BREAKDOWN:
DP just had the best game of his rookie year, and it came in a loss to the Wolves. 26 points (career high), 6 boards, 4 assists, 11/21 from the field, 4/8 from three. That's two straight 20 point games for the GOAT.
It's starting to look easy for him. He glides into that jumper, gets downhill, and finishes over guys right through contact. The floater's been his shot also, and his outside shot is starting to fall. Funny thing after watching the game again, Minnesota was clearly hacking at him all night and he still didn't take a single free throw. Refs were blind.
He's at 23.5 points, 4 boards, 4.5 assists, 1.5 steals, and a block a game, on 51.5% from the field and 46.7% from three. Disgustingly good. This is a future MVP.
Keeping it honest, he doesn't even have his NBA strength yet, and it hasn't mattered. Once he adds some muscle, it's going to get ugly for defenders.
If this is the start of what I think it is, the ceiling is limitless. So far, a special player with his first special game.
WILD BUT TRUE 🤯
Only FOUR teenage rookies in NBA history have recorded all three milestones in a single game:
5+ assists
3+ steals
3+ blocks
Kevin Garnett
LeBron James
Wendell Carter Jr.
Darryn Peterson
I need will hardy gone.
What is the point of taking an elite prospect at 2, and benching him for the end of game?
You want him to prove himself? Let him show it.
The flashes are there but they can’t all be put together when a guy like Hardy runs it.
Hardy on why DP didn't play the last 7 mins of the game:
"We gotta clean up execution, you know in those moments of the game you have to be able to execute the gameplan... in that moment I felt like it was better to go with Brice"
Genuinely what is this answer? 😭