Simmons and Russillo have been on it for a while saying he shows no interest in being Robin to Zion's Batman.. and I withheld judgement for a while. But it feels like his defense is still terrible. Zion has at least come around from being ambivalent to giving effort there. Now he's literally paying the entire fourth just about willing is to a win, but with Brandon asked just hit some shots to help out he seems disinterested and giving little effort. I don't get it. It's not the first time. His offense has to be there every game even if it's just to create or put fouls on guys, because his defense is pretty much abhorrent.. we never should lose this game. Your stars have to at least show up and be average especially at home. Just an infuriating trend to me Brandon is showing.
I also know emotions run high after a loss and perhaps some or much of this is clouded by that, but these young guys have brought energy to the floor. When Brandon is not interested it feels he sucks the energy from the floor much like Bledsoe who normally is the culprit.
Can Ingram be part of this future? I thought so initially.