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That youre not as qualified as you think you are to judge NBA talent.
Shabazz with Puerto Rico National Team ahead of FIBA qualifiers.
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In this case, he's right. I do think it has a lot to do with vesting in the league and veteran minimums. Basically, he aged out. Was not good enough to be a top 10 player on an NBA team, but he's much better than the 13-16 guys on the Celtics. I'm just comparing him to Tremont Waters, for instance.
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And Teague....
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Carson Edwards and Tremont Waters are at least cheap. But Teague?!?
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Shabazz is one of my favorite players but I understand why he's not playing. A player of his stature needs to be a better shooter. He's under 40% for his career and under 35% from 3. And while a decent defender he does get abused when being backed down. Still he's had enough good games that he's proved he can come in, run an offense, and win some games.
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It’s not 2015 anymore. Teague had a better peak. But he’s extra crispy right now.
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But I’ll say that it’s also not in a vacuum. It’s about fit and I can see why Danny thought Teague was a better fit for the roster.
I also see why he liked Edwards (good shooter in college who played like he was 6-6 according to one fun metric) and waters (steals dynamo in college), but those missed too.
The NBA talent pool is not a perfect science. Some guys can totally fix their shooting strokes and change their lives completely (ie antwan Jamison, Michael redd, kawhi Leonard...even jaylen brown fits here) and others never figure it out or can’t carry it over (Edwards is a good example of the latter).