Kukoc-Lauri wrote:All star reservs are made by Nba coaches, not fans. So coaches who knows x and o's, player impact on winning. What about other 29 gm-s. If Lavine is such difference maker Buck gm would offer 3 first and three first swaps for 25 Lavine who is on same timeline as Giannis not 30 yo Jrue Holiday. If Lavine is better than Beal why Warriors gm Bob Myers send offer to Ak package Wiseman and Minny pick. He wouldnt do that for Lavine, he would for Bradley Beal. Why Morey offered Simmons for Harden and would offer Ben for Beal and wouldnt do the same for Lavine and so on. There is relative hughe gap between nba gm-s, coaches, media members, fans from other teams in terms of valuing Lavine and some dellusional Bulls fans who overvalue him like he is legit all nba player and bonfided all star.gobullschi wrote:Kukoc-Lauri wrote: ok if i am troll, all other 29 gm-s in nba are trolls as well. Nba coaches who see him first hand had opportunity to select him as reserve all star in east in last two seasons they opted out of that. Maybe Nba coaches are trolling also. Or Usa basketball, they selected 45 players for olympics without Lavine. Sure they also are there to troll Lavine. As a Bulls fan i would be happy for Lavine to made all star , becames two way player and superstar but for that to happend i see too many holes in his game.
I’m not following any of your logic. What about the 29 other NBA teams? Making an all-star team is so reliant on a teams record or a players popularity, that it’s not a reflection of true talent. Klay Thompson got 100,000 votes this year and he hasn’t played since 2019. Derrick Rose has almost 200,000 votes. Andrew freaking Wiggins got 265,000.
Just because he wasn’t one of the 45 players selected for the Olympics, doesn’t mean he wasn’t deserving. Again, LaVine is 25 years old and still getting better every year. His time will come.
Using all-star games as a measuring stick for a players talent is foolish. I’ve already explained this.
LaVine is a young player who didn’t put up all-star stats until last season, so we’re really only talking about the coaches not selecting him last season. It’s early, but it looks like he will be voted an all-star this season.
Nobody is saying LaVine is a better player ‘right now’ than Beal, but LaVine is 2 years younger and has put up extremely similar stats at the same age as him. Seriously - look it up.
Also, stop making these baseless claims that trade offers were or weren’t made for LaVine. You have no idea. We don’t know if a Simmons for Beal deal was seriously discussed and we don’t know if a Simmons for LaVine deal was proposed.















