dakomish23 wrote:Captain_Caveman wrote:dakomish23 wrote:If this guy was on your team you and every other Boston fan would worship the ground he walks on.
This defense mechanism of "he's not that great" is seethrough.
Thanks for stopping by.
Well... Boston fans know the difference between good and great, and don't oversell their players or teams. We have parades for championships, not putting up 18/7 on a 31-win team. There are literally dozens of Boston athletes in the past 17 years or so that ended up far better than even the biggest Boston homers claimed they'd be. Brady, Papa, Pierce, IT, Pedroia, Edelman, etc etc etc...
Feel free to name the guys we've oversold on. I'll wait. Not in here telling you Jaylen, Tatum or Smart are going to be franchise guys, even though Tatum is as good a prospect as KP, and all three were drafted high like KP was.
More to the point, our franchises are well-run and know how to build contending teams. Belichick and Ainge aren't sentimental in the least. I can see Ainge overpaying for KP because he completes the team we have assembled, but would he build around him, like you guys might do? Hell no. Look at IT. Dude just had as good a season as any Knick player has ever had, and Ainge couldn't wait to trade him just because he isn't a guy who can lead you to banners in a featured role.
Again, no doubt in my mind that AInge would take Tatum/Lakers-Kings pick for KP in your shoes, before tanking this year. Because he is a good GM who knows what he is doing.
You're comparing
building around a 29 year old undersized PG coming off a hip injury due for a huge deal into his 30's best year
to
building around a healthy 22 year old 7 footer with an insane skill set who's still on his rookie year
You're damn right Ainge would trade Tatum and the pick for KP. The kid is special and everyone around the league knows it. It wasn't even a bad offer. My problem is your failed attempt at trashing the player you claim is going to be a superstar, yet are here making a big offer for.
We only throw parades for championships too. Boston homers like yourself should know this all too well. It came at the expense of your Sox and your Patriots multiple times.
I brought up IT to demonstrate that Ainge not dumb enough to prop up a non-franchise player as a franchise player. Still led us to the ECFs, which the Knicks haven't done in seventeen years.
As to KP, put the hype aside. He's a nice player who might make a couple of all-star teams some day. He's long and mobile, he can score and rebound. Certainly fits Boston very well. But you have to be tripping to think the dude has top 10 player potential.
Again, more to the point, you guys should be trying to get as many top 5 picks as possible. Probably gonna take at least three of them to get you off the mat someday. Given your management, you will probably do something else, though.
Oh well... fare thee well.
