We need to put Cedi's irrational confidence into Garland's body.
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Darius Kinnard Garland
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We need to put Cedi's irrational confidence into Garland's body.
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I'll be pissed if this dude is the PG Ben Simmons. Refuse to take a damn to save his life with a gun pointed at him. Suppose to be Curry/Paul but looking more like Ben Simmons/Ben Wallace out there. WTF.
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Ben Wallace is the obvious comp.
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To be fair,he was aggressive before the injury.
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Yeah, the "injury", then a demotion has a tendency to reduce one's confidence. I wonder what a Drummond/Garland package could bring back???
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Yeah, I'm not ready to toss him into the bushes yet. He still is better at taking 3s than Ben Simmons, lol.
TRISTAN was better at taking 3s or.... open shots in general than Ben.
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I think that's the plan. I think Bickerstaff just didn't want Garland to be exhausted coming back from injury....
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Hopefully that is the case. Guy already had iffy confidence(which is no surprise for the one and done era, it can take 3-5 years before it fully comes. Steph Curry was still in college at Garland's age.
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Slowly getting back to where he was in terms of being in a groove to start the season. Just want him to keep getting more shots up, more reps. As the minute restriction wanes, he will get more opportunities.
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Garland isn't the type of personality who's just going to step right back on the court after being out and start tossing up copious amounts of threes right away. At least, he isn't that player yet.
Do I wish he'd shoot more? Of course. But his playmaking is still extremely impressive. He wasn't exactly noted for his passing ability coming out of Vanderbilt. It was more about his shooting/scoring. He has tremendous vision and an array of passes he can unleash. The team needs that kind of a player more than it needs an irrational confidence chucker, so I will never complain about him passing up shots as he works his way back.
The thing that has driven this team more than anything is the team concept and keeping the ball hopping. Garland oozes fun when he's on the court and I really do think the other guys enjoy playing with him. Not sure that would be the case if he just started pulling up from 25-feet every third time down the floor.
He'll work his way back into form. In the meantime, I'll enjoy his little off the bounce shovel passes after dribbling through the lane and under the basket. He's starting to figure out that constant motion, Steve Nash style game.
Do I wish he'd shoot more? Of course. But his playmaking is still extremely impressive. He wasn't exactly noted for his passing ability coming out of Vanderbilt. It was more about his shooting/scoring. He has tremendous vision and an array of passes he can unleash. The team needs that kind of a player more than it needs an irrational confidence chucker, so I will never complain about him passing up shots as he works his way back.
The thing that has driven this team more than anything is the team concept and keeping the ball hopping. Garland oozes fun when he's on the court and I really do think the other guys enjoy playing with him. Not sure that would be the case if he just started pulling up from 25-feet every third time down the floor.
He'll work his way back into form. In the meantime, I'll enjoy his little off the bounce shovel passes after dribbling through the lane and under the basket. He's starting to figure out that constant motion, Steve Nash style game.
