The Official NBA Season Thread: I’m like Jayson Tatum in the Olympics I'm not playing

[pmatic]

I still think he's an elite one. He just looks lost out there idk.

Nah, he's a good athlete with a strong frame but not elite level. Doesn't have Ja's explosiveness or Fox's speed.

He looks like Mudiay 2.0 so far.

 

[osh kosh bosh]

He looks like Mudiay 2.0 so far.

this is the comp I had for him after seeing him last year.

another guy who was billed as athletic and got to the league and looked regular.

plus he doesn't have the skills to fall back on, he's just an above average athlete he can't shoot or dribble.

 

[addict4sneakers]

He’s going to need to get that skill level up but I don’t think he’s cooked because he isn’t an elite athlete

 

[pmatic]

 

[lawdog1]

Who does he think he is?

Why a cemetery though? That’s just weird.

 

[HIM]

Shams really did a number on Woj. Starting to feel for that dude. You can tell he didn't want to retire

 

[lawdog1]

Nah, he's a good athlete with a strong frame but not elite level. Doesn't have Ja's explosiveness or Fox's speed.

He looks like Mudiay 2.0 so far.

Right. The compared him to Westbrook on the Clippers broadcast last night and I was thinking that I don’t see Scoot in that tier of athlete.

 

[frshstunna]

Also, in a similar vein, I don't see Dwight Howard getting his jersey retired in Orlando, even thought it should be. He had the greatest career of any Magic player (while playing for them), and it's not like Shaq left on good terms either, yet he got his jersey retired.

Dwight will get recognized by the Magic but it’ll take a while …The jersey retirement gon be like when he 62

 

[frshstunna]

Haven’t watched much of scoot, but it hasn’t been pretty when I did.

It’s that bad already? What’s he missing other than jump shot/feel?

Either Injuries or his burst/athleticism was overrated…He supposed to be the a super athletic PG but it’s not translating to the league ….The Mudiay kinda problem

I was telling folks yo ain’t like that when they was saying the mid trio of Scoot/Simons/Sharpe was too good to bring in Herro

 

[rolaholic]

Thought he looked a little small but yea if he's good enough it doesn't matter like with a lot of elite guys in the league (Maxey, Brunson etc)

 

[moe200069]

You guys tried to compare Scoot to Wemby….

Too lazy to go back and fact check, but was probably coming from washed king at the peak of his anti-wemby agenda

 

[finessence]

You guys tried to compare Scoot to Wemby….

It was Scoot vs Miller

 

[pmatic]

Dwight will get recognized by the Magic but it’ll take a while …The jersey retirement gon be like when he 62

If the Magic can retire Shaq's, they can retire Dwight's. I remember Magic fans booing the hell outta Shaq when he returned playing for the Lakers.

 

[lawdog1]

I wonder if some of the more salacious stories about Dwight’s personal life are impacting his Magic Jersey being retired?

Or is that stuff not really known by people who don’t closely follow the NBA?

 

[akajae]

I hope the bulls retire Lonzo’s jersey when it’s all said and done.

 

[elpablo21]

I wonder if some of the more salacious stories about Dwight’s personal life are impacting his Magic Jersey being retired?

*does quick google on the Devos family*

Probably

Plus nobody seems to like Dwight even outside of that unfortunately.


Tuff

 

[pums]

The Thompsons look like elite athletes . Scoot not so much

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[earldagoat]

 

[Cashflow]

 

[had pants]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Aight Vince. That's all it takes.

 

[pmatic]

This is more embarrassing than Bronny finding his way into the league.

 

[pmatic]

 

[DCAllAfrican]