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Originally Posted by blankall
A lot of the issues with Bennett are optics around his draft pedigree and him entering the league so young.
If Bennett still hasn't put it together at 24-25, that's when it's time to say we waited too long.
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At this point, optics of draft pedigree and draft position shouldn't even matter. It's been 4years since he's been drafted, there have been more than enough future stars who have been drafted during those 4 years. I love it when coaches reiterate at training camp that they don't discriminate against top draft picks/college -FA's/camp invitees etc, Bennett shouldn't get a pass because of his 4th OA status.
"We waited 7years for our 4th OA pick to put it together but it didn't work out, oh well" is exactly what we god damn want to avoid. I don't want Tre to wait until Bennett is 24/25 before he makes a decision on him. By the time that happens he'll have lost every ounce of trade value that he has while not adding any significant value to this team.
I could care less about upside risk if he can be packaged for someone like ROR but the downside risk increases every single day that he doesn't get better.