coolhandluke121 wrote:What's the point of this? Everyone loved the high upside pick, and every single regular poster here has been wrong about a lot of prospects, guaranteed. I liked Jennings at first but I turned on him very early because I thought he was dumb and soft, something that you can't tell with a high school player who spent a year on the bench overseas before being drafted. When I first turned on him people thought I was crazy because he was still regarded as a possible future superstar. I saw some things I was absolutely convinced would prevent him from living up to those expectations and I said so. I wasn't trying to be contrarian, just didn't see it the same as most people did and it's the same with Parker. I don't see why that bothers some people so much, and regardless of whether it turns out to true like it was with Jennings, a lot of people are just making asses of themselves over it for no reason, just like they did then. You disagree about Parker? Then say so, give your reasons, and see what happens. Christ.
Still have no idea why you would go to so much trouble to look up my pre-draft opinion of Jennings when that has nothing to do with the point I was making. That's just sad.
First of all, Jennings was never as talented as Parker on any level. Weak comparison. The Bogut trade wasn't even a good one so I don't understand why you're bringing that up.
You're not a special snowflake. Many were concerned over Jennings especially during his second year, and his flaws were much larger than Jabari's. Funny that you're questioning Parker's conditioning on the second night of a back to back (played 39 min the night before) and yet he still scored 23 rather effortlessly. This shouldn't even be used against him. He spent the entire off-season rehabbing his knee for crying out loud. Any rational person would assume that his conditioning wouldn't be optimal considering the circumstances. I agree that he sometimes seems clueless on defense, but it has nothing to do with his fitness level. Guess you're running out of criticisms to cling to.
First it was all about his weight and lack of athleticism. Turns out he's explosive as all hell and has a flat stomach. Can't call him fat anymore so the criticism shifted towards his jumpshot because all he could do was dunk. Once he displayed a beautiful jumper, it became all about his 3 point shooting, which he was being coached to avoid in the first place. A few crazies claimed that he was a bad fit with Giannis (sup supreme); LOL at them. "But he can't score 20 PPGZ like Wiggins". The shackles came off and he's been scoring efficiently from all over the court. I'm sure the usual suspects will always find something to criticize but they're grasping at seaweed at this point.
early this season, but for I won't forget two things from last season. Khris and Giannis'(2x) benching. Khris at the beginning, cause he was not playing defense. Giannis 2 times, one for discipline reason(training incident) and the other when Giannis had in one game at the halftime something like double figures in points, ~8 rebs and 7-8 assists. When he entered the 3rd Q he was a stat chaser and was looking awkwardly for an assist instead of scoring. I think Kidd benched him after 7-8' and didn't see the floor again that night. Respect, that was a good lesson! And you see JK now "helping" Giannis get his TD. I think it was the game against Minnesota and either his first or second TD that JK let Giannis stay on the floor and play with the reserves at garbage time only for him to get his TD.
But I choose otherwise. It's probably our last chance for a lottery pick (with the FO we have,it's more likely to trade our future #1 picks, than getting one) and Giannis will need as much time as he can get in order to rest and start sooner his individual training, cause it will be a surprise not to be in Greece in the middle of June preparing for the pre-olympics.
