tooler wrote:Vampirate wrote:tooler wrote:I agree 100% that Franz is a poor rebounder. It's not his game. He sees Cole Anthony flying in to steal a rebound and determines that the right play is to head down to the other end of the floor. He's not the type of guy that's going to rabidly throw his body into the mix and pull down a rebound for +1 in the box score.
...and I couldn't care less. MVP candidates have flaws in their game. I'm more interested in what he already does well and his potential to be even greater. We already talked about that throughout the thread. I don't have the stamina to rehash it for new arrivals.
This is quite the jump to compare Franz too though.
I think Franz has All Star in him, but MVP is a bit much.
MVP type players are elite in more than 1 way. Harden was a great rebounder and distributer, Giannis is a monster on the glass and an all world defender etc.
Also I think it's even a stretch for you to believe Franz has Paolo's ceiling as a player.
As for Franz, he's shown to be all around efficient in his scoring, a decent distributer, probably decent-good defender. Basically a good player who can make the All Star team. Looking like a steal in the draft.
In order for Franz to get to All NBA level, let alone MVP level he needs to be able to warp defenses with his passing or become absolutely dominating with his scoring. Do you think he's going to become the 2nd coming of Dirk? I'll give that he's very tall and clearly can shoot, but can he take his game to that level?
I thought someone might get confused and jump on this. I almost explained myself but decided to let it ride.
I wasn't in the remotest universe suggesting that he's a future MVP candidate. I'm only talking about how we talk about and criticize NBA players. The MVP debate threads are full of silly little dissections of flaws. It's pointless because they're all godlike players.
So if we treat MVP candidates like that, then what's the point in debating a few flaws in my potential borderline all-star? We could be here all day if we did this to every player. I'd rather talk about the players as a whole.
I'm not exactly sure of the possibility, but Franz has potential to become All NBA as well.
Do I think it's as likely as Mobley, Barnes, Cade or Green, no but....it's there.
Franz is 6"10 with offensive skill, there's a scenario where his skills match with his height to make him offensively great.
Potential is a tricky thing to measure.
Next year this whole conversation could look totally different, heck a no name no one's heard of could come and blow everyone away.
