Why is Deandre Ayton so lame as a player?

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He’s leading the league in rebounding. The talent is there even if he’s softer than Omarion’s baby hair.
Look at the team he had to go to

Absolutely no expectations to win

One of the whitest/softest major cities in the country

No one on that squad is competing for minutes against him or challenging him to be great
 

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Dude from my city and I don't even rate him like that. No heart or drive and is perfectly okay just going through the motions of being an NBA big man

He's not even the biggest factor on our national team nor does he give back to the city like that. Buddy outplays him on a regular.

I always say Buddy Hield needs to make some deal with the devil so they can switch bodies. Would see a completely different player.
 

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Crazy that he says this while averaging about the same ppg/rebounds as Nurkic while missing way more games. Grayson Allen was just a throw in piece to get the deal done too.

Suns won the trade hands down :lolbron:
The Suns cant even close games with Nurkic on the floor. In both games they were down by 20 they had to bench Nurkic to get back in the game. Nurkic also plays with Booker, KD and Beal his numbers should be much better but he cant finish at the rim.
 

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The Suns cant even close games with Nurkic on the floor. In both games they were down by 20 they had to bench Nurkic to get back in the game. Nurkic also plays with Booker, KD and Beal his numbers should be much better but he cant finish at the rim.


Yes Deandre has infinitely more potential/upside than Nurk. He should be all-star caliber as a number 1 draft pick who's been to the finals but he just doesn't have that drive no matter who much he wants to call himself DominAYTON.

Nurk has his flaws struggling at the rim and guarding quicker offensive players, but he fits the offense perfectly and also had multiple clutch buckets throughout the season. More importantly, he's a better teammate and doesn't cause any locker room drama

Never fukking forget that this was Ayton at MSG in a game with no CP3 or Book :snoop:

 

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Yes Deandre has infinitely more potential/upside than Nurk. He should be all-star caliber as a number 1 draft pick who's been to the finals but he just doesn't have that drive no matter who much he wants to call himself DominAYTON.

Nurk has his flaws struggling at the rim and guarding quicker offensive players, but he fits the offense perfectly and also had multiple clutch buckets throughout the season. More importantly, he's a better teammate and doesn't cause any locker room drama

Never fukking forget that this was Ayton at MSG in a game with no CP3 or Book :snoop:


Nurkic is not a perfect fit offensively for Suns. In both games down 20 Vogel had to bench Nurkic to get back in the game. Nurkic barely finishes games. Monty and the front office caused all the drama while Ayton was in Phoenix. You haven't heard anything about Ayton being a bad teammate since he's got to Portland. He even gets fewer touches in Portland and doesn't complain.
 

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I dont get NBA players canoodling with girls like Moriah and KLeya when Raven Tracy and Pink Besos exist.
 

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Under this new CBA and his lack of production, why would teams take on his contract?
He hasn't even been bad this season. His scoring efficiency is lower because he's taking more threes. He's hitting close to 40% from 3 even though it's on low volume. Whoever wrote that tweet doesn't watch Blazer games he just box score watching. There is also no emergence of Clingan he can barely play 12 minutes a game
 
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