Vlade Divac defends his choice of Marvin Bagley III over Luka Doncic
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I think he just means that Marvin is going to be a good player and not a Darko Milicic type bust like many fans are afraid of.
You guys don't think that Vlade is just going to start piling on with the Bagley hate do you? I'm sure at some point, most likely when Bagley is done playing basketball, that Vlade will admit that he made the wrong pick. But you want to keep things positive and not destroy a player mentally before they even have a chance to shine.
I personally don't think Marvin will ever be anything more than a Marvin Williams type role player but I wouldn't say that if I was the GM or a former GM that still cares about the team.
You guys don't think that Vlade is just going to start piling on with the Bagley hate do you? I'm sure at some point, most likely when Bagley is done playing basketball, that Vlade will admit that he made the wrong pick. But you want to keep things positive and not destroy a player mentally before they even have a chance to shine.
I personally don't think Marvin will ever be anything more than a Marvin Williams type role player but I wouldn't say that if I was the GM or a former GM that still cares about the team.
he also takes responsibility for that pick in the article. I know there was some speculation that maybe he was influenced by other people such as Brandon Williams, but he sets the record straight, even if that influence did exist. personally, i think it was his pick completely. i think he was afraid of looking foolish for selecting a non-athletic player from his neck of the woods instead of an all american. its ironic.
There is definitely some truth to this.
I think it's somewhat unfair that others who passed on Doncic don't get the same level of scorn but whatever. We have Bagley and this season was an utter disappointment but at least he showed enough flash in Season 1 that I haven't abandoned all hope.
I'm definitely a bit worried with Dumars at the helm for the next draft though.
I think it's somewhat unfair that others who passed on Doncic don't get the same level of scorn but whatever. We have Bagley and this season was an utter disappointment but at least he showed enough flash in Season 1 that I haven't abandoned all hope.
I'm definitely a bit worried with Dumars at the helm for the next draft though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
Basically, I don't want to accuse anybody of not being a "real" Kings fan, if they don't want Bagley to succeed. I just don't see why they wouldn't?
Basically, I don't want to accuse anybody of not being a "real" Kings fan, if they don't want Bagley to succeed. I just don't see why they wouldn't?
Of course he will defend his pick. I don't see a man of Vlade's character coming out shortly after his departure and throw his pick under the bus immediately after such a short time frame, even if we think that whatever Bagley's career trajectory turns out it won't be anywhere near the impact they hoped for
Plus it’s not like Marvin has done anything wrong aside from not be Luka Doncic. It’s not his fault he got picked before Luka. It’s not his fault he got hurt this season (unless he was intentionally smashing his feet for some reason). It’s not his fault his dad is more outspoken than he probably should be.
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especially after scoring 23 on 64% that game. or are we having fun again and I'm being too serious (this referring to a game thread this season where the tip was mentioned and i answered seriously with stats and was reprimanded by @Mr. S£im Citrus for not knowing time and score)
It probably never will be at this point and that's ok, I wanted him too, even though I moved to acceptance during his rookie season when the Kings started winning a bit, it will always be hard not to wonder what if. That said, I just want Bagley to be a player worthy of a top 3 pick in any regular draft year.
This is what you said:
"Everybody was having "gallows humor"-type fun about the game, and relating it to something that happened to the Kings, eighteen years ago. You're the only person who felt the need to take it to the "But stats, tho" level, in defense of your boy."
so this sounds like a reprimand that I was taking the comments too seriously, but if you feel thats a too strong a word, we can use "reminded" instead. my comment in this thread is not mwmt to be serious.
the "time and score" from my comment here is my attempt to use basketball jargon to refer to me not reading the room correctly (the game thread), that is, not understanding that everyone was joking and only I was serious. makes sense?
"Everybody was having "gallows humor"-type fun about the game, and relating it to something that happened to the Kings, eighteen years ago. You're the only person who felt the need to take it to the "But stats, tho" level, in defense of your boy."
so this sounds like a reprimand that I was taking the comments too seriously, but if you feel thats a too strong a word, we can use "reminded" instead. my comment in this thread is not mwmt to be serious.
the "time and score" from my comment here is my attempt to use basketball jargon to refer to me not reading the room correctly (the game thread), that is, not understanding that everyone was joking and only I was serious. makes sense?
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