Is White Magic leaving? There's too much news about this player, and he's always unhappy. People like this can't stay. It's better to send him away so that no one suffers. Before the draft, didn't his coach say something bad about him? At that time, everyone thought, where could there be such a coach who speaks ill of his own players?
Now everyone should understand that no coach can teach him. He's not a big name, so how could Udoka's character accommodate him? The next step is to see what White Magic can be traded for, whether it's the first round, second round, or nothing. Why did I suddenly think of the scene when Little Porter was abandoned by his mother team?
The Rockets thought they had found a treasure, but as we all know now, Amon is really good. He listens to whatever position he's told to play and does whatever work is assigned without complaining. He has accumulated bit by bit through hard training and has now become an indispensable role. Status is earned on the court, and White Magic's offense is indeed good, but in the Rockets, it's really over. If he leaves, it will also make room for Little Xie to come back and level up.
White Magic has a tendency to be a troublemaker. After playing well in one game, he thinks he's great and that the whole team should revolve around him and set special tactics for him. His positioning is inaccurate; he hasn't fully grasped his role (as you can see from the games, whenever he comes off the bench, 80% of the time he dribbles and attacks himself, unwilling or unable to lead the bench lineup).
In summary, White Magic has the body but no brain; strength but not super; personality but no control; ideas but no communication; temper but no correct release. He is a rough player with offense but no strategy; passion but no defense. Personally, I think either he won't make it, or even if he's traded to another team, if he doesn't control himself, keep a low profile, and start over with a new attitude, he still won't make it. He's arrogant and doesn't have absolute strength. Even if he does make it, he'll still be a troublemaker, and most coaches probably won't like him.
The temple is too small to hold your greatness; personality is hard to change. If a rookie is already a troublemaker, it will be even harder to control them later. While he still has potential, it's better to package him and trade for some immediate combat power. After all, we can't cultivate so many people anyway. It's better to part well?
Whitmore has no problem with his physical talent and skills, but his mentality and character are too proud. He unfollowed the team before the season and expressed dissatisfaction with his playing time in the first few games.
The main issue is that he has a history. He also had a falling out with his coach and teammates at Villanova University, which led to his college coach Kyle Neptune saying bad things about him during the draft and not recommending NBA teams to pick him. This caused his draft position to drop, and he was picked up by our team at No. 20.
When White Magic didn't get playing time, I really felt sorry for him. He should have been a gem with explosive scoring ability, but if he keeps this personality, look at what happened to Little Porter of our team, Mirotic and Portis of the Bulls, and Butler of the Timberwolves/Heat. People who disrupt the team atmosphere and locker room atmosphere should find it hard to stay.
Giving time to Sheppard, then he plays cautiously, then Sheppard runs out of time and goes to the Development League... Sheppard is not adapting to the intensity, but he's not playing recklessly. In fact, the average playing time given is not much, unfortunately, he's not adapting to the intensity.
Old Three Ho came up and started throwing bangs, wanting stats. Look at Udoka directly not letting him play for several consecutive games. Later, he tried a few more times, coming up and biting, with no other thoughts. Well, he took some of Sheppard's time. It's just a matter of who is more tolerant; White Magic's draft position isn't that high, his style is flashy, but he's just a finisher. Defense and attitude are more important to Udoka, especially at the beginning of the season, what was he doing? Just holding the ball and ramming into people without caring about anything else?
Wudoka's tolerance is indeed not that high, but do you say it's unfair? Green and Shenjing got big contracts but performed poorly and were still benched. White Magic has been given plenty of opportunities, which is considered recognition, but in Udoka's system, he can't handle the ball; he's just a finisher. He's behind Amon and Ethan.