Improvements Needed and Reasonable/Unreasonable Expectations

[intlzncster]

I think this is an important point, and it relates not only to PT but to development as well. Competition, within the team, in practice, matters.

Hilton Armstrong went from an unheralded recruit to a lottery pick in 4 years. You can credit coaching, but a lot of it has to do with the fact that he spent his first 3 years practicing against Emeka Okafor, Charlie Villenueva, and Josh Boone.

Amida Brimah has spent his first 3 years looking like Wilt Chamberlain in practice in comparison to Tyler Olander, Phil Nolan, and Kentan Facey. He's not getting pushed in practice by his teammates.

Development begets development among bigs. This is part of the concern that Enoch may have trouble reaching his potential. Hopefully we start bringing in some bona fide studs who can accelerate that process.

Better big man coaching is needed, but the players themselves -- with sufficient BBIQ, toughness, and skill -- can help each other as well.

Also, just to emphasize a concurrent point, while having good players to practice against is huge, it's also having developmental guys with high ceilings. Olander, Nolan, et al were never going to be great players, whether going against Emeka, Charlie or whoever.

So it's a combination of great players, good coaching, and developmental prospects with high ceilings.