Originally Posted by
ExtRaOrDinaRy SwAg
Originally Posted by
DIOR PAINT
Originally Posted by ExtRaOrDinaRy SwAg
That miiiiight be true for McGee to an extent but there's a LONG list of players who left DC and became champions/stars in basketball and football
I'd pump my brakes before throwing McGee in that category. I had to refrain from commenting on the myriad on Twitter claiming that he never played like that before. Did Javale not have games like that w/ the Wizards? Did Nick Young not go off like he did against the Grizz in Game 1...many times w/ the Wizards?
Only difference is the environment that they're in and the people around them who won't put up w/ what they got away with in DC. You think Chris Paul is going to put up with Nick Young coming down on 3 on 1 fastbreaks and taking a fade away three pointer? Or Javale McGee trying to jump from the 3 point line when the team is down 30?
And this might be another topic but the whole "Leave DC and blow up thing" has never really held THAT much weight.
I'm curious to know, exactly who are these players that everyone seems to think become stars when they leave DC?
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The successes of Nick and Javale are a direct inditement on Flip and a little on Wall
Exactly what I'm talking about. People who never even really watched the team making statements like this.
Again...someone please tell me what Nick Young and Javale are doing that they've NEVER done before. They're just on good teams now.
The departure of Nick and Javale also resulted in efficiency improving on both sides of the ball. Who does that reflect on?
- Sheed (NBA champipon, perennial all star with Portland)
- Webber (perennial all star with the Kings, possible HOFer)
- Hamilton (all star, NBA champion)
- Butler (NBA champion, although not a huge impact for Dallas)
- Haywood (NBA Champion)
- Stevenson (NBA champion, great defense in the finals)
- Ben Wallace (NBA Champion, DPOY multiple times)
- Sheed netted back Rod...and at the time the C-Webb/Howard/Rod trio was going nowhere but up. Sheed was an all star who never lived up to his potential...he won championships being a piece on GREAT teams. Not as some leader who was a go to guy.
- Webb got traded because of the off the court problems. This one stings because it was just an awful trade. This is the only real regret of all the supposed "curses".
- Rip had a good career. But if he had stayed...would that have somehow reversed our fortune? He's a good player...not some guy that was going to lead us to the promised land.
- Caron/Haywood/Stevenson = is this list of guys who flourished individually as professionals after leaving DC or guys who left...went to great teams and won championships as role players? Because if it's the latter...I'm sure you can make a list for damn near every team in the league. And when people look back at Caron's career...they'll remember him from his DC days where he peaked as a pro.
- Ben Wallace? There's no coincidence that he's been a drastically different player in Detroit...than in his other 4 stops in the L. That Pistons team was special and all fit perfectly. As a Wizards fan...why should I regret Ben Wallace as if he would have done that here?
This whole "leave DC and flourish" thing is....and always been MAJOR reaching.
If Andray Blatche goes to another team next year and averages 20 and 10...that would be something noteworthy.