He was definitely struggling, but he’s playing with more aggressiveness/confidence and the team is committed to playing through him as a playmaker. He really excels in the top of the key PnR play that’s the bread and butter of the entire league – he’s been particularly great at the mid-range pull up/fadeaway from 12-15, which IMO has opened up the rest of his game and boosted his confidence offensively. Definitely good signs. But we need to see more effort on the boards and much better defense, but I think that’ll come as he continues to round out his offensive game.
The way this fanbase talked about and gave up on Bub was pathetic and ironic. So quick to trash the (2nd) youngest player in the 2024 class playing one of the toughest positions to adjust to, not even half way through his sophomore year and just over 100 career games. Constantly complaining about giving up DENI as if you didn’t just see it take until Year 4 for him to take the leap and show glimpses of that borderline all-star that he is today.
Wizards are finally in a spot where we can be patient with development and fans are rushing it for whatever reason. We’re in a great position with Sarr, Key, Bub, Bilal, Tre, Will and Jamir. How can you not be excited tossing a Peterson/Dybantsa/Boozer/Wilson/Brown Jr./Flemings in there too?
Very exciting time to be a Wizards fan imo
Definitely tough to see his first month/2. However, we forget how young he is, plus, I believe he had some really unfortunate personal matters around the start of the season. Getting your head off stuff like that is really tough to be focused.
Love to see him grow and look confident. Prove the doubters wrong that we shouldn’t have traded away Deni.
Yes and no
People didn’t realize just how good Bub was as a rookie. He struggled with his shot, but he led the team in passes, assists, assist points created, and had a good AST:TO ratio
Bub’s production this year hasn’t been too far off what he did last year
The difference is that Kyshawn and Alex improved so much that Bub’s lack of improvement makes him look worse than he actually is
Yes he slumped huge. I’ll admit that I’m pretty amazed at the turnaround. Still not totally sure if he’s a 3rd/Combo guard or not. Time will tell, but he’s been playing really well the last handful of games.
Not to hate but this doesn’t excuse the fact he is still a terrible defender
I think he came in with a different mindset based on what he was asked to focus on. Id bet even he would say he looked like shit on film in the beginning.
I officially apologize for comparing him to Killian Hayes.
My personal (full speculation, no facts) belief is that he was told lay of the mid range jumpers and him doing so totally blew up his entire game. It meant of he started to drive he had to go all the way, which is was not confident/capable of, and so he either did it anyway to awful results or just got off the ball immediately on the perimeter so he didn’t have to risk potentially driving. Seems like the mid range game is back on the table to some degree and it all feels more comfortable now.
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He was definitely struggling, but he’s playing with more aggressiveness/confidence and the team is committed to playing through him as a playmaker. He really excels in the top of the key PnR play that’s the bread and butter of the entire league – he’s been particularly great at the mid-range pull up/fadeaway from 12-15, which IMO has opened up the rest of his game and boosted his confidence offensively. Definitely good signs. But we need to see more effort on the boards and much better defense, but I think that’ll come as he continues to round out his offensive game.
The way this fanbase talked about and gave up on Bub was pathetic and ironic. So quick to trash the (2nd) youngest player in the 2024 class playing one of the toughest positions to adjust to, not even half way through his sophomore year and just over 100 career games. Constantly complaining about giving up DENI as if you didn’t just see it take until Year 4 for him to take the leap and show glimpses of that borderline all-star that he is today.
Wizards are finally in a spot where we can be patient with development and fans are rushing it for whatever reason. We’re in a great position with Sarr, Key, Bub, Bilal, Tre, Will and Jamir. How can you not be excited tossing a Peterson/Dybantsa/Boozer/Wilson/Brown Jr./Flemings in there too?
Very exciting time to be a Wizards fan imo
Definitely tough to see his first month/2. However, we forget how young he is, plus, I believe he had some really unfortunate personal matters around the start of the season. Getting your head off stuff like that is really tough to be focused.
Love to see him grow and look confident. Prove the doubters wrong that we shouldn’t have traded away Deni.
Yes and no
People didn’t realize just how good Bub was as a rookie. He struggled with his shot, but he led the team in passes, assists, assist points created, and had a good AST:TO ratio
Bub’s production this year hasn’t been too far off what he did last year
The difference is that Kyshawn and Alex improved so much that Bub’s lack of improvement makes him look worse than he actually is
Yes he slumped huge. I’ll admit that I’m pretty amazed at the turnaround. Still not totally sure if he’s a 3rd/Combo guard or not. Time will tell, but he’s been playing really well the last handful of games.
Not to hate but this doesn’t excuse the fact he is still a terrible defender
I think he came in with a different mindset based on what he was asked to focus on. Id bet even he would say he looked like shit on film in the beginning.
I officially apologize for comparing him to Killian Hayes.
My personal (full speculation, no facts) belief is that he was told lay of the mid range jumpers and him doing so totally blew up his entire game. It meant of he started to drive he had to go all the way, which is was not confident/capable of, and so he either did it anyway to awful results or just got off the ball immediately on the perimeter so he didn’t have to risk potentially driving. Seems like the mid range game is back on the table to some degree and it all feels more comfortable now.
It was only 20 games.