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What happened to Jarace Walker and Taylor Hendricks? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by C3h6hw@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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I know it’s early in the season but I was checking up on all the rookies this year and I was surprised to see that the 8th and 9th picks both received basically no playing time. I get that the Pacers are trying to make a playoff push but it still seems odd that Jarace Walker only plays in garbage time. And Utah seems to have decided to give Keyonte George the green light instead and send Hendricks down to the G League

Ofc it’s only a month into the season and this could all change but it’s still odd to see top 10 picks getting the second round pick treatment

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[–] Silent-Frame1452@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Hendricks was hurt most of the offseason and looked really raw in the preseason. The Jazz like their rookies to earn their minutes and are deep in the frontcourt, so Hendricks is in the g league to develop and maximise his reps. When he’s ready we’ll likely see a Collins/Olynyk trade and he’ll move up. Jazz did the same with Ochai last year, and even for George and Kessler that started in the rotation, they had very limited minutes until they earned larger roles.