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Me too, people said that bout Kobe till gasol came to town..
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Me too, people said that bout Kobe till gasol came to town..
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That would be silly to say. Almost as silly as saying Lebby hijacked irvings shine
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Kyrie was making finals without Lebron?
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You right, he made ray Allen, bosh, wade, battier, and Haslem too.
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How many 19-22 year old first overall picks make the finals in their first 3 years?
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I'm admittedly higher on Kyrie than most. I think he can get to the point where he's a MVP and the best player on a championship level team, but it's never going to happen with Bron there cause he'll always get the vast majority of the credit. So a change of scenery is fine and welcomed honestly after all the AAU'ing of the league. I like a dude willing to take on that challenge and see how far his greatness can take him. Especially since he's already a champion.
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What would a team built around kyrie look like? A bunch of screen setters and rebounders
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Kyrie without a Durant or Lebby talent, is he more valuable than wall in his situation?
Of course we don't know but I'm just wondering what folks think about that
Of course we don't know but I'm just wondering what folks think about that
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He's one of the most one dimensional players I can think of. Hard to imagine him carrying a team anywhere if he's your best player
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You would basically need to do something similar to what the Celtics have done prior to this summer with IT. Both are ball dominant scorers that don't bring much else to the table.
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No. Wall is miles ahead of him in every other facet of basketball other than scoring.
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And for a team to ever build up to that point will take years if they even can get to that level to begin with
However looking at Boston as a template, as difficult as it may be to replicate, I can't say Irving couldn't be doing the same things as Thomas
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Not really. If say he goes to the Knicks they already have that stretch big in KP. A decent wing defender in Courtney Lee and role players like Boston had in the Olynek, Smarts, etc. I think that'd be an ideal situation for him.
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doesn't sound like championship basketball.
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Seems like a stretch to compare Knicks roster to the celtics. Not even taking Stevens into account
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Is that really THAT much better than the Knicks with Melo? Sounds like a 7 seed at best to me.
Lol @ comparing the Knicks role players to Boston's.
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Yeah, I mean that's a solid squad, but is that even getting you home court advantage in the playoffs? Maybe?
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It was about the type of players you could put around Kyrie where he'd be the star player and be able to succeed.
Now whether Kyrie can attract other people to play with him would be the question. Doesn't have to be superstar type talent though I don't believe. If KP continues to improve that's an excellent foundation and you build the role players around them.
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You're expecting a microwaved situation to happen for the Knicks, I'm just not sure it's realistic to see them reaching bostons level within even two years. I think it's gonna take some time to build
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In the east maybe, for the first round. But that's about the best I could think of with kyrie as the clear cut best player
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Agreed. I just don't really see the route to him even making a conference finals unless he's with an all-star wing, or transcendent big like AD/KAT. Doesn't seem like that's what he wants.
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In a LeBron less east I think it's very realistic. A top 3 seed is completely within the realm of possibility within 2 years.
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I'm not even sure that team would be better than Philly in 2 years, let alone Celtics/Wizards/Bucks.
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