TheFifthMookie
Bench
Was the Horace Grant you're recalling here the same guy is second year in the league? The way some people talk on here, I almost miss the days where we wanted the team to tank, at least there was less complaining.
Was the Horace Grant you're recalling here the same guy is second year in the league? The way some people talk on here, I almost miss the days where we wanted the team to tank, at least there was less complaining.
CaminoChaos
Bench
WOW. All this about a guy who is 3 years from his prime and already averaging 14/9, shooting 49% and bust his *** every night.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
WOW. All this about a guy who is 3 years from his prime and already averaging 14/9, shooting 49% and bust his *** every night.
It's because he's a "scrub". Shaq had better numbers than he did in his second year! We should have been the ones selling off a big man for a second round pick!
Mista 808
G-League
It's because he's a "scrub". Shaq had better numbers than he did in his second year! We should have been the ones selling off a big man for a second round pick!
you're stupid for even HOPING that you could compare JT to Shaq, or any other player to SHAQ. Shaq has, and forever will be in a league of his own. He's one of those once every 25 year type players. I can't believe you'd even think about comparing. Shaq = hall of famer, JT = a 17pt. 10reb double double once his "prime" is here.
I do believe he'll be a 17/10 player. Not a dominant PF, but a good PF to have.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
In case you didn't realize it, I was joking (hence the wink). I was making fun of everyone's tendency to believe that JT will become Shaq and/or immediately be average 25/15/5 so they are therefore pleading for five years of patience or utterly convinced that JT should get less playing time than Sean May.
DoDiGaG0
Bench
LMFAO @ this guy calling someone stupid...
Wow. That whoosing sound you heard? It was his comment going right over your head.
Sluggah
All-Star
The long term answer to what? Thompson is on his way to being a 15/10 player, he mostly just needs maturity to work out the little things. If he doesn't get significantly better statistically, so what? If he doesn't become a "star," so what? We already have a star; we need players who can complement that star, and Thompson's game seems to complement Evans'. Who gives a damn if he doesn't become a star? As if 15/10 power forwards grow on trees, or some ****.
What we need is for Thompson to improve defensively, and develop maybe one reliable post move; everything else is just getting his head on straight. We don't need 22/12 out of this guy: at some point, expecting everybody in the starting lineup to be an All-Star is just ****ing avarice. People need to stop acting like having a roleplayer at the starting PF position is the worst thing that could possibly happen. Who the hell needs a Horace Grant, right? What's a player like that worth?
We need consistency from Thompson, not greatness, and there's no particular reason to believe that the former can't come with time. If 15/10 isn't the answer, what the **** is the question?
this. /thread
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