I'll give him 2 and a quarter (until Christmas this year). The Bobcats are in a different place than in Felton's first 2-3 years. We've made the playoffs, we have the same Cap as other teams. Whether that is DJ's fault or not, it is the reality of life in pro-sports. He needs to produce...NOW. With LB, my bet is before we get out of November, he's made his decision on DJ.
DJ was so promising, I remember the scrimmage at the end of training camp his rookie season in Wilmington, he nearly broke GW's ankles twice on moves to the basket. He was young carefree and just worried about playing ball. Last season, I'm not sure where his head was, that was his mulligan.
I wish him the best, but the circumstances are entirely different from when Felton was starting his 3rd season.
He's had plenty of stops, just like he's had plenty of mistakes - the same can be said for any young point guard. I'm not going to say that DJ is perfect, far from it, but to suggest that he's some complete failure of a project point guard is absurd.
Still, one bad season under a coach that clearly has some sort of issues with him AFTER he's already had one solid year... it doesn't make any sense at all to give up on the guy.
Off the top of my head, I can remember DJ absolutely working Derrick Rose in their rookie year.
DJ on 12/16
45 MIN
.375 FG
.571 3PT
13-13 FT
29 PTS
7 AST
1 TOV
1 STL
2 REB
Rose on 12/16
47 MIN
.188 FG
.000 3PT
0-0 FT
6 PTS
7 AST
3 TOV
0 STL
5 REB
There's just one example
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