Shak_Celts wrote:BK_2020 wrote:Jerami Grant left Denver for Detroit so he can play out his #1 option fantasy and put up big numbers on a crappy team. I don't know why people think he's going to be a difference maker for a .500 team.
So, he got it out of his system as young guys usually have the chance to do? Same for Brown and Tatum who never had a real chance to struggle to find their greatness because of the team they ended up on. Most champion players had a chance to be good and bad at the same time when they were as young as Brown and Tatum.
Sure, CP3 has always been good, but not always a winner or leading a winner. Remember how many times he made dumb mistakes in the playoffs before becoming a Sun and people bashed him for seasons for his teams underachieving?! What about KD? Harden? Playoff Paul George? Jimmy Butler? (could name every good player)
Young people need time to grow and hopefully if we find a way to add Grant, he has had his chance to stretch and grow! He's right there at the age where he should be settling in and ready to be a part of a good team.
CP3's teams were never underachievers. If anything CP3's teams have consistently overachieved.
He was drafted by a team that won 18 games the previous season, and they immediately became a 38 win team with David West as their 2nd best player. NOH were a 56 win team in CP3's 3rd season with David West and washing up Peja as the stars around CP3.
When CP3 joined the Clippers, they immediately became a 2.8 SRS (7th in the league) team, which was a 5 point turnaround from being a -2.7 SRS team (22nd in the league).
I don't know when you could say CP3 underachieved. I guess the Grizzlies series, but the Clips were 1) coached by Doc Rivers and 2) depending heavily on a couple of 23 and 24 year olds in Griffin and DAJ.
Even if you don't give him the benefit of the doubt for that one playoff series, CP3 has consistently won and elevated his teams no matter where he went.