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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 2151508, member: 837"]
I would say realistically that's an answer on a case-by-case basis. So maybe your theory holds for Lydon but I'd argue Grant is getting zero opportunity to actually expand his offensive game -- the NBA simply doesn't need to help him grow that way. They turn him into a D/rebounding rotational piece and move on to the next guy.

Not saying it's wrong or that Grant was wrong for leaving (he's making good money playing hoops, for christ's sake) or even that Grant ever would have been an offensive threat at that level. Just that it's the reality.

The NBA as a source of development is very debateable, IMO -- I looked at the top 25 scorers a while back and only 4 of the top 25 had averaged less than 10 ppg their first year in the league and at least one of those, Lowry, was a PG (where skills other than scoring are valuable). Point being most successful players in the NBA are least pretty good (relative to other NBA players) from Day 1.
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