You proved my point when you agreed that everyone travels, then summed it up when you said people shoot more 3s cause its cool.... todays nba players are basically , and ive seen them play pickup and tournament games off season, astonisbingly they didnt dominate, but probably because they werent playing hard...
It's not like I'm saying they travel all of the time. It just happens occasionally to players but since it's on camera everyone puts so much emphasis on it. And yeah so what? Why not doing something you like doing if you find it cool? And exactly because they have jobs and can't risk being hurt but if someone was talking to them and they decided to play hard they dominate.
They're not . Watch old film and see how uncoordinated some of those guys look.
At Thompson being ranked in the top 20. He's the most overrated player I can remember in the 20 years I've followed the league, a glorified role player who's got the cushiest job of all time for a supposed star. On most teams, he'd be exposed as nothing more than a better offense, worse defense version of Danny Green.
Aldridge, as underwhelming as he was and as much criticism as he received, still outpaced Thompson in most significant advanced stats.
They've tried to dissuade the best players from congregating, but they can't literally stop them if they're determined enough. Even before this trend, they never had parity because it's not possible in a sport with 5 players per team playing at once, more possessions/scoring chances than any other and no goaltender/pitcher to serve as an equalizer of sorts. Superior talent is almost always going to win out.
Because he is younger, perhaps. But for one year, no. Green is a third piece, not a second.
where you rank him among second third tier wings?
Aldridge, as underwhelming as he was and as much criticism as he received, still outpaced Thompson in most significant advanced stats.
They've tried to dissuade the best players from congregating, but they can't literally stop them if they're determined enough. Even before this trend, they never had parity because it's not possible in a sport with 5 players per team playing at once, more possessions/scoring chances than any other and no goaltender/pitcher to serve as an equalizer of sorts. Superior talent is almost always going to win out.
I got
Butler
George
Hayward
Ante
Melodrama
Derozan
Klay...
dont think he is more valuable than dollar dame either.
Man Melo as a second option is a scary idea. When AI was playing like the main guy back in Denver Melo was so hard to stop.
Team USA too...
just a ridiculosy all time great Off the catch shooter and attacker. Really scared to see him in a houston uniform.
Lol melo... jesus
melo is overrated but have you seen 3 or 4 players in the last 10 years that have the combination of all-time attacking and shooting combo as melo? Hes the perfect second guy for any team.
His days with iverson when he would catch the ball of the drive..he was unstoppable because hes great shooter, mid range shooter and off the catch shooter.
Team USA is an even bigger example.
Melo thrives in that kind of a role and if he finds himself in houston hes going to have some sort or resurgency in his career.
I think Melo has now gone from formerly overrated to underrated. He has taken a beating in the media from losing so much in NYC and then Phil sabotaged his image on purpose. Sure, he's not the perfect player , not an MVP candidate an His flaws have been exposed but what he brings offensively is now completely discounted to the point a bunch of rookies who haven't played a single NBA game are ranked higher than him in these so called rankings (all hype). It's gone too far I think. Just like Lamarcus even with all his faults is now underrated if he's ranked so low.
You'd take him; so, he is a second piece even for a team like the Spurs. That shows Green is probably top 30 or 40. I don't know where ESPN put him; haven't seen the list. SI put him as 10, and that's pretty silly though.
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He's clearly bottom 2. DeRozan is right up there with Westbrook on my most unwatchable list and Thompson's 3 and (overrated) D game is obviously a cleaner fit on most teams, so I'd rather have him, but they're comparable players.
Never been a fan, but even in decline, Anthony would be ridiculous offensively on Rockets or anywhere where he could be relegated to catch and shoot stretch PF. ESPN rating him at 64 is silly and indicative of how poor their list always is.
The NBA's elevation of the 6'1" to 6'5" player was inevitably going to make lists like this leave one's head shaking.
The slot between 11 and 30 is what will hurt us. IN a league where you need 3 stars to compete at the highest level, we will need that slot filled. Or maybe two in the 30-50 area.
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