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Was with you on all of this until the bolded part.
Yall keep saying that it is ridiculous to compare Russell to Curry, but yall forget that it would have been ridiculous to compare 2009 Steph Curry to 2015 Steph Curry. You would have been laughed at and called crazy or a troll.
Russell is a better prospect than Steph was. Simple as that. Prospect to prospect, Russell wins. I am not saying that he will become what Curry has, because those are absurd expectations to place on him, but there is no reason to think that it is impossible for him to have that kind of ceiling.
I agree with what you are trying to get at. And again I would never say that I "expect" DLo to become Steph Curry. Those would just be unreal expectations.Was with you on all of this until the bolded part.
Unless he's a Blake Griffin, or Carmelo, or Tim Duncan or Shaq coming out of college, (which he isn't) then by all means there are plenty of reasons to think that someone becoming a franchise player, the greatest shooter in NBA history, NBA MVP and NBA Champion is pretty close to impossible.
It obviously happens, but it's one of those things where when it happens, it happens. But the idea of projecting someone to be the greatest shooter ever and a league mvp is pretty close to impossible for so many reasons. So by that rubric, a steph curry ceiling is pretty close to impossible for DLo to achieve.
hoping wherever my dude Stanimal lands, he flourishes
Who was the last rookie to torch summer league but ended up being a bust?
I guess what I'm saying is that, in theory, you are correct. DLo could be an NBA MVP. Steph, Harden, Westbrook, it would have been unrealistic for them to become a MVP / MVP Candidate. So while it's unrealistic to EXPECT that, it could happen. Which is true.I agree with what you are trying to get at. And again I would never say that I "expect" DLo to become Steph Curry. Those would just be unreal expectations.
Russell will never be Steph Curry. Only Steph Curry can be Steph Curry. Expecting him to even reach that level would be a lot to ask. But your logic is flawed. DLo could absolutely have that kind of ceiling despite not being a Blake, Melo, Duncan etc.
Its not just Steph, look at the top 3 MVP candidates from this season. Steph, Harden, and Westbrook. Russell now is considered a better draft prospect than any of those 3 players were at the time of their drafts. So while it might be unrealistic to EXPECT Russell to become that kind of player, he absolutely has the ceiling to do so IMO.
Depends on the fit and how hard he works, but the potential to get to that upper tier level is there. Then maybe in a couple of years we'll be talking about how unrealistic it is to expect the next guy to be Russell. Then we rinse, wash, and repeat. Sure there will always be busts along the way and players who seem to come from nowhere. But that is how this whole process works. It's unpredictable.
hoping wherever my dude Stanimal lands, he flourishes
The hell with him, all those Zona dudes been funny style since my boy Salim left.
I will try to root for Alonzo Trier
How do u know him?
562he is a friend of a friend.
followed him closely as his HS is rivals with my alma mater (LB Poly)
Reminds me of the many times I watched Kemba torch my school when he was at Rice.How do u know him?
he is a friend of a friend.
followed him closely as his HS is rivals with my alma mater (LB Poly)
he is a friend of a friend.
followed him closely as his HS is rivals with my alma mater (LB Poly)
Reminds me of the many times I watched Kemba torch my school when he was at Rice.
Who is the friend? U must know The Don then?
And lol at MD being rivals with Poly, idk about any of that. Ya'll only match up in CIF.
Kemba
yea well the one year in '13, I think they played again a few years before too. but it's socal man, and I feel like everyone hates us
I don't know The Don? PM'd...maybe we know each other?