ATLTimekeeper wrote:Zeno wrote:HumbleRen wrote:Put Bosh in place of Siakam for that Celtics series and we’re going to the finals.
Put Siakam in place of Siakam in that Celtics series and we’re going to the finals.
All we needed to get past the Celtics that series was Norm Powell to box out off a missed free throw.
There's a lot of revisionist history re Bosh here. He wasn't a stretch 5 until he had to be. If Bosh was still playing with Toronto he would have demanded first option touches and stayed explicitly in the midrange, like LaMarcus Aldridge did, for his whole career. He didn't even want to defer to LeBron and Wade when he first got in Miami. Siakam adapted his style of play in a contract year for a team that didn't even want him.
Bosh took a paycut and relegated himself to a 2nd/3rd option the rest of his career. I really don’t understand what you’re talking about.
Again, it’s bananas we’re even having this argument. One guy was an 11x all star. The other is a 2x all star with maybe 3 prime years left in his career. This is a pretty open and shut discussion.
Btw, I don’t even like Bosh but there’s no question he was an exceptional player. He ranks top 30 all time in all star appearances.