My mea culpa to DOK/What is the dumbest thing you've ever said on the forum?

[pauls931]

I'll top my past ones right here...

I think KoolAid_Man is TimVp AKA SpursDynasty.

Notice that someone who's family he insulted created a thread pointing out dumb things he said like he did for the Suns... Gets locked after 3 replies...

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

I'll only be upset if they don't replace him with a high-caliber player. At this point I would prefer Boozer over Amare--at least he rebounds in the playoffs. Perhaps a sign-and-trade could be worked out.

Carlos Loozer, I don't want a sub-human pathetic existence playing PF for the Suns.

[Brazil]

too many things to be listed

[21_Blessings]

At least Boozer rebounds

[mogrovejo]

Wrong predictions isn't necessarily the same of saying dumb things.

I didn't see Marcus Williams (the point-forward, the UConn guard I never got the appeal) in college, but I liked his game in the D-League and SL and I thought he could be a rotational player in the NBA. I still think that.

Believing he could be a top-5 guard in the league was dumb because he never showed the high-level talents for that - he'd need to be freakishly athletic, which he's far from being. However, as a rotational player, a quality backup, a scoring role-player, why not?

Sometimes, players blossom or bust in the NBA due to things out of their control - the team they're in or simply the lack of opportunities. And not every guy is fortunate enough to be a Bill Laimbeer, a Ben Wallace, a Stephen Jackson, a Chris Andersen. For the majority of the future NBA players, for the guys in this draft, for example, the situation+team they'll fall into this Summer will be almost decisive for their career. Some guys have such a powerful combination of talent+mental for ude that one way or the other they'll be accomplished or solid pros at the highest level. For some others, the team drafting them will be as important as the work they put on. Especially because of how important is this stage of their careers in terms of development.

But opportunity+luck is a big part of what makes a rotational NBA player.

Likewise, Carter to Orlando... it didn't work out better because Carter lost a fair deal of explosiveness turning the corner on ball-screens in just a few months. Meaning he doesn't have the same space+time to create for others or get to the rim himself off pick'n'roll situations. Which forced him to change his game a bit with devastating effects on his ability to produce consistently. But last Summer this wasn't an issue. Saying Carter would age so quickly and so badly 1 year ago would be simply a guess - a realistic one, but merely a guess.

Hedo to Toronto is another example of how the situation a player is in can change perceptions. If Triano hadn't opted to give the reigns to Calderon/Jack and to Bosh (Raptors offense was heavily centred on their PGs and on Bosh isos) but instead had used Hedo the same way SVG used him in his last season in Orlando, Hedo would have put similar or even better numbers than he did with the Magic and he wouldn't be considered such an awful signing.

[Höfner]

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