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Huh? Splitter has been the the league for only 4 years
2014 NBA Draft Thread
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hes been playing pro ball overseas for a long time
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A hurt Kyrie was better than anything in that draft that year & Kyrie is a 2x All-Star, that's the closet that Cleveland will get to having a superstar
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75% of the players on the current Cavs roster haven't even been in the league for more than 3 years, how could you even talk about "develop into something"??
c'mon man. Do you watch basketball or do you just skim through it.
this is my first time chatting with you. are you always like this?
are you a troll? what evidence is there that the cavs are a top flight organization in any aspect, specifically developing raw, unpolished players with very limited experience. The Lakers have that on their resume, what player can you point to that the Cavs have done that with?
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By the time Tiago decided to come over his stock had fallen a bit. Back when he started picking up NBA buzz in the early 00's...he was being talked about as a possible top 10 pick
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Are we really counting overseas ball? Heck Adam Morrison is a star overseas!
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A hurt Kyrie was better than anything in that draft that year & Kyrie is a 2x All-Star, that's the closet that Cleveland will get to having a superstar
Ohhhh...so people weren't saying to draft Derrick Williams as #1? Or even Kemba Walker?
Kyrie wasn't a for a sure #1. Quit spewing nonsense bro.
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You sound pretty clueless.
Tiago played in one the top leagues in all of Europe...and was the MVP multiple times.
Adam Morrison is not a star overseas...he avg'd 15 a game a few years ago in a lesser league.
"Overseas" is not just one big league.
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Few said Derrick Williams, I'll give you that, but Kemba Walker.... I never heard one person even consider that
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is the development of tristan thompson enough to make you feel confident that embiid will go there and flourish to his highest flourishment? that's really what I'm getting at.
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My point is overseas success doesn't translate into NBA success, regardless of what league. Yi Jianlian was the top player in the CBA, arguably one of the best overseas leagues, and fizzed out of the NBA in a matter of years
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75% of the players on the current Cavs roster haven't even been in the league for more than 3 years, how could you even talk about "develop into something"??
this is my first time chatting with you. are you always like this?
Who ever said the Cavs were a top-flight organization? You speak as if it's the norm in the NBA to develop raw, unpolished players with limited experience. The Cavs have done exactly the same thing 29 other franchise have done with their drafted players. If you firmly believe that the Cavs are a franchise where players can't develop, than you're being very naive.
Do you know how many teams in the NBA have drafted BUMS? BUMS, who people projected to be great? What happened to Derrick WIlliams? Ennis Kanter? Greg Odom? Etc.?
And specifically, what players have the Lakers drafted that have blossomed into a legit star via development?
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For one, embiid has far more potential than Thompson ever had. Secondly, a persons work ethic has everything to do with their development. I don't know either personally.
But even still, TT would be who he is if he lived in Hakeem's basement. He was a reach at 4
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tiago splitter in ACB league, one if not the best league outside the NBA
he wasnt just a player, dude was a mvp and all-leaguer
youve been listening to too much stephen a, if you think he is a bum player
he wasnt just a player, dude was a mvp and all-leaguer
youve been listening to too much stephen a, if you think he is a bum player
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the CBA is not a top tier leauge. where did you even read that?
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When did I say he was a bum player?
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Andrew Bynum was a complete and utter project and the Lakers molded him into a top 2 center.
the way you keep shifting focus to every other team except the cavs is all I need to know
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Bleacher Report ranked it in their Top 10 and DimeMag ranked it in their Top 5 for overseas leagues
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you and i could write for bleacher and dimemag if we really wanted to
ive heard guys like fran fraschilla who actually follows intl ball talk in length about euro league ball and where it stacks
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You asked me where, and I told you. I could have said LeBron, Kobe, and MJ told me personally, and you still wouldn't have agreed.
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NBA players get cut from the CBA for averaging less than 25 ppg
I think Andre Emmett has multiple 70 point games over there.
I think Andre Emmett has multiple 70 point games over there.
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Andrew Bynum
- bruh you speak as if Andrew Bynum will be walking down the HOF lane. Andrew Bynum's last 3 years has put him in the same category as Vlade Divac.And the way you bring up the Lakers in this for no apparent reason is all I need to know.
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You asked me where, and I told you. I could have said LeBron, Kobe, and MJ told me personally, and you still wouldn't have agreed.
b/r and dimemag??? that's almost as bad as the onion.
honestly, do you follow intl ball?
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Wait wait wait... Cleveland drafted Bennett last year and then TRADED FOR SPENCER HAWES and began playing him extended minutes instead of Bennett just as Bennett started playing well. That is one example of how they are a bad development organization.
Kyrie failing to improve and in fact regressing is another example.
Kyrie failing to improve and in fact regressing is another example.
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Andrew Bynum.75% of the players on the current Cavs roster haven't even been in the league for more than 3 years, how could you even talk about "develop into something"??
this is my first time chatting with you. are you always like this?
Who ever said the Cavs were a top-flight organization? You speak as if it's the norm in the NBA to develop raw, unpolished players with limited experience. The Cavs have done exactly the same thing 29 other franchise have done with their drafted players. If you firmly believe that the Cavs are a franchise where players can't develop, than you're being very naive.
Do you know how many teams in the NBA have drafted BUMS? BUMS, who people projected to be great? What happened to Derrick WIlliams? Ennis Kanter? Greg Odom? Etc.?
And specifically, what players have the Lakers drafted that have blossomed into a legit star via development?
And there's the recent string of reclaimation projects like Trevor Ariza, Shannon Brown, Jordan Hill, Earl Clark and Kendall Marshall that they have developed into rotation players after looking like they were one foot out of the damn league.
They also have found relative "steals" in the second round such as Marc Gasol (didn't develop him I know), Ronny Turiaf, Luke Walton, Robert Sacre and Ryan Kelly recently.
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