Lets not get to excited as that was not exactly the Hornets best line up and the sets lookes like summerleague.
Dia and Pacome are super young and if we can keep them while contending would be great. Dia does have that raw Siakim look and we all know Pascal looked a bit wild unil the fundamentals kicked in. Dadiet I hve no real comment on other than he not ready for prime time but can't put a distance to how close he is.
Kolet has constantly looked like Deuce did until something clicked and his shot dropped. He looks comfortable at NBA pace with passing and not rushing things. He sees the game ok. That shot is the issue? Perhaps Deuce has given us a templet to consider as he could do it all in the Gleague, but not shoot at the pro level.
Knicks will make the best choice for the moment and we get to second guess it based on results.
Neither are ready, but hard not to think Diawara looks more able to contribute to an NBA game than Dadiet. Diawara to me looks like a bigger Ariza (as a rookie). No refined skills, but a really nice motor and natural physical abilities creating some disruption. Dadiet I hoped would have more consistency/confidence in his shot, but its not really there yet. He's still young, but he seems to lack confidence/consistency or the just ability to put together his raw materials in a way that makes sense. I think you have to be careful to just salary dump him, but he doesn't appear to be a risk to do anything valuable this year.
Dadiet has not shown anything he might be particularly good at. I understand that he is young, but you gotta see some budding future special talents in young players if they are to belong to the league. Even Frank, with all his shortcomings, had the long wingspan and the cerebral defense that held out hope. I see nothing special about Dadiet. Looks like a waste of a first-rounder. If we effectively traded five Dadiets for one Bridges, I say we got a steal.
