Three responses, wow. I feel special. First off, some of what I said was, what I thought was an obvious exaggeration to illustrate a point. It was missed. Second, you have said in the past that you invision EC being a 25 ppg player, and some of the other numbers I used before were numbers you'd said in the past, but not all of those. The POINT was that they can't all put up All-Star numbers in the same year because there's only ONE BALL!!!





As for Howard, why do you keep comparing Balkman to Howard? To show that occasionally a gem slips through? Key word is occasionally. Could Balkman be that player? Sure. But it means that one of your other favorites isn't a star, because THERE'S ONLY ONE BALL.
Crappy offensive players becoming good ones IS a rarity. You can't think of the obvious because your attention is focused on the exception. For every Josh Howard, there's 10 other Ira Newbles. It's not to say Balkman can't be that player, but to assume he will be is jumping the gun. Why? Because Lee, Curry, Frye, Q, Marbury, etc... are all stars from what I've read. But THERE'S ONLY ONE BALL.
As for TT2, he's played well, love his energy, solid defense, and his offensive game is more polished than Balkman. There's a lot of reasons to think TT2 will be a better player, a major factor being HE WAS A BETTER PLAYER IN COLLEGE. Plus the Bulls are more likely to be able to make him a key piece of the offense and a starter.
Again, I like Balkman's game. All I'm preaching is patience. Jumping the gun, proclaiming Balkman is a near 20-10 player is as bad as someone predicting that he's out of the NBA in 2 years.
Wishing everyone well. I enjoyed posting here for a while, but as I matured I realized this forum isn't for me. We all evolve. Thanks for the memories everyone.