dckingsfan wrote:deneem4 wrote:dckingsfan wrote:Adding to BigE - I don't think we have the talent. We don't have a single top 5 player at any position. Wall just isn't there this year. After John, we don't have a top 10 player at any position. That isn't talent. So, if a player like Lebron comes after you for a game or series - you are done.
Come on - Neal would have been toast on the defensive end of the court and Anderson is on a minutes restriction (especially in back to backs).
This is a talent manifestation - you can toss in the coaching - but it is talent first and foremost.
Wall is a top 5 pg...curry,Westbrook,Lillard,cp, wall
Lebron came at us and we sent Morris back at him
(even though it was too late back then, and no I'm not saying Morris is better than lebron for the nitpickers, simply saying he scored at will with lebron playing tight d whenever we ran a play for him)
Beal is currently good enough to be a top 10 sg he was a top 5 sg last year in the playoffs...it's a short stretch but that's big for a 21 yr old..
Once again all this falls back to the coach, curry wasn't considered a top 5 pg before mark Jackson, now he's the best player in the league, look at Isaiah thomas, the trailblazers team, no knew McCollum before this year....
On paper were in the top 10 maybe 7 most talented teams...takes a good coach to put it together because we don't have a winning vet to lead us
(for the entirety of the year) Curry, Westbrook ----- Lillard, Lowry, Paul ------ Wall, Thomas, Walker, Jackson. But let's say for argument sake I agree with you. No, Beal isn't a top 10 SG. And he hit the deck and was done. So, we have a top 5 player (almost) and then maybe - stretch, stretch, stretch a top 10, and then (cliff dive).
If you want to say Wittman is a meh coach - I am not going to disagree. You want to get rid of him when EG goes out the door
But the talent just isn't there for any kind of consistency. This starts waaaaayyyyy before Wittman gets his hands on the team.
Every one has said wall is a top 5 point guard..https://youtu.be/H3XZOBxikkg
It's not a debate about that...Lowry isn't better than Wall u put wall on those raptors vs Lowry and you have a real contender...
Beal has been injury prone this year, but a g the level he played in the playoffs last year at such a young age...I understand...he should've took the 1st 10 games off of this season...and got himself back ready but when healthy he's easily top 10,
Morris is our 3rd guy whether you guys realize it or not...he can score literally whenever he wants...on pretty much who ever he want in isolation, he's also showing hes a hellava defender...top 10
Davis/green/griffin/la/love/milsap/favors/ibaka/bosh/dirk?/
But hes better than say a faried or a Tete
....u can insert the other 4 pfs but he's at that top 15 mark
According to posters on this board gortat is top 10 lol...so hey, we have 2 top 10 talents in our starting lineup...
Top 5 pg
Top 12 sg
----potential lol or Dudley
Top 15 pf...
Top 10 center....(in some wizards fan opinions)
Sf is our weakest position, is Porter bad? No....but he needs capable players to be a glue guy...u can't be a glue guy with temple in the lineup because temple suppose to be the glue guy....u can't be the glue guy with Dudley because.....it's dudley...
And in my personal opinion so we can take this to his thread to debate it
Oubre has the most potential out of any wing in that draft, and should be starting or 6th man
The bench?
Sessions gets to the line better than anyone else coming off the bench...would mean something if wall tried to get to the line and he would be able to feast
Dudley still top 5 3pt shooter
Nene in limited minutes is a monster still...as long as its limited minutes...probably one of the better bigs off the bench in the league
Hickson good motor hustle big
Eddie the unknown jedi that single handley killed the spurs but don't get pt
Talent doesn't win games alone of the Timberwolves would be top 5 in the west...like I said we have no winning leaders on the team anymore....coach or player....thats what helps talent come together, showing it how to win