Yeah I suppose you're right. But, I do think their situations are slightly different. Point guards have more responsibilities and a tougher position to learn in the NBA and Armon definitely needs to start showing he can counter opponents scouting him pretty soon or people's snap judgments might be correct that he's doomed to suck. On the other hand Babbitt was supposedly drafted for his ability to space the floor and hit shots, something that should theoretically take less time to transfer from college to the NBA and for a team that can't seem to get any offense going on its bench, it's reasonable to infer that he's not showing much NBA ability in practices. Armon at least showed flashes of competence early on before his slump, we've yet to even see even the inkling that Babbitt can be effective when he's been on the floor.
I think Babbitt has tougher competition for minutes. He has Batum and Cunningham to contend with. Despite Batum having a tough stretch at the moment, he's one of the franchise's key players. And Cunningham has been a surprisingly solid contributor. It's reasonable that he would be racking up DNPs. Meanwhile, the team has zero options at point guard after Miller, so Johnson has to play, Hobson's choice. As to Babbitt's play when he does play, I think any rookie would be overwhelmed by NBA speed when he gets almost no time to adjust to it. Practice is practice...it's not the same as intense game speed and competition. I think Babbitt is likely to look shell-shocked for as long as his minutes are sporadic, at least for the first year or two. If you want rapid acclimatization, you have to throw him into the ocean and let him figure it out. It's reasonable that McMillan isn't doing that, his job is to try to win games and not to look out for Babbitt's development, but I don't think his DNPs or struggles in incredibly infrequent minutes indicate that his talent level sucks.
My blow up plan: First off, let's trade Batum + our 1st round pick for Aaron Brooks. He's out with an ankle injury and Kyle Lowry has been stepping up for them in the meantime (beat the Lakers tonight). Then see if you can spin Joel + New Orleans 1st round pick for Iguodala from Philly. After that, you get Brendon Haywood, who's fallen out of favor in Dallas, for Andre's contract and Rudy. The starting lineup is now: Brooks Matthews Iguodada LaMarcus Camby Bench: Roy Haywood Dante misc crap
