Avdija has been pretty quiet in a near invisible starting role. Rustbrook & Beal dominate the O. So I haven't been ability to see his NBAbility.
Edit: So Beal was out because he was near Tatum; Westbrook also out w/ sore leg.
So Avdija got to actually touch the ball and play.
Malachi Flynn has had a rough start to his career, so good to see he got going in one game. I had meant to get back to that game and see more, but didn't (only caught 1Q action). Moloch got a few late 1Q mins but played timid Franc PG, just super-safe passes to the next man.
Avdija has had some solid moments and is going to be a good player.
He is a TEAM PLAYER, but I think he is used to being a little more....the focus of things. He has the skills to be a more than solid third or fouth option. But it's an adjustment. His three point shooting has been very good on some nights more than others. The potential is there. His threes were falling today.
Haliburton has been more impactful, injuries notwithstanding, than Avdija, Vassell, Obi, Lewis, Anthony, Okuro, Williams, the Euro-PG from Detroit who just got hurt [having an Alzheimers moment].
More impactful than anyone other than Ball, who has been up and down, but when he has been up, he has been...Up.
I'm not lobbying for a Mulligan and Toppin, who impresses me even at the nascent juncture, but Haliburton was the man I was pulling for the Knicks to pick....defense, facilitator, shooting. Kam, too, as I recall. And Quickley is going to be a player. So WTF.
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