NBA Summer League in LV

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Not exactly. Finding a good 10-12th is not easy as it seems because they are the guys that you arent paying to play, you are paying them not to play. Very few even semi-talented guys accept that role well. He is talented enough to improve enough to perhaps play limited regular minutes and probably smart enough to accept that role. He is a pretty good athlete and does shoot enough to make him an asset at a low price. Not a valuable asset but an asset. The D-League is full of malcontents and europlayers are too expensive.

The guys you are talking about usually have a defined role though. Maybe they can play 5-6 minutes of aggressive defense. Maybe they are 7 ft and can give you a couple of fouls or merely be another big body for practice. Maybe its an aging guard that is a good influence on the younger players.

If it is a young guy, like buddinger, he better be someone that has a role he can fit into already for spot minutes or you see light at the end of the tunnel and you think he has talent to develop in a year or two into someone that can play decent minutes. Or he lucks out and finds a coach that just likes him.

Buddinger can't shoot well enough where you would overlook his defensive issues and he cant get his own shot well enough to offset his inconsistency from range. So what does he have to contribute? What similar player can you think of that was successful?