Obviously Maxey is balling right now, playing lights out.

It’s silly to play the what if game, but I caught myself thinking about this the other day. And then I thought about Nesmith. I don’t think Maxey would be Maxey if he was drafted by Boston. Not playing behind Kemba and Marcus Smart. The same is true of Desmond Bane.

Maxey has played 5942 minutes and Pritchard has played 3117 minutes. Nearly half the time in the same number of seasons. While being healthy (missed a bit of time due to an MCL but nothing serious).

Opportunity matters so much in the NBA as does experience. In fact, we’ve only seen Maxey hit this new level because Harden isn’t there. I think slipping to the 4th guard really hurt his maturation. He had to play behind White, Smart, and Brogdon last year.

Pritchard isn’t playing the best basketball of his life, but he also can’t be moved this year. I think he needs to make the most of his minutes, develop his game, continue to hit the weight room in the offseason and he could turn into a pretty decent player.

He shot .411 .412 in his first 2 seasons from 3. If he can bring that player back along with Hauser who is a .427 career shooter who is still getting better, our bench should be productive. He just needs to find his game again. It’s a long season