TheBrooklynKidd wrote:ChokeFasncists wrote:TheBrooklynKidd wrote:
Well most people lol. It's pretty neck and neck at the moment and I'm sure there's lots of people that would even say that Russell is better right now.
How would you know? I just don't get that they are so many bad bball minds here, at least the regulars right now (NS doesn't count). If you're talking about the individual offensive players, then you might have a point, but overall? That's pretty absurd, not even close.
Also no I see LeVert being a SG or a PG since both him and D'Angelo are capable of being primary ball handlers and are great passers. Also he played a decent amount of point at Michigan. It doesn't really matter which one is penciled in at point.
Just cuz a certain player played a certain position in college, doesn't he will play that in the NBA. Just cuz they are capable of being primary ball handlers and are great passers doesn't mean they will play PG.
And no he didn't have any opportunity to play SG last year. The Nets had a very unbalanced roster last season because of Their abundance of guards because of Lins inability to stay healthy. LeVert was literally the only reasonable option at SF for the Nets once they moved RHJ to power forward. The only other player who was even physically capable of playing SF was KJ who we basically aqcuired for free and is no longer even on the team. He wasn't even taller than LeVert, he was our tallest perimeter player last season which is the only reason he started at SF.
I don't know what you watched last season. JHar started at SF and did well. When Kenny wanted to start LVJ, he started Foye with him. JHar is more suitable to play SF cuz he's buff and not very fast.
It's funny cause the only bad ball minds are the Lin fans who suffer from the delusion that he's some sort of elite player that's unrivaled be others.
While it is true that there exist people like that but to say they are the only ones would be flat wrong.
They truly are neck and neck at this point and a small leap by Russell will make him without a doubt the better player.
Anyone who thinks that would have a bad bball mind or is ignorant. I can't believe I have to explain it but here we go.
First of all, offensive game is only a small part of the game. They might be not far in that department, Lin is a much better player on the other side of the court. (I hope I don't have to explain that to you?) Lin is much better off the court (this as well?). He provides much better on court leadership and he makes his teammates better, something DRuss has yet to show capable of. Lin has done playoffs heroics while DRuss has never sniffed it. When the Lakers wanted to tank, they benched Lin; later on, they'd play DRuss big minutes and got the picks.
Many people think Russell is better you could tell by all the comments about how he was the best player on the team after the trade.
I'm sorry, I've basically read every single post after the trade and there are only a meager amount of posts that said that. Many people think that several years down the road he could become the better player, that's pretty reasonable.
And you must have just been watching Lin the whole time or something because LeVert is very capable of being a primary ball handler and showed it last season.
Read more carefully? I said, "just cuz he is capable of being a primary ball handler doesn't mean he will be the PG."
Also your quote about Harris is just completely wrong. He started 11 games, struggled to get consistent minutes all year and he's a fringe NBA player who only played 5 games in 2015. He's also unathletic, 6'6 with short arms and has no place playing small forward. In fact you mentioning Joe Harris as a small forward further proves the very well known point that the Nets lacked an actual small forward on last years roster. That's why Sean marks said that that was the position that he wanted to address the most over the offseason.
I'm sorry, your opinion would directly contradict Kenny's. I do believe that Kenny has a much better bball mind than you do and I happen to agree with him. He started JHar at SF with relatively good results. Unfortunately he was out for the season with an injury. He is surely not a very good player, but he's no worse than Foye. I'm not sure you understand what I was saying. The point is, Kenny could have started JHar at SF and LVJ at SG but he elected to go with Foye at SG and LVJ at SF. You could certainly say that Kenny is completely wrong but it wouldn't mean much. Small forward is surely a position of need but it wouldn't be cuz LVJ isn't suitable to play there. Positions are more fluid now. RHJ wasn't "an actual" PF but he is one now. LVJ wasn't "an actual" SF but he is one now. Again, one would do well to keep in mind that the league is going smaller at this moment, or towards the interchangeable middle.