TheNetsFan wrote:Prokorov wrote:IcyVeins wrote:
What's going to happen is the Nets will either do a Wiggins or let him leave for nothing (similar to what might happen to randle and Aaron Gordon. The numbers that were suggested here were downright impossible to resign DLO, knowing his value in a combo guard league.
As I said before, Nets will have to decide soon if they want to give DLO the big deal or ride out with the insurance policy of Spencer D and potential groom Caris as the future PG (Unless the nets get lucky with draft picks in the next few drafts)... BTW, Brunson is reported to be the pick according to many media sources...
Which is why we need to trade him now for whatever we can get
No. Unless somebody presents an offer we can't refuse, you see how he develops with a full offseason & hopefully healthy first half of the season. Then you make a decision. You don't give up on a guy with his potential for pennies on the dollar after only an injury divided 48 games. He has talent on a team void of talent. He's not going to get quicker, so he needs to get stronger. That's what the performance team needs to focus on. Get him that Harden/Eric Gordon build, and he'll be much better off.
You guys keep saying this kind of stuff and I'm still miffed, as in you think D-Lo is athletic, or quick.
Idc what anyone says, Harden is a well above average athlete. Just because he isn't Russell Westbrook, Zach LeVine, Lebron James athletic where he's throwing down 2 handed tomahawks from 12 feet out in traffic, does not mean D-Lo compares to him in the least, nor does it mean he's an average athlete. His end to end speed, first step, burst, change of direction, it's all straight up
elite. Not just good,
elite. There are more things to being an athlete then jumping high and far. Guys like Westbrook, LeVine, James, they can do most of what Harden can, probably better,
plus jump out of the gym. Those players are the absolute cream of the crop athletes, but again, just because Harden isn't the top 10 in the world athlete those guys are, doesn't make him an average athlete, or just a hair above at the NBA level. He is one step below freak.
And Eric Gordon? Even after the injuries and even after altering his game a bit to avoid future risk, still a lot more athletic then D.
Russell is legit a below average athlete in the NBA, especially for a guard. He's akin to a Steve Nash, maybe a Mike Conley, or Goran Dragic.
I'm not saying you're wrong to say he should strengthen up, you are absolutely correct, but people just need to come clean with it, you cannot compare him to guys who are athletic in any context.
Maybe I'm assuming that's what you meant, but I see people say this stuff all the time. Like yes, he'll be better off with a Harden-like physique, but he will never be the athlete Harden is. Chauncey Billups is more likely and even then, Billups had really good lateral quicks and super high bbiq on the defensive end to blend in perfectly to top team defensive schemes.
