Killan Hayes has requested a trade from the Detroit Pistons (Edit: Brooklyn waives Killan Hayes)

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Heard there is interest from the Shangai Sharks

Shangai Sharks response to Killian Hayes trade request to leave the Pistons:

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I remember start of his 3rd season people were saying “he hasn’t played 82 games yet! Still a rookie! He’s college age!” When people set low standards for these young men and they don’t even meet that and then give excuses, it hurts everyone involved. It never should have gotten to year 4. Weaver wasted everyone time

Obviously bad players can be easily sussed out from early but you have to give young players 4-5 years especially those aged 18-19. By year 4-5 they would of pretty much experienced everything within the game and it easier to gage what kind of player they are going to be moving forward. That's when they should be entering their physical peak years between 23-28.

Seen plenty of players start out hot for the first couple of seasons and then implode afterwards. Seen late developers who either struggle with the physicality early on and then get use to it once theyve physically matured. Or in some cases its growing pains some players go thru and it takes till 23/24 to be right.

Also seen coaches destroy younger players when they give them continuous limited minutes and prefer to play the elder more established players because they don't trust youth even when the team isn't really going anywhere. Some teams just have a shyt culture and it brings people down. Especially when you're playing for a team that is losing all the time. That can kill a young players mentally quick. Not many people wants to play for a loser even if you are getting paid millions takes it toll.

Some players who physically tick all the boxes great don't adapt mentally to the intensity required to play at the highest level for a sustained period. And some players are just outright shyt.
 

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My biggest thing about players who can’t shoot is do they put in work during the summer? Your job is to play basketball.

The average 40 hour a week American works 2K hours a year. As a ball player you start training camp in October and done playing by May unless you make the playoffs. That’s 8 months of travel, practice, recovery, shoots rounds and games. What are you doing for 4 months out the year?
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You are making 4-6M a year. Tell me you can’t pay a trainer and a few ex players some racks to help your broken shot, shot selection, getting to the rim, and finishing.
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No excuses. They dudes play video games and smashing IG models. Throwing away their opportunity to play 6-10 years, making Ms, creating generational wealth.
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No excuse if you work and put in effort into your craft.
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That's not the issue. It's mental with a lot of them. If you've ever hooped with a pro player or even with D1 athlete, pretty much down to the center they can shoot the fukking lights out when notin a game time setting. It's the pressure of performing in front of the crowd with real shyt on the line that separates a lot of these guys. That's why you saw so many players going crazy during quarantine ball. That pressure was lifted.
 
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