While the reaction was extreme, it was warranted based on how Shakir played last year. I saw him in November as a 17yo at a U20 tournament and, when I asked him how he thought it was going after two games, he told me that he was playing so bad that he didn& #39;t deserve to be there.

When I asked the translator if that& #39;s what he really said, they had a little conversation and she said to him, "I sucked" and he turned to me and said, "I sucked" ...and he wasn& #39;t wrong! He showed every indication that he wasn& #39;t ready to compete at that level...

He didn& #39;t look confident, made a plethora of mistakes, didn& #39;t use his body to create any kind of separation, opted for easy dump ins, didn& #39;t make smart plays, etc...he looked completely out of place. So, I& #39;m not surprised by JD and Mitch& #39;s evaluation after seeing him at the WJAC.