to have successful NBA careers. Just look at Derrick White (Go Spurs Go! 🤠)
Idk.When the league has trash teams like Pistons, Wizards, Spurs, and Hornets it makes me think they could use some of that G league “talent” on their pro team.
@@doms5755 I would love for my Chicago Bulls to trade for him. I want the Bulls to go to rebuild mode, and get young players. I would trade Andre Drummond and Torrey Craig, and Bulls would take on Rubio's contract and Emoni Bates two-way deal.
Really good observation. Too many young talents develope the skils for being primary option, not the complementary piece. Unless they are lucky like Trae Young, they don'tt get opportunities to showcase their best side in the stacked rotation.
I agree with you. Would love to see young americans come to Europe to refine their "complimentary piece skills" because they could learn a lot. However Trae Young is also a very good passer
Dallas would have drafted him, but they were in desperate need of a center, so they drafted Lively first… GSW needed another/future Steph Curry, that's why they drafted Podziemski (project PG sniper with good Reb.), etc.
they are playing exactly like rookies. expecting rookies to be nba ready just because they declared for the draft so they could get paid arent stars. expecting greatness from rookies is moronic
I love the rockets and Im extremely excited about Whitmore, and happy that he's put his head down and put in work. He's not complaining about minutes or complaining about being in the G League, he just shows up and balls out. He'll be very good
Yall gotta remember this is what the Cavs do this is how they develop players. I read somewhere that they want him to improve his defense yes he can score but people in the NBA will bully him when he is defending. But look at Sam Merrill he is in the rotation now and has been balling and last year he was on our G League time and got minutes. As well look at Porter how many minutes he is getting yes due to injuries but still we will see him not soon cause he got suspended two games but after a possibility.
Emoni a 6'9 wing that's catch and shoot. Majority of his buckets coming from high volume shooting. The less shots he get the worse he looks. So coming off the bench wouldn't help. He needs to become a better defender. And he needs to control his ego which is his worst flaw.
Yeah I was washing these clips, and I know this makes me just sound like a hater, but does every basket require a 3-5 second celebration? It’s kind of funny when someone scores in the other team inbounds it quickly to get a 5v4 because of the celebrating player.
I watched Emoni bates play last season. I go to Ball State and he came into our place and obviously our student section was saying all of the things Eastern Michigan ended up losing but Emoni had like 30 and it felt like he didn’t miss. I know he is gonna be at least and solid nba player
Dont forget Emoni is averaging 1.8 off of 24% shooting... Not saying that he is a bad player.. But for him to develop, it would clearly mean the ball would have to be out of the hands of your better players like D Mitch.. Until he reaches that level, he needs the reps in the G league. Normal move.
@@Copiio plus if you were a real fan, you would see that the same issues Emoni ran into in College, were the same issues coming up when he played for the Cavs. Like dog, get a life and play with ya gf, not me, a grown ass man
@@Copiio LOL you got smoked trying to defend someone you don’t know….. go play with your lady…. If you have one. Lol na I’m all seriousness though you can’t say you’ve been impressed with what you’ve seen so far ?
@@DanaOrangeTookYourCash Actually I left a fool in a fools place. Emoni is from my state and region, you clown. How many People in the NBA do we actually know???????? I didn't even read the idiots comment soon as I seen a the trolls name I exited notifications. The Same way I will do you after this. You geniuses on RU-vid are gone learn to stay in a peon's place. Come see me in person, I'll teach you some respect!
Im already predicting Emoni Bates will get real playing time in the last few games of the season and he'll have good games and then they go back to not giving him minutes again
Yall be hyping these guys up way to soon. Yall believe after a mixtape or magazine article that this is the next big thing and yall want to be the first to say i knew first. Smh now look. Let these kids develop to see what they can become
Marjon Beauchamp has been sent down to the G-League since he found himself out of the rotation in Milwaukee. He's averaging 29/7/5 for the Herd. He is making the Lottery Picks look like rec league players.
Bro it’s crazy that the league would take people that need to be worked on and need extra attention instead of picking up these guys that were balling in college shit even in high school they can come right out the draft getting to it but naw it never goes that way
Regarding emoni bates I saw him play a couple weeks ago against the Birmingham squadron and his offensive talent is definitely there but when it comes to even contesting people driving in the lane he seems to no care or give up on it. I think the main thing he needs to focus on is his attitude towards the game both defensively and otherwise also I saw the end game stuff he didn’t go into the stands but he did yell at a Cavs fan who wanted a photo with him for having his phone out as he went into the tunnel. Not a great look but not as bad as people want to make it out to be with his history but he has to get a hold on his attitude both around the game and especially defensively
Most dominant offensive players have no impact on the defensive end. Dame… Trae…. He however should put in more work to become a two way player. It’ll help get him more minutes in the NBA
35, been a gamer my whole life. Gaming changed for me with the PS4. I left a lot of the games I like behind, but I also play my N64 still. You forgot to mention many games now are money grabs that are pay to be good or lose like 2K.
i have friends that went to high school with whitmore and said he had a really bad attitude towards people and his teammates i just hope that doesn’t stay the same in the nbc
I always said, his game would be compared to HOF Rip Hamilton. Light weighted on feet, fast trigger middy, like Gil said, Gem. Once personal is mastered he'll be plugged in on many teams that need his type of game.
I went to a G league game recently and it was good.. The NBA needs to stop focusing on female athletes and grow a second tier male league in smaller markets.
I believe the bulls hold perfect examples of how you need to play as a rookie/bench player. Guys like ayo dosunmu and dalen terry, especially ayo has carved his role into the team. All of that is due to them playing defense. Ayo is definitely talented on offense, always has, but hes now getting a consistent spot on the roster because he stepped up on defense. I hope julian Phillips keeps up his hustle that he had against the trailblazers
I love Emoni and was really excited and really wanted the Cavs to draft Emoni and i really think he could be a good NBA player but i don't think that will be with the Cavs
I went to college with cam last year. we used to talk about basketball shoes. He seems like he can come off as disinterested but that’s just the way bro talks and acts. I’ve asked him about the work he puts in and he ain’t lazy to say the least
It’s the ole jimmer fredette story. The guy is an incredible scorer but a cone on defense. The only way he could be a positive to a team is by being the “guy” which there are just too many “guys” in the league who can score the same but help the team in other ways too. Same thing with Russ Smith
I didn't realize Sengun is the 2nd worst defensive big in the NBA? No wonder Houston was going all in trying to pry Brook Lopez from the Bucks. They apparently had a handshake deal in place for Brook but at the 11th hour Brook Lopez went back to Milwaukee coincidently Milwaukee soon signed his Twin Brother after he broke off the Houston deal.
It's all about context. Houston was tanking and Silas had 0 defensive scheme or whatever. Houston got Udoka and now they're top defensive team. Eye test of last year Sengun wasn't really that bad tbh, I've seen worse. But look at him now so much improvement defensively, all due to buying in Udoka's system and the culture.
Most of them need to grow into their bodies and learn defensive concepts that they would have learned in college. Most of these rookies are good enough to play they just aren’t used to nba defense because it is so much different than any other level or league. It also blows my mind how cam whitmore fell out of the top 4 because he was the most complete prospect outside of wemby imo.
Being portuguese it still boggling tha Queta made it out of the G-League. Well kinda, I guess the Celtics might use him both in the NBA and the G-League. Its always a talent waste . In Portugal very few players make it out of the seccond team (for football that is); most that make it sign for a struggling team and end up making a name for 2 to 3 seasons and get respect. Still in many of those cases these players end up being signed abroad for teams they are clearly too good for. Even in sports some people must work much more than other pairs.
It said Garza was a net 2 positive only other one was Sabonis. Just fyi. And he 24. Emoji just needs to mature make better choice. Both them will be around force while. Assuming Emoni stays smart
Bates has a chance to have a MPJ type role if he can improve the rest of his game. As it’s true he’s more of just a volume scorer g league is better fit for him for now
The problem with G league is that players dont develop down there...they just go and play mixtape style ball jackin 3s overdribbling forcin shots no defense played so when they do get called up they look lost and dont hit those same shots they got away with
lol. No. They learn to play the game the right way. Plenty of players have learned: 1. Khash 2. Nunn 3. Covington 4. Graham 5. Danny Green 6. Siakam 7. Caruso 8. GP 2 9. FVV 10. Jonathan Simmons 11. Seth Curry 12. Tolliver 13. Whiteside 14. Andre Ingraham 15. Yogi Ferrell 16. Suns: saben Lee, Countless warrior and heat players. Almost half the players in the nba spent time in the g league.
We should normalize people stop box score watching and asking why a guy ain’t playing. Also that just scoring points doesn’t mean shit. It’s all cute when you playing and teams don’t know you and gameplay for you. It becomes a different game when you actually have to use your brain to score rather than just “hooping” like you in a YMCA. I mean fans complain about defense and shit well then stop overhyping these dudes who only thing you look at is the scoring. Or simply put more respect on defense same as you do with offense. Guys can be defenders and learn to be good or great at offense and offensive guys can learn to be good or great defenders.
@JimmerRange the cavs are slow emoni can easily fill the Sam merril role , maybe not strus because of the defense but if I was cavs I would get him minutes like Jordan Hawkins and work on his defense so he not a liability
