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And I think that's the problem that they all have played to a certain level where they'll have like two games where it's like, oh, really see it in that game.
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But then they'll have 10 where it's like, I don't fucking know.
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And also like with Traore and Seraph and and with Yegor, they're obviously playing similar styles.
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I don't know if Seraph is really like a go to primary ball handler.
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It seems like he's more of a two wing type, especially if he can get the shooting to go.
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So like they could play together, but a lot of times like they're stepping on each other.
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But now like Jaeger is hurt.
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And so long story short, I almost want to put all three of those guys at like two A, B and C. Whereas I think Danny Wolf has been the best of them.
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But ultimately, I don't like him long term is like for the future.
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And so I don't know which is the problem.
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I think at a certain point this season, you would expect to at least have like an idea of where the runway is, right?
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Do you feel like you know that with any of these guys, Rob?
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The advantage, I guess, of the model that they took with the draft, if there is a consistent theory there, is that these guys are on the younger side of draft picks.
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And so they're all on the age 19 season.
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I think Yegor just turned 20.
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Seraf is about to turn 20.
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Traore is super young.
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And so maybe they thought, because they don't have the draft pick next year, we'll just take longer-term projects and slowly start to build them.
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Obviously, teams love to get their hands on these guys earlier as opposed to later.
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And so compared to a Queen, for instance, it didn't surprise me that those guys are a little bit farther behind.