Quote Originally Posted by Tim View Post
The talent is there. But the issues I see with Claude are...

1. He does not have the clutch gene.
2. Every player makes mistakes, but it seems to me his are almost always the most critical, pivotal, tone-setting, or momentum changing.
3. His constant attempts at the 3 have become selfish at this point.
4. In addition to lacking consistency from one game to the next, he lacks consistency from one half to the next in the same game.
5. I have no evidence other than the eye test, but he looks lazy to me the way he plays, especially mentally.

I don't mean to pile on Claude, I'm harder on him compared to the Euros and bigs because he DOES have the talent and my expectations for him are higher than what he is delivering, but they are NOT higher than what he CAN deliver, and part of that is passion.
The guy has carried us at many points this year. I can’t imagine what this s*it-show would have looked like without him. His mistakes at crucial times— well, he is the one with the ball at crucial times. Frankly, his game this year reminds me a lot of Naji’s during his last couple years, in which he was forced to carry a bad team.

We also don’t talk enough about the fact Claude was asked to Carey the team while playing out of position. His growth may not be on a perfect trajectory, but he is the least of my worries. — Now watch, he won’t play the rest of the season, as it becomes evident he is the one in Sean‘s doghouse. :)