First off, the FO gained a bunch of benefit of the doubt in their account since EGT gave us a look at the developmental kids. There’s a lot there to develop.
I think Mitch, RJ, and Quickley have made the best case to start out of the kids so far. By this I mean if they just keep doing what they’re doing I’m going to be happy with the results. I’d put them out there at this point with Randle and one of Bullock or Burks. My reasoning is that while Obi and Kevin are both exceptional already in a number of ways, but they have clear areas of their games they need to build and polish till you can call either a well rounded professional player. Until they make a bit more progress on that, I’d keep starting back till they make a few more steps and consistently lift the team when they check in as reserves.
Randle is developmentally on par with RJ, Quickley, Mitch, and Kevin in that some small tweaks to his game will make him a constant force and a smooth operator. My number 1 thing for him now is that he never have his hands by his sides when he has a foot in the paint on defense. A possession or two of that should get Toppin into the game ahead of schedule.
Now we’ve got Hanukkah out of the way, a hard earned celebration of successful resistance, I’m ready for some meaningful basketball.
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