Originally Posted by
Jabberwalker
Thanks for the compliment and for disagreeing with me without resorting to hostility. It is too common that disagreements of opinion here are met with personal attacks or rudeness. Recognizing that it is okay to not share the same opinion is probably one of my favorite traits in people anymore lol.
In regards to Zach Lavine, I didn't watch a lot of last season. My personal life was busy and given the Pels' season I needed a sanity break from the NBA. So I didn't see a lot of him last year. The year before though I remember thinking that although he had all the athleticism in the world, he wasn't particularly skilled elsewise and tried to do more than he was capable of which ended up hurting his team more than helping. All the while I saw people drooling about dunks that were mainly breakaways or in practice or dunk contest which is great, but a fast break layup and a fast break dunk both have the same effect but one just looks more appealing. However, any player with that level of elite athleticism definitely has the potential to be a great player, and as I said, I barely saw him last year outside of the dunk contest so maybe I'm grading a player based on his rookie year, which is never a good idea. I'll definitely pay attention to him this year though to see if he has begun to either put his skills together, or accepted not being a main option (especially since he will likely be playing a lot with Dunn, KAT, and Wiggins which should all be considered the first, second, and third options on the team.
Now that I said that, I think that is another good point for which team has the brighter future. Who is our third offensive option? Reke may not play this season, Jones is coming off of an injury that some wonder if he'd play again, Hield is probably a spot up shooter until his ball handling improves, Hill is limited offensively. Who is our third best option on offense this year? Moore? Gallo? I think that Dunn, Rubio (for his playmaking not shooting), KAT, Wiggins, Muhammad, Dieng, and Lavine would all be considered in our top three offensive options if on our team. That is another point as to why they look to have the brighter future right now.