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Message: [QUOTE="Deleted at users request, post: 4869201"] It has shown to be effective for one guy who was a lottery pick in Jordan Hawkins. I do not consider Andre Jackson as a developmental success story when a kid that talented leaves with no scoring ability after 3 years as a second round pick. Team success? Absolutely. Individually? I don’t think he received any awards and was not a first rounder. It’s cringe to try to prop that up as a developmental success. Samson Johnson is most likely not going to be a first rounder either and after 3 years can’t get in position to grab rebounds. He is not a developmental success at this point. I don’t think Solo’s success is about playing time. He was simply put in a role that did not fit his game and I have called that out since the beginning of the year. Hurley has had press conferences that urged Solo to shoot more and hardly talked about his ability to slash which he should’ve been doing from day 1. Now we’re at a point where he can’t do neither effectively and yes, other guys 100% deserve more playing time than he does because of it. But that’s because he’s been focused on the wrong things to try and fit the offense instead of having the offense fit him. Just like Andre. Andre is an example of Hurley not investing in actually seeing what works for a guy until they are a main player. We spent 2 and a half years trying to make him a spot up shooter. It took until things were falling apart to teach him how to attack the basket when that should’ve been taught to him immediately. Grabbing onto a second rounder as a shining example of development seems far more promotional than authentic seeing the very big flaws in his game despite him being well known for his great attitude and work ethic. [/QUOTE]

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