[Cole] Kleiman: “I think Scotty Pippen Jr. has proved he’s a NBA player.”

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1. You have to drop Rose. You just can’t count on his broken body. I would be okay rolling with Pippen Jr. as Ja’s backup next season.

2. The biggest surprise of the season for me. There were some inklings in summer league that Vince could be a contributor. GG obviously had potential based on his high school career. I had 0 expectations for Scottie going into his first couple of games but I’ve been pleasantly surprised by his defensive effort amongst other things. Really hope he gets some back up minutes next year and works his way into the healthy rotation.

3. He just needs to stop turning the ball over every other touch he gets. You cannot be the facilitator of the bench unit if you are turning it over 4+ times a game from sloppy passing and getting your pocket picked. His scoring is so advanced and he does get assists, his game in general is way too developed to be coughing it up that much and he didn’t show improvement there. That’s what he needs to focus on this off-season, taking care of the ball is definitely something that’s fixable, it’s not like trying to teach a big how to be a good rebounder. Tighten it up and he’s good. He’s definitely got a little microwave heater in him which we haven’t had in a long time. BC is a spark of energy but it really seems like SPJ can come off the bench and score 5 baskets for the team in a row at any given time sometimes. The two of them together hopefully develop chemistry… if spj can figure out how to throw a damn lob lol

4. Probably the Vince route, 50 games of two-way and then convert after we did all the shuffling we needed to do.