Posted by holfresh:
I tend to look at it as being honest with myself and with others...Well if you go by the definition of core meaning the central or innermost, then the starting five wouldn't be considered core by definition...I too like Lee, I would love him to be part of the future of this team...I would love him to develop into a core player...But he cannot be considered core player because we will that on him....He has to prove it on a nightly basis....He hasn't done nothing close to that yet...U know you are right, I may be in a different universe....
Who isn't honest with themselves on this board? I don't think anyone here has an agenda, everyone has their reasons for the opinions. Your right, Lee has done absolutely nothing in his NBA career but he's shown signs that he could end up being an extremely useful player who provides hustle and rebounding, something that most NBA players don't want to do, especially hustle. I think Briggs is speaking of core players as in players that he wants to hold onto and let play and see what happens with them. The young players are our core right now, like it or not they are and theres a million reasons why its like that becuase of some of the moves that were made but I really don't see a problem with Briggs calling Lee a core player.
3/19/2006 1:22 AM