[RUDEBOY_Participant]

2013 Number 1 Overall pick Anthony Bennett says he thinks going down to the D-League would be a good thing…Bennett cited fellow rookie Minnesota’s Shabazz Muhammed’s success as inspiration..Bennett is pace to have the worst ever rookie season for a top pick averaging a mere 2 pts/2 rbs/27%fg/58fg..His per is 1.1-10.1 lower then Kwame Brown,a player considered among the biggest busts in league history..

_ While Bennett feels a stint in the D-League will help him get into shape and regain his confidence..Head coach Mike Brown doesn’t share those feelings..Brown believes Bennett will benefit more by remaining with the Cavs to get a true feel of the league and said there are minutes for Bennett.

Some observers say the reason why the Cavs havent already sent him down is becuz he would be the 1st overall pick to be sent down…And the Cavs dont won’t to admit they they made another bad draft selection for the 3rd year in a row..The selecting Kryie Irving was a no-brainer,Irving is a 2 Time All Star ,but felt there were better players available when the Cavs decided to select Tristan Thompson,Dion Waiters and Bennett…

 

Anthony Bennett open to NBA Development League trip http://sbn.to/1j94m33 via @sbnation

[Tongue-Out-Like-23Participant]

So basically, Chris Grant and Dan Gilbert have let their pride get in the way of this kid’s success.

Let him go to the D-League, it’s what it’s there for!  There’s no shame in wanting to improve at any cost, even if it means going to 2nd division.

[Tongue-Out-Like-23Participant]

So basically, Chris Grant and Dan Gilbert have let their pride get in the way of this kid’s success.

Let him go to the D-League, it’s what it’s there for!  There’s no shame in wanting to improve at any cost, even if it means going to 2nd division.

[Jester87Participant]

Please stop this Kyrie Irving was a no brainer-crap. This website had articles suggesting Derrick Williams as the best choice with the first overall pick and many believed Williams, Kanter, Valanciunas were all better prospect than Irving in the long term. I still remember many articles pointing out how Kyrie wasn’t an outstanding athlete and labeling him as a low ceiling prospect. Too many captain hindsights in this world, especially when it comes to nba draft.

[Jester87Participant]

Please stop this Kyrie Irving was a no brainer-crap. This website had articles suggesting Derrick Williams as the best choice with the first overall pick and many believed Williams, Kanter, Valanciunas were all better prospect than Irving in the long term. I still remember many articles pointing out how Kyrie wasn’t an outstanding athlete and labeling him as a low ceiling prospect. Too many captain hindsights in this world, especially when it comes to nba draft.

[i’m jus so offendedParticipant]

 Yeah you’re one of em. Kyrie was not sure fire. He played like 10 games in college. Derrick Williams dominated Duke in the tourney.

[i’m jus so offendedParticipant]

 Yeah you’re one of em. Kyrie was not sure fire. He played like 10 games in college. Derrick Williams dominated Duke in the tourney.

[KDThunder35Participant]

 Kyrie Irving was a no-brainer pick.  If you watched any of his game’s while at Duke it was pretty apparent, even when he missed 2/3 of the season.  Coming in as a freshman Coach K said that he didn’t want to make ANY adjustments to Kyries game at all, and he was just going to let him play because his style was so effective.  He made Mason Plumlee look like a lottery lock through the first 9 games of the year, without Kyrie, Mason dropped to late second round on almost all mock drafts.  Lastly, after missing close to 20 games, Kyrie comes back in the tourney and drops 28 on Arizona (in a losing effort) while not being in game shape.

Derrick Williams was getting hyped big time by this site for the #1 pick.  He was having a beastly season and winning a lot of games for Arizona.  However, DWill is the worst kind of tweener you can be in the NBA, between a 3 and a 4.  He looked great against college big men because he was quicker and just as strong, if not, stronger than them.  In the NBA everyone is quicker, stronger and longer, and that mitigates a lot of Derrick Williams strengths.  

This is the one pick the Cavs got right in the past couple years.

 

 

 

 

 

[KDThunder35Participant]

 Kyrie Irving was a no-brainer pick.  If you watched any of his game’s while at Duke it was pretty apparent, even when he missed 2/3 of the season.  Coming in as a freshman Coach K said that he didn’t want to make ANY adjustments to Kyries game at all, and he was just going to let him play because his style was so effective.  He made Mason Plumlee look like a lottery lock through the first 9 games of the year, without Kyrie, Mason dropped to late second round on almost all mock drafts.  Lastly, after missing close to 20 games, Kyrie comes back in the tourney and drops 28 on Arizona (in a losing effort) while not being in game shape.

Derrick Williams was getting hyped big time by this site for the #1 pick.  He was having a beastly season and winning a lot of games for Arizona.  However, DWill is the worst kind of tweener you can be in the NBA, between a 3 and a 4.  He looked great against college big men because he was quicker and just as strong, if not, stronger than them.  In the NBA everyone is quicker, stronger and longer, and that mitigates a lot of Derrick Williams strengths.  

This is the one pick the Cavs got right in the past couple years.

 

 

 

 

 

[Memphis MadnessParticipant]

 D League?  He’s already in the Eastern Conference…

[Memphis MadnessParticipant]

 D League?  He’s already in the Eastern Conference…

[DaGuywhodidurmaParticipant]

The kid just wants to play. Mike brown hasnt given him a fair chance and the FO are being arrogant Dbags. Let him build up some confidence in the dleague.

[DaGuywhodidurmaParticipant]

The kid just wants to play. Mike brown hasnt given him a fair chance and the FO are being arrogant Dbags. Let him build up some confidence in the dleague.

[TheArtistPaysthePriceParticipant]

 The real reason is because the practices, coaching and facilities in the D League are sub standard. Mike Brown’s defense is hard to learn and takes pros a year to learn let alone Bennett who is not a natural defender. He can’t learn it getting away with being more gifted than other D Leaguer’s. They also don’t want life long journeymen to be his mentors, instead of vets like Loul Deng, Jarrett Jack and hard workers like Tristan Thompson. 

How has Shabazz performed since his D League stint? Let’s see…… he scored 4 points going 2 of 7 in a combined 2 games against the Jazz in which Minny had blow out wins. He played a total 9 minutes in the NBA since he was recalled up January 13th from the D League where he averaged 24.5 and 9.8 rebounds on 57 percent shooting. Guess it doesn’t translate to NBA success or playing time at all.

Not that I’m a big Mike Brown fan at all, but he does answer questions now and doesn’t just spew coach speak. He said that Bennett can’t learn how to prepare for games and watch film in the D League as well as deal with back to back games. How can he learn the tendencies of where Dirk likes the catch the ball or which shoulder LaMarcus likes to turn over in meeting and practices if he is in the D League. He can learn and build even if he doesn’t play all that much. 

For the record I think they should play him more and let him go through the bumps and bruises. 

 

 

 

[TheArtistPaysthePriceParticipant]

 The real reason is because the practices, coaching and facilities in the D League are sub standard. Mike Brown’s defense is hard to learn and takes pros a year to learn let alone Bennett who is not a natural defender. He can’t learn it getting away with being more gifted than other D Leaguer’s. They also don’t want life long journeymen to be his mentors, instead of vets like Loul Deng, Jarrett Jack and hard workers like Tristan Thompson. 

How has Shabazz performed since his D League stint? Let’s see…… he scored 4 points going 2 of 7 in a combined 2 games against the Jazz in which Minny had blow out wins. He played a total 9 minutes in the NBA since he was recalled up January 13th from the D League where he averaged 24.5 and 9.8 rebounds on 57 percent shooting. Guess it doesn’t translate to NBA success or playing time at all.

Not that I’m a big Mike Brown fan at all, but he does answer questions now and doesn’t just spew coach speak. He said that Bennett can’t learn how to prepare for games and watch film in the D League as well as deal with back to back games. How can he learn the tendencies of where Dirk likes the catch the ball or which shoulder LaMarcus likes to turn over in meeting and practices if he is in the D League. He can learn and build even if he doesn’t play all that much. 

For the record I think they should play him more and let him go through the bumps and bruises. 

 

 

 

[kazamParticipant]

At this point the kid shouldnt be concerned about exactly where Dirk wants the ball or which shoulder lamarcus wants to turn over. If his struggles are related to learning a system than he needs to learn the system. Often D-League teams run the same system as their NBA affiliate; admitteltly I’m unsure about this in the Cav’s case. 

[kazamParticipant]

At this point the kid shouldnt be concerned about exactly where Dirk wants the ball or which shoulder lamarcus wants to turn over. If his struggles are related to learning a system than he needs to learn the system. Often D-League teams run the same system as their NBA affiliate; admitteltly I’m unsure about this in the Cav’s case. 

[[email protected]Participant]

The Canton coaching staff even spent a month in the offseason right after cavs re-hired Brown as coach to learn his system as he was installing it and on their site they have even talked about how the cavs have sent some of their 7 Assistant Coaches to Canton to make sure for Karasev, Sims, and Felix’s sake that they are running the exact same defensive system and similar offensive sets.

[[email protected]Participant]

The Canton coaching staff even spent a month in the offseason right after cavs re-hired Brown as coach to learn his system as he was installing it and on their site they have even talked about how the cavs have sent some of their 7 Assistant Coaches to Canton to make sure for Karasev, Sims, and Felix’s sake that they are running the exact same defensive system and similar offensive sets.

[thatdude44Participant]

 This is a clear case of kids just not being ready. Hes good but I think the Cavs made the situation way worst then what should’ve been. It’s good to think AB is in good sprites about things

[thatdude44Participant]

 This is a clear case of kids just not being ready. Hes good but I think the Cavs made the situation way worst then what should’ve been. It’s good to think AB is in good sprites about things

[Land of GrantParticipant]

D-League would be great for him, he’s got talent but he just needs to refine his game and get some confidence back. The organization would look a lot dumber not sending him down, IMO.

[Land of GrantParticipant]

D-League would be great for him, he’s got talent but he just needs to refine his game and get some confidence back. The organization would look a lot dumber not sending him down, IMO.

[sheltwon3Participant]

 Will we ever find out how good or bad this guy is because Mike Brown makes a lot of players look bad.Irving is having his worst year as a pro so it is not just AB that can not get his rhythm.  I think going to the D league would be a smart move.  The D league has helped a lot of young players and the whole purpose was to use it as a way to get younger player up to speed.

[r377Participant]

They have D-League for players but not for coaches…. Send Mike Brown down, he deserves it !!!!

[r377Participant]

They have D-League for players but not for coaches…. Send Mike Brown down, he deserves it !!!!

[sheltwon3Participant]

 Will we ever find out how good or bad this guy is because Mike Brown makes a lot of players look bad.Irving is having his worst year as a pro so it is not just AB that can not get his rhythm.  I think going to the D league would be a smart move.  The D league has helped a lot of young players and the whole purpose was to use it as a way to get younger player up to speed.

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