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Denzel Valentine: Get lost

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Ok, Ok, so much for welcome to Cleveland.
Nobody expects this guy to be the difference maker on a Finals team. But I can see why Koby wanted to give this guy a chance. As we know, our SF depth is questionable to say the least. The interesting FA all went elsewhere. So why Valentine?
He was probably the most highly awarded college player on our roster.
Awards: AP Player of the year
NABC Player of the year
Consensus 1st team All American
B1G Player of the year
B1G Tournament MOP
Julius Erving Award
B1G All Decade Team

Despite all that, he's been a flop as a pro.
But why is that? Lack of talent, or more like wrong place, wrong time.
Those collage awards say it's not lack of talent.
Maybe with a fresh start, a new organization, new, encouraging voices he can turn it around and be a useful player.
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Ok, Ok, so much for welcome to Cleveland.
Nobody expects this guy to be the difference maker on a Finals team. But I can see why Koby wanted to give this guy a chance. As we know, our SF depth is questionable to say the least. The interesting FA all went elsewhere. So why Valentine?
He was probably the most highly awarded college player on our roster.
Awards: AP Player of the year
NABC Player of the year
Consensus 1st team All American
B1G Player of the year
B1G Tournament MOP
Julius Erving Award
B1G All Decade Team

Despite all that, he's been a flop as a pro.
But why is that? Lack of talent, or more like wrong place, wrong time.
Those collage awards say it's not lack of talent.
Maybe with a fresh start, a new organization, new, encouraging voices he can turn it around and be a useful player.
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I'm a MSU fan. His biggest issue is he's not an NBA level athlete. Mix that with the ankle injury he had that forced him to sit out all of the 18-19 season his athletic ability is even worse now. But he's basically replacing Dotson. Dotson was very bad for us. I doubt Valentine does worse then Dotson did for us. But that's not exactly a high bar. Hopefully he tries hard in practice because he shouldn't see the floor much outside of garbage time for us.
 
So was that random dude on Reddit right about a month ago?

Also Denzel sucks.
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Ok, Ok, so much for welcome to Cleveland.
Nobody expects this guy to be the difference maker on a Finals team. But I can see why Koby wanted to give this guy a chance. As we know, our SF depth is questionable to say the least. The interesting FA all went elsewhere. So why Valentine?
He was probably the most highly awarded college player on our roster.
Awards: AP Player of the year
NABC Player of the year
Consensus 1st team All American
B1G Player of the year
B1G Tournament MOP
Julius Erving Award
B1G All Decade Team

Despite all that, he's been a flop as a pro.
But why is that? Lack of talent, or more like wrong place, wrong time.
Those collage awards say it's not lack of talent.
Maybe with a fresh start, a new organization, new, encouraging voices he can turn it around and be a useful player.
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Denzel Valentine isn't a SF, though...
 
adam81king said:
Denzel Valentine isn't a SF, though...
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Per NBA reference he has played 70% of his career minutes at SF. Including 94% of his minutes in 17-18 the only season he looked like an NBA player.
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Ok, Ok, so much for welcome to Cleveland.
Nobody expects this guy to be the difference maker on a Finals team. But I can see why Koby wanted to give this guy a chance. As we know, our SF depth is questionable to say the least. The interesting FA all went elsewhere. So why Valentine?
He was probably the most highly awarded college player on our roster.
Awards: AP Player of the year
NABC Player of the year
Consensus 1st team All American
B1G Player of the year
B1G Tournament MOP
Julius Erving Award
B1G All Decade Team

Despite all that, he's been a flop as a pro.
But why is that? Lack of talent, or more like wrong place, wrong time.
Those collage awards say it's not lack of talent.
Maybe with a fresh start, a new organization, new, encouraging voices he can turn it around and be a useful player.
Click to expand...
I just don’t understand why we are giving MORE guaranteed $$ to more pint-sized guys. Why not just use G-Leaguers for these roster spots? Shouldn’t we maximize flexibility? And we STILL have only about 2-3 6’6”-6’10” wings on the team, none of whom should be starting for an NBA team.
 
Dr No said:
The summer’s theme - “You were a high draft pick that your drafting team gave up on after seeing you every day for years? We’ll take you and give you a multi year deal.”
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We signed 2 former high draft picks. Both were drafted by Bulls. Markkanen got a real deal. Valentine got a deal that is easy to cut. This just means the Cavaliers don't believe in what ever the Bulls coaching staff has been doing these past couple of seasons.
 
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