Flip Murray wrote:do you guys ever go back and read old threads from 08? That's as far back as they are easily accessible as far as I know. There's some really great stuff. Turns out we did have a Marvin thread already
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I was also getting a kick at some of the old Fire Sam Vincent threads
I see I was right about a lot of things for Marvin back in 2008
1) He needs to carve out a defined role and stop being an all-around decent player (he finally did it this year, reinventing himself as a stretch 4)
2) I suggested back then he should be a 4 in between Wallace and Okafor to provide spacing.
3) Ironically compared him to Deng, until yesterday was a really good comp for Marvin this year.
I was a little off on his ceiling however.
fatlever wrote:i think i'm one of the few that still actually likes marvin's potential. i think he still has great upside. he is getting better every year. i dont think he'll ever be that superstar that many predicted. he's smart, has a beautiful shot and is efficient. i think he can be as good as deng. maybe a 20ppg, 7rpg type combo forward. the best thing he can do at this point is start to carve out an identity to his game, whether that means focusing more on defense, rebounding, point forward or scoring. he has come with something other than being decent all-around.
i'd trade our first for him, as long as it wasnt top 3.
i think marvin would be a good fit playing with okafor and wallace in the front court. this would allow marvin to guard pfs on defense and allow wallace to play closer to the basket on offense. marvin would help spread the defense with his shooting, much in the way herrmann was doing last season.
what center would you be looking to draft with a pick in the 4-10 range? lopez? hibbert? jordan?
