RakimAbdulJabar wrote:homecourtloss wrote:sca wrote:[/b]
No offense but your takes are garbage, man. Beal is vastly superior to Jaylen Brown, who’s nice and probably has all-star potential but not even close to the level Beal is at. He’s never lead a team like Beal has.
You realize that Morris is a one dimensional guy with no above average skill beyond volume scoring, right? At least Fournier is a versatile offensive plyayer with some playmaking skills (not to mention a better scorer than him).
Winslow is debatable, but he’s much easier to fit on a roster due to his versatility defensively.
Fultz is projected to play better than last year. Only time will tell how he’s going to play but it’s not a travesty to include him in this list over Morris.
Pope is a decent starter and was the better player back when they were both at Pistons.
Brogdon is debatable, but I’d still take him over Morris.
Roberson is an amazing defender who raises the floor of his team immediately. There’s no way he’s not a better player than Morris.
VanVleet is twice the player Morris is.
Ball is a very promising all-around player and definitely better than a one trick pony like Morris.
Good post. The other poster seems to be stuck in 1988 or something. We have statistics that tell us how these players impact the game. Morris has impacted his team negatively or neutrally for years now. As you say, he doesn’t have a SINGLE above average skill even though all together he seems like he should be better.
I’d take ALL of these players over Morris: Fournier at 99—
is a plus offensive player whose defense cancels that out, but at least he’s neutral and csn get hot. Has an above average skill.
Winslow at 96—
at least Winslow is a borderline elite defender whi can guard 1-4 who can maybe eventually grow offensively.Fultz at 93—
shooting issues butnhas shown playmaking skills, breakdown with the dribble skills, and defense. By year’s end, I think he’ll go up the list.Pope at 92—
maybe here, but at least Cope is a knockdown shooter on open threes, i.e., one above average skillBrogdon at 90—
Maybe here but has shown signs of being a defender outside of Kidd’s antiquated schemeRoberson at 78–Is this a joke? Roberson was literally the best perimeter defender in the NBA last year. Yeah, injuries are a concern and his offense, but he makes his team so much better even without any offense. Tske a look at how good the Thunder were last year when he was on court. Literally even the worst GMs would take him over Morris.VanVleet at 74–is this is a joke? He does everything well and somehow, someway, every time he comes on court, the Raps go on runs. I think he’s underrated at 74. Literally nobody would tske Morris over him. Ball at 62 —
shooting issues, but he was a plus player via DEFENSE ALONE. He literally had one of the best rookie PG defensive years in NBA history last year. Sees the court, can make plays, switch 1-4 in small ball. He’s a future all star easily with a jump shot.
And if it's the playoffs I'm taking him ahead of Collison too—
No, not really. Why is Doncic at 63 without a single regular season game under his belt—
can see the argument here, but Donic will be top 50 or higher after this year. His floor -25% is at least as high as Morris’s ceiling.
Covington at 49 is a joke—
top two perimeter defender in the NBA, can knock down threes. It’s a an absolute joke you would take Morris over him. 
Eric Gordon, Aaron Gordon and Gordon Hayward at 42, 41 and 40 feels like the writer just started going with names that popped into his head one after another.—
all are better than Morris by a lot. Porter Jr at 38 is a joke—
again, defense and versatility. Beal ahead of Jaylen Brown? No thanks—
for the future, I agree, but right now, Beal is better. Lowry ahead of Mitchell and Gobert? No thanks—
Mitchell’s future is promising, but Lowry has made more of an impact for four years straight now and actually finally had a very good playoff run.
I’m not going to waste my time replying to all you wrote because I already have experience communicating with you and don’t really care to waste my time
I’ll just say my list regarding Morris ended at Collison, the other players below that had nothing to do with him, they were clearly comments about their overall ranking.
There was nothing clear about i:
“I'd take Morris ahead of all the below players from the list
Fournier at 99
Winslow at 96
Fultz at 93
Pope at 92
Brogdon at 90
Roberson at 78
VanVleet at 74
Ball at 62
And if it's the playoffs I'm taking him ahead of Collison too
Why is Doncic at 63 without a single regular season game under his belt
Covington at 49 is a joke
Eric Gordon, Aaron Gordon and Gordon Hayward at 42, 41 and 40 feels like the writer just started going with names that popped into his head one after another.
Porter Jr at 38 is a joke
Beal ahead of Jaylen Brown? No thanks
Lowry ahead of Mitchell and Gobert? No thanks”
There’s no real clear indication that you had stopped comparing Morris to the players on the list.
In any case, the players you supposedly DID compare are all better, too.
The poll will prob get three replies, neither one moves the needle much. Even if you want to get into it, what is the skill set that Miotic does much better? Honestly I think his defensive is the biggest disparity.
