The problem with Waiters is he passes the eye test with flying colors. You see him hit some difficult mid range shots, get in the lane off the dribble, and suddenly it becomes easy to view him as a good player.
But the guy is straight up awful. Horrible shot selection, doesn't get to the free throw line, doesn't shoot the 3 especially well, settles for tons of long twos, doesn't rebound, doesn't play defense, isn't much of a passer. He's the ultimate test of "does your front office value analytics at all," because there's no way one that does sees him as anything more than a lottery ticket that might figure things out.
But the guy is straight up awful. Horrible shot selection, doesn't get to the free throw line, doesn't shoot the 3 especially well, settles for tons of long twos, doesn't rebound, doesn't play defense, isn't much of a passer. He's the ultimate test of "does your front office value analytics at all," because there's no way one that does sees him as anything more than a lottery ticket that might figure things out.