2010 wrote:god shammgod wrote:3toheadmelo wrote:Pretty much all the vets that were bought out were borderline retiring though
they become role players after getting bought out. so if that's what kemba is now, why did everyone celebrate so much ? because everyone hated the off season before that signing. is the role player version of kemba making that big a difference for what we did ? personally, i would have rather seen iq with extended minutes as the backup. now that everyone watched summer league, would you rather see noel as the backup or see them develop sims there ?
i don't even know why people would want to make the playoffs unless the young kids all played prominent roles. does it mean anything if the reason we're there are because of guys like rose & burks ? there's no future in that.
Cuz even a role playing Kemba is an upgrade over Elf. Just as a role playing Rose was an upgrade Dennis Brick Jr.
Playing kids just cuz they’re kids doesn’t accomplish development. At some point the young player has to show you they are worth the investment of their development.
As for IQ specifically, I’ve seen all I need to see to determine he is not a starting PG in the NBA. He is going to likely top out as a 6th man scoring undersized SG off the bench. And that’s exactly where he is slotted with the current roster construction.
Kemba/Rose even as role players who are not the former version of themselves is still an upgrade over where we started last season as our PG rotation. If you and Melo have concerns about their health and wish to develop kids at the position, well that is what Miles McBride is here for. Both veteran PGs will require load management and McBride can step in at those times. He also gets to go up against these two vets battling them in practice almost daily. He will develop fine in that setting, and way more rapidly than just being handed the keys to a team looking to win and risking having too much on his plate too early. It also beats a scenario where he is backing up Elf and masquerading as a savior cuz the fans prefer ANYONE to elf.
C’mon bro, if you’re telling me you preferred to see IQ for extended backup PG mins then you’re essentially telling me you wanted that to lead to further complaints cuz that would be a situation of miscasting him as something he’s clearly not — as we are currently seeing in Summer League.
Shammgod and Melo are terrible people. They are running around in here calling Kemba "Kemba With A Walker".
