Nobody likes to waste potential, especially NBA GMs. At the same time, to make good on potential, everyone needs the right opportunity.
Let’s suppose you’re a talented painter, but for whatever reason, you’re a poor drawer. You may accept a position drawing for a living – it’s close enough to painting, and surely you can learn, right?
Perhaps. At the same time, perhaps you were always a painter. Trying to draw won’t be a good way for you to maximize your potential. It was the wrong opportunity.
NBA players need the right opportunity as well. Whether Ben Simmons has ever had it is a matter of debate.
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With that said, if the early season is any indication, he’s not finding it on the Brooklyn Nets.
Could he maximize his potential on the San Antonio Spurs?