MickZagger
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Shit. Not saying I said it first, but I said it a few days back, and have seen that comp a bunch of times since.
Samesies.
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Shit. Not saying I said it first, but I said it a few days back, and have seen that comp a bunch of times since.
Samesies.
I won't remember Roy as a scorer, I'll remember him as the best player in the league to have the ball in his hands with the game on the line on the last play.
Until he does that a few times he's "just" Derrick Rose.
I can let Ed O. defend himself, but teams that are rebuilding are looking for "upside" players, and they are the younger ones.
I agree with it as a generalization, but it's totally useless as a blanket statement applied to individuals, which is what Ed O. always ends up doing. Guys like Roy, Wade, and Battier (just a few off the top of my head) are way more valuable to rebuilding or established teams than the majority of young "upside" players.
college stats have to be taken with a grain of salt anyways, didnt nolan average like 20ppg at duke?
to answer the OP's original question - the war has been won, he looks very good, total justifying his pick at #6 and will he be the PGOTF and at the least a very solid PG in the NBA. The battles to be fought will be how good he can, lets enjoy the "LILLARD YEARS"
Yep. As a 22 year-old senior.
Ed O.
So... cherry-picking three great examples is a valid comparison against "the majority" of younger players?
The FACT is that if two players are equally capable in college and one is 18 and the other is 21, the 18 year-old is the superior prospect barring something else overriding it.
And another FACT is that if two players are dominating in college and one is at a big school and the other is at a small one, the big school kid is usually the superior prospect.
Put those two things together (old, small-school) and you have to be a truly special player to be a better prospect than those circumstances usually dictate.
I will definitely be wrong on some players... but who isn't?
I seriously love S2. We're so weird and dysfunctional and entertaining.
So make a sticky thread so that everybody can choose side NOW and not later. We can all go back and look at which posters wanted him and who didn't. When he is an all star in 3 years or when he's out of the league in 3 years, we will be able to know who was right and wrong. Wish we had done this with Greg.
Damn...... why don't more people listen to the HCP?
Damn...... why don't more people listen to the HCP?
I'm sure Ed O loves seeing this thread being bumped.
I'm sure Ed O loves seeing this thread being bumped.
If I know Ed, he's way happier that Lillard is good than he is embarrassed by his opinion. He's results-oriented.
Im not a lillard fan, but the guy can shoot wayyy better than Russell. I think that's extremely important for a PG that plays with a star big man. Westbrook plays with a star wing so he doesnt have to be the greatest shooter.