Dude's been in the L for a while now and he's still acting like a little kid. What's it gonna take for him to realise he's not a player whose demands are going to be met and that the best way to help himself is to help the team, if that means a few less shots per game than so be it. That said I still think there's enough there for him to be a good player in the L - guess he just needs the right environment and/or some savvy vet to knock him on his arse, because since he started in this league he's been put in one bad situation after the other - Clips, Cavs, Blazers - would be interesting to see if it's the place or him.The thing about potential: If a player never realises it, did he ever really have it in the first place?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>he's been put in one bad situation after the other - Clips, Cavs, Blazers - would be interesting to see if it's the place or him.The thing about potential: If a player never realises it, did he ever really have it in the first place?</div>You make a very good point, he has never been in a solid situation what so ever. That high school starting lineup they had in LA would have never worked, Cleveland was very unstable and the lineups they threw together were pathetic. And to his only real defense, he played in Portland the past few years, which is a disaster waiting to happen when you put on a Blazers uniform. If he got put on a team with an actual proven and respected veteran all-star player, I think he could get his act together.Also like you said Jack It Up he does need a little discipline. The guy was treated like a star before he was in the league. He started games his rookie season for LA coming out of high school. Later in his career,obody repramands the guy when he called Maurice Cheeks a racial slur and nobody did anything when he took himself out of a game and changed into street clothes. I think he does need a <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>savvy vet to knock him on his arse</div> :happy0144:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nba dogmatist @ Jul 16 2006, 12:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I heard a rumor that in the huge trade (6-8 teams) he was going to be sent to Minnesota, but i'm sure it's not reliable. who knows?</div>you have a source it sounds intresting
