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Originally Posted by King Glorious
I do think Green is pressing a little bit. What it looks like is a case of a guy having a real good first outing and thinking it was going to be easy. The second game wasn't as good as the first but it was ok. This is not college though. The players here are working hard to catch the eye of someone and the coaches are too. They have made some adjustments on him and he hasn't figured out things. After his first bad game, it looked like he was a little tentative last night. I don't think it would have anything to do with Parker though.
I don't think that Bayless' problem is that he came out early. You look at guys like DeRozan and Harden and Evans. Sure, they had a year of college but they more than likely didn't need it. Jennings didn't need it. Some guys just know how to play and look like what they don't have yet, they'll get. I am not sure Bayless needed it. I think if Bayless had gone to a situation like Harden did where he would have been given every opportunity to start and show what he could do, that would have helped. But going to Portland didn't help because he's just not going to see much time playing behind Roy. Last year at the summer league, Bayless killed it, leading the league in scoring. What's happening here is that they are trying to get him to play more of the point because that's where he's going to see the court in Portland and he's just not making the transition. It's made it hard to really evaluate him because if he was playing his natural position, I think he'd again be among the better players here. But at the point, it's just not there.
Toney Douglas will be on the Knicks roster for sure. He is a very good floor general. He has such command of the team that it always looks like he's doing more than he is. He's good at getting the defender off balance and getting to spots that he wants and then getting the shot he wants or making the good pass. The shots will start falling and once they do, I wouldn't be surprised at all to see him starting for NY.
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My point with Bayless is that he needed to play more which he obviously would have in college. You cant help who drafts you but he seems like the type of player who is only going to get better by seeing minutes.