Q12543 wrote:SameOldNudityDrew wrote:Q12543 wrote:Drew, As Kek mentioned, Patton was called up ever so briefly a couple weeks ago but didn't get a chance to play. He was then sent back down to Iowa where he has continued to play consistent minutes. He gets around 15-19 minutes per game and he has played 11 games with them. My sense is that he is going to continue playing in Iowa for the foreseeable future.
I don't know if you have seen the back and forth Monster and I have had on various Iowa Wolves players, but I can tell you that Patton looks far from NBA-ready. He only plays limited minutes and the results are pretty mixed when he does play. In my opinion, he needs to earn more playing time in Iowa and show demonstrable improvement there before we bring him up to the big league club. He will learn more playing meaningful minutes in meaningful games in Iowa than playing minimal garbage time minutes in Minneapolis.
To me, the biggest red flag with him is his lack of motor....Yikes!
Ugh, yeah, I skimmed over your back and forth, but I wasn't sure where he was now.
My man OG hasn't exactly been ripping it up, although I love his defense, and getting a guy like him or even trading down to nab Bell, Ojeleye, or Bolden would have given us a versatile forward who could potentially take Bjelly's role but with more defense (leading to a much bigger impact on the team than basic stats can measure). We need an athletic versatile 3 and D guy who can guard multiple positions and stretch the floor without needing many shots rather than another center. It's a real crapshoot, especially after the lottery, but you might as well get a guy who fits where the league is going and what our team needs are. We all broke down how statistically impressive John Collins was in college, and Lip's arguments on that guy are persuasive, but I can see the argument against a player like that given that we already have plenty of good scoring big men who can operate down low, and Collins can't really stretch the floor and isn't known as a great defender. I'd rather have a great role player like Bell or OG (assuming they keep developing as they seem to be). But I'd rather have ANY of those guys than Patton. Just doesn't make sense to have drafted him with Towns and G. already on the roster. Sigh.
Yeah, not sure what the logic was other than Thibs playing a long game. I was fine with it simply because I wanted a rotation where we FINALLY didn't have to rely on a rookie for anything. Now I realize this particular rookie class has been really special, but we were coming off of years of having to try to integrate rookies into our rotation (Shabazz and Dieng; then Wiggins and LaVine; then KAT and Tyus; then Dunn) and they seemed to always be net minuses, even if they showed signs of promise.
IN THEORY Patton has some skills to be one of these do lots of stuff modern bigman. Will it happen? He also has a decent floor as a secondary modern big of the really good rim runner type like Capela. There are a few different directions they could have gone with that pick. I probably would have picked another guy (getting a wing makes a lot of sense) but Patton COULD end up being worth the wait. Last night Wasn't MGH best NBA game I have seen. If feels like there might actually be something there so maybe we have a young wing.