Star or bust?

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Rastapopoulos, Jun 21, 2009.

?

Star or bust?

  1. Ricky Rubio (star)

    21 vote(s)
    75.0%
  2. Tyreke Evans (star)

    8 vote(s)
    28.6%
  3. Stephen Curry (star)

    11 vote(s)
    39.3%
  4. Jrue Holiday (star)

    4 vote(s)
    14.3%
  5. Jonny Flynn (star)

    9 vote(s)
    32.1%
  6. Ricky Rubio (bust)

    6 vote(s)
    21.4%
  7. Tyreke Evans (bust)

    4 vote(s)
    14.3%
  8. Stephen Curry (bust)

    10 vote(s)
    35.7%
  9. Jrue Holiday (bust)

    14 vote(s)
    50.0%
  10. Jonny Flynn (bust)

    7 vote(s)
    25.0%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. Rastapopoulos

    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 30, 2008
    Messages:
    41,774
    Likes Received:
    26,114
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Ballin'
    Which of these do you think will turn out to be a better-than-average starting-quality player, and which a bust? (Note that, obviously, you can vote more than once.)
     
  2. oldmangrouch

    oldmangrouch persona non grata

    Joined:
    Sep 22, 2008
    Messages:
    12,403
    Likes Received:
    6,325
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Rubio is the only guy on that list I can see becoming a star.

    A bust? I'll say Curry. He is the second most hyped guy on the list, and could wind up being the least successful at the NBA level.
     
  3. Minstrel

    Minstrel Top Of The Pops Global Moderator

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2008
    Messages:
    26,226
    Likes Received:
    14,407
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    User Interface Designer
    Location:
    Hello darkness, my old friend
    Rubio is the only one whom I consider to have a good chance to be a star.

    Holiday has big bust potential, IMO.

    The rest of the players strike me as fairly ordinary...likely to be between reserves and decent starters.
     
  4. MAS RipCity

    MAS RipCity Mercy, Mercy

    Joined:
    Oct 15, 2008
    Messages:
    3,528
    Likes Received:
    271
    Trophy Points:
    83
    Location:
    Portland
    where is the option for mediocre? b/c i see them all falling there
     
  5. SteelBlaze1

    SteelBlaze1 Steeler/Blazer fan

    Joined:
    May 31, 2009
    Messages:
    118
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    18
    Location:
    Oregon
    I agree. What about Jennings...I see him as a bust as well.
     
  6. Ed O

    Ed O Administrator Staff Member Administrator

    Joined:
    Sep 15, 2008
    Messages:
    10,701
    Likes Received:
    2,826
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Seattle, WA
    There is no option for that, just like there's no option for appearances in a Nike commercial.

    If you don't think that anyone will be a bust or a star then don't vote. :)

    Ed O.
     
  7. Nikolokolus

    Nikolokolus There's always next year

    Joined:
    Sep 19, 2008
    Messages:
    30,704
    Likes Received:
    6,198
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Rubio has star potential, Holliday strikes me as having pretty big bust potential based on his lackluster year at UCLA
     
  8. Rastapopoulos

    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 30, 2008
    Messages:
    41,774
    Likes Received:
    26,114
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Ballin'
    I forgot him! You could do a second group of Jennings, Teague, Lawson, Maynor and Collison, but it wouldn't be quite as fun. Really I should have done two polls - one of star with all ten then another with bust and all ten.

    But that's a lot of first-round PGs! And that doesn't even include Sergio Llull.
     
  9. Rastapopoulos

    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 30, 2008
    Messages:
    41,774
    Likes Received:
    26,114
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Ballin'
    Not to mention I have seens at least a couple of workouts described amongst some of the ten PGs, and Holiday ALWAYS is mentioned as looking terrible. Normally that wouldn't matter, because a player has his college resume to fall back on, but Holliday...

    (How many L's is it, anyway? Not as many as Llull, I'll bet.)
     
  10. Mediocre Man

    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

    Joined:
    Sep 23, 2008
    Messages:
    44,777
    Likes Received:
    27,532
    Trophy Points:
    113
    I voted all busts since there were only two options. I think Rubio will be a huge bust. Curry and Jennings will be below average, while Evans and Holiday will not be busts, but not stars either.
     

Share This Page