Disinformation wrote:GrandTheftRondo wrote:Fencer reregistered wrote:
Lonzo more talented and dominant than Tatum? Really??
Didn’t see Lonzo’s name thrown in there. Don’t agree with that one.
But Tatum’s inability to do anything other than create his own shot (and he struggled at that last season) is concerning.
It's funny because almost everyone who has responded to that post has focused on Lonzo's inclusion in his list and ignored his point which is that we don't have anyone on the team who projects to a truly special player. Tatum is the only guy who might be it, but it's a huge question mark (IMO) right now. This team just doesn't have a ton of upside.
I don’t think Tatum is a question mark, I just think he’s a particular kind of player - it’s going to take him another couple of years to have an NBA body, and his scoring and shooting are going to be what he leads with. Defense next. His rebounding, playmaking and passing are going to be what comes last.
Jaylen could be special, I don’t know. Supposedly our FO thinks the two of them are going to be Kawhi/George level. Players all develop differently. Maybe Langford is the steal of the draft..
But imo, yeah, a lot hangs on the MEM pick, what we do with Jaylen, and whether the market aligns for a great Hayward trade. Otherwise we’re in good but not great shape. We’ll be a holding pattern team - like OKC after they traded Ibaka, like San Antonio, like Dallas, like Miami, like Portland, Toronto before Kawhi, Utah.. No clear path up or down, and waiting for opportunities to come along. For OKC, that was spinning Oladipo/Sabonis into Paul George. For San Antonio, it was Aldridge, then getting Derozan to replace Kawhi, adding Murray and White.. Dallas got Doncic and Porzingis, Miami pulled Jimmy Butler out of a hat. Portland lucked into Nurkic, Collins and Simons.. and Utah turned a bad hand into Mitchell, Conley, and borderline title contention.
But we’re waiting on lucky breaks, developing the guys we have. And the wrong deals could make things worse.
