Posted by vdfebduderocks:
i found out that everyone he has brought in has either underachieved, unproven talent, sucked before or played for losing teams.
Marbs: no offense, has played on non-championship squads, couldn't win with Garnett
Craw: played for Bulls. underachieved while picked 8th overall
TT: underachiever
Mohammed: underachiever, abuse of his height, played on Hawks
Norris: loser from the CBA. done garbage in career
Vin Baker: alcoholic who can't really do much anymore
Brewer: has never played
penny: injured the most of the past 5 years. couldn't get a championship with the Magic when they were loaded with Shaq
Ariza: no offense, his UCLA squad weren't ranked in the NCAA.
Bruno Sundov: has done garbage in 6 yrs. in NBA
Jerome Williams: has played to his real potential, but on the bench
First of all, Marbury has never had as talented of a squad as he has right now. Lets see what he can do this season and next season before we call him a loser.
As for Crawford, this is only his 5th season in the NBA! How has he underachieved on a bad team? The Bulls as a team underachieved, Crawford was one of the few players on the team that did what he had to do.
Tim has been an underachiever so I'm not going to argue with you there. However, just because we have him doesn't mean he is a big part of our future. I doubt that Tim will still be on this team next season when he has an expiring contract.
Mohammed has just been on horrible teams. He never really got an opportunity to prove himself until last season when we started him (he played pretty well last season). This season he has done poorly so far, but it has only been two games.
As for Moochie, he is our backup PG who won't even get more than 15 mpg, who cares if he hasn't done anything in his career. He actually hasn't been that bad of a player on our team.
Baker contributed last season, I know he hasn't done anything this season, but again, we have only played 2 games!
Brewer looked good in the preseason but he won't get much time here so I won't talk about him.
As for Penny, how can you blame him for not getting a championship with Shaq? Shaq on the Magic was far from the Shaq that dominated on the Lakers. Plus, both Penny and Shaq were young, had they been together for more years there would've been champsionships with a healthy Penny.
As for Ariza, how can you say anything bad about the kid? At the age of 19, he has come in and played his heart out. Who cares if his UCLA team wasn't ranked, the kid was a freshman and was one of the best players on the team, if not the best.
Sundov is on the IR, even the best teams have crappy players on the IR.
Jerome Williams is a good role player. He is not a star or anything, but he gets the job done. Good role players are key components to championship teams. Why do you think players like Robert Horry and Derek Fisher were so valuable to the Laker teams that won championships?
[Edited by - s3231 on 11/07/2004 10:48:24]"This is a very cautious situation that we're in. You have to be conservative in terms of using your assets and using them wisely. We're building for the future." - Zeke (I guess not protecting a first round pick is being conservative)
11/7/2004 12:21 AM
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