Prokorov wrote:Nuntius wrote:Prokorov wrote:I understand that Kemba may be a breath of fresh air, but this idea he is some great leader when he has had a losing record in 5 of his 8 seasons and never advanced a round in the playoffs tell another story
It tells the story of how bad Charlotte was at drafting. This a list of their lottery picks after they picked Kemba.
PS: I'm not mentioning this year's draft because it's still too early for that.
this misses the point. you can certainly say kemba isnt to blame for the team not being good as they overall lacked talent. but failing to take bad teams to the playoffs still isnt evidence of being a winner
Take the player that Kemba is replacing for the Celtics as an example. Kyrie. He wasn't able to take a bad team to the playoffs until LeBron returned. He made the playoffs with LeBron and after 3 years he asked for a trade so he could lead his own team. He was traded to the Celtics a team that had already made the ECF without him the year prior. He played well in the RS but he got injured and missed the playoffs. The Celtics made the ECF again without him. He was healthy last season but the Celtics were worse than they were the two prior years. They regressed and they didn't make the ECF. They lost in the second round.
Has Kyrie taken a bad team to the playoffs? No, he hasn't. He only went to the playoffs when he played for good teams. And this season, he signed for another good team, the Nets. You don't need me to tell you that you were a good team last year or that you made the playoffs. You know this very well.
As for Kemba, he did make the playoffs in Charlotte twice. Once when they were still the Bobcats and once again as the Hornets. They even won 48 games the second time they played the playoffs but they got screwed in the 4-way tie of a very competitive Eastern Conference and got the 6th seed. The result is that they didn't have HCA in the first round and they lost in 7 games in the first round.