Cavatt
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Oh... you're still hoping Sexton will develop as a primary ball handler/distributor? I didn't know we were restarting this.
I don't believe it's just Garland who's aggressiveness/assertiveness will increase while not having to cover for the mental lapses and score first minded approach that Collin still has, I believe Okoro will as well. I love that Collin is trying to recalculate his approach to be more inclusive to the other players on the floor with him and not just using the other 4 players to get better shots, but I don't believe the kind of feel and understanding of how to do this for the other four players on the floor both offensively and defensively that both Rubio and Garland (while not physically strong enough yet to do it at defensively Rubio's level) possess is something you can develop. I believe you have it or your dont and that it's innate. Nash, CP3, Kidd, Strickland, Mark Jackson... Garland possesses that as a IQ trait in the same way Mobley has a defensive patience and positional spacing awareness that premiere defenders like Rodman & KG had and offensive awareness and passing IQ that bigs like Daugherty, Sabonis, Webber had, and Okoro has a spacing, angles and awareness of how to use his strength and physicality when it comes to guarding smaller perimeter guys that guys like Bowen, Tony Allen, Jrue Holiday, Nate McMillan and Gary Payton had innately.
Collin has a scoring mindset, and he's goddamn good at it and it's innate and should be harnessed so that he plays with it under control but not reprogrammed to be something entirely different from what he naturally is or innately does just like those guys above with their innate skills/abilities.
Whether he was pitted against Garland or some other PG, Collin Sexton would still be at a disadvantage on any team with any roster where he was being asked to do or be something he's not wired to do. Full Stop on that, please adjust your expectations and hopes to accept this Tip. (I mean this sincerely)
Instead, my hope is that Rubio continues mentoring Sexton on how to play a balanced floor game as a SG who does not step on his PG's toes (I'm watching him do this LITERALLY nightly and I love it), and Rubio continues mentoring Garland and schooling him in practice on how best to keep the ball moving and create opportunities for others without pounding the ball and looking for "perfect assist to basket" opportunities.
I don't believe Rubio should impact what we do long term with either Collin or Darius, as that would be very short sighted.
And I also dont believe we're still debating the best course for how to maximize these players innate abilities and skillsets moving forward.
Neither Darius or Collin is the future offensive engine of this team. Mobley is, and you can run the offense through Mobley with Sexton.