Right now, the idea for the Kings with regards to Marvin Bagley is for him to get the ball, and for him to try and score that ball. The thinking, presumably, is that if Bagley is going to have any great value in the NBA, it’s going to be for his scoring. So why not force-feed him the ball in one-on-one situations and see what he can do? High draft picks don’t become great players by passing the ball once it’s passed to them. At least high draft picks who are bigs don’t.
To illustrate: right now, Bagley has a grand total of SIX assists on the season. If you forget that he’s been injured for most of the season, that’s an absurdly low total. If you consider that he’s only played in 9 games, it’s still a pretty low total, but not unheard of for a young, somewhat raw big. There’s a few players sporting a lower assist percentage, players like Mitchell Robinson (although hopefully Bagley aspires to be more than just a Mitchell Robinson) or Duncan Robinson (now we’re talking) or Dwight Howard (I say “heck”, you say “yes”).
Apparently he re-injured himself at some point during this game, because he limped off to the locker room never to be seen again while the Kings and Timberwolves competed with each other to see who could lose the game. It took two overtimes, but the Kings “won” that battle in what had to be the sloppiest mess of a game I’ve ever seen. Would Bagley have helped the situation? Probably, on account of how hard everyone was bricking.