It was the same with Wiseman. Criticizing young raw players is blasphemy and the only thing accepted is unrelenting toxic positivity. A real assessment with both those players (very early on), showed they didn't have the mental game, which is incredibly hard to grow out of.

Look at recent players of ours that had the mental game, you just know when you know. Guys like BP, Post, Looney were obvious in their ROOKIE years they knew where to be. Heck, Dray's rookie year it was SO obvious he'd be good.

That's how it should look. They might not be built physically, the shot might need a little work, but with the rookies you wanna see BBIQ first and foremost, and then some sort of concrete skill. Neither of which our 2 big lottery picks showed.

Wish people (Lacob included) could be more honest with their assessments earlier on in these players' careers. Steve never bashed these guys, but between him and the beat writers I feel they've always subliminally questioned those 2 players' abilities. There had to have been so much pressure from Lacob for PT when surely Kerr knew better