2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[KillerLeft]

The unplayable comment is related to this year at Washington.  When your shoot only player is hitting 31%, he is a complete negative on the court.  You can argue they should have had more patience or put him in better position to succeed, but his value on the court this year has been less than a vet min guy.

Fair enough. 

I'm not ready to say he's going to be a success here yet like some, but the way people were talking (I haven't watched him much since the bubble season, so I didn't know) made it seem like the guy could barely move. I was afraid he wouldn't be able to run around those off-ball screens, but already, in game 2, they're putting stuff like that in for him. Actions installed into the offense for the sole purpose of creating shots for Bertans, the likes of which we haven't seen here since Carlisle used to do it for Hardaway and Curry. 

Again, I don't want to get my hopes up, because the defense might really bother me after a while. But, I have to think that if the team is committed to this approach with Bertans he'll shoot the ball just fine. And, early indications are that he won't just be limping from one corner to another and waiting for the ball.