It's kinda funny that people are using the "he hasn't shown much" line to argue that montero should be cut. You realize he's a project right? He doesn't even play in games. There's no way you can sit there and honestly come to a conclusion on the guy based off of 10 minutes of play. Be real. That's not how projects work. I can guarantee the teams decision won't be based off of what he did in the limited time he got in summer league and preseason. The decision is much bigger than that. It's does this guy have the mental and physical ability to learn and improve, and develop into a player that can actually stick? Only and literally only the coaching staff can know that answer.
You really think the reason people think he has potential is because of his body? Tons of basketball players have that body type.. That's definitely not it. And what makes you think Perry Jones has more potential? He hasn't shown much of anything in his three years in the league, is older than Montero, and got cut for a reason. I really don't get why you're so deadset against Montero.
We are talking about a guy that only played community college basketball, is 22, and would be laughed off the court. Perry Jones had a game last year where he scored 32 points, got a block, seven rebounds and a few assists. He also got to the free throw line, hit threes and ended up shooting almost 60% from fg range. Luis Montero will never in his wildest dreams have a game that comes close to thatin the nba. Quit dreaming.
I'll add that Perry Jones just turned 24, and had that game last year as a freshly turned 23 year old. I'd be willing to bet Montero wouldnt post a game like that in the next year.
Dude you need to relax a bit... We're talking about the 15th spot on a bad team. PJ3 has a career PER of 8.5, even his career Per 36 numbers are only 10.5 pts and 5.1 reb... And he had 2 years of College ball and has had 3 years of NBA coaching, and he's about to get cut. Personally I'm not jumping up and down about the prospect of picking up 4th year guys who can't make the cut after camp. It's not like they have much left to prove, and they have been given a chance to prove it.
Buahahahahah relax? I'm perfectly fine. Thanks for the concern though. Nice to see Montero is everyones prized piece this year.
How do you know he won't play at all for his career? Look at many players in the league that a lot didn't know about and/or thought they would not even get playing time in their careers and end up actually having a good career.
Montero in a way reminds me of when we brought Outlaw in. Nobody knew who he was, everyone thought he was brainless and sucked and wanted no part of him staying on the team. Then he turned out OK for us. Thats what we should hope Montero or Alexander develop into, a backup.
Maybe not exactly apples to oranges but......Billy Ray Bates comes to mind....though his "great" career was a short one.....
Dude RELAX. There have been tons of players drafted in the first round who made great improvements in their 4th year. I can't think of any 22 year old who was average in junior college contributing in the NBA.
Well yeah except Outlaw could jump over 40", touch the top of the backboard and was 18 years old out of high school. Other than that their similar.....?
Nobody here is really acting like Montero is a "prized piece".. We think he's an intriguing 15th man. For some reason you're just overreacting to people saying he has potential to get better and you think you know that he's absolute garbage and will never be any good after only seeing him play limited minutes in summer league and preseason.
That is exactly the point. If he was showing ANY potential in practice, don't you think that Stotts would at least throw him out there for 5-10 minutes in a pre-season game? He can practice & scrimmage all he wants, but game time is different. Even to have a few minutes of that experience is very valuable when you are as raw as Montero. I fully understand why people want to keep him and why they view him as a "project". I don't think there is anyone who disagrees with that idea. Most of the people who think Montero will be cut just believe there are better "Projects" out there to invest in.
I wish we'd have asked Mike Rice at the Meet & Greet for his take on Montero. It would have been interesting and we might have learned something. Damn it Sly! It's all your fault.
