All rookie centers from 2008-09 are listed. Meyers ranks 9th in WS as a rookie with 2.4, just ahead of Roy Hibbert and Javale McGee. De'Andre Jordan is well down the list, as is Robin Lopez. http://www.basketball-reference.com...tat=&c5comp=gt&c6mult=1.0&c6stat=&order_by=ws
Nice rebuttal. Is there a player on the roster that you actually don't have an irrationally negative view of?
I don't have an irrationally negative view about any of the Blazer players....I just don't have an irrationally positive view of them (ie..Making the finals)... I like LaMarcus Aldridge... Curious to see how McCollum, Crabbe, Wright & Robinson perform....
Last year we really needed ML to hold down the backup C spot. Last year he was not able to hold down the backup C spot. Next year we really need ML to down down the backup C spot. I really think he'll be able to do that next year.... but I'm a homer.
To be fair, not a single player on the bench "held down" their back-up spot last year. Every back-up was an immediate downgrade, and it was a historically bad bench. Olshey did say today during the presser that he knew how bad it was, and how it was on purpose. Leonard did have the highest PER, most WS, and most WS/48 of anybody on the bench, though.
I'm starting to think this board needs to form two lines... one for posters who are drinking the Kool Aid and the other for the posters who are only drinking Kool Aid to wash the cyanide pill down.
What about those who are excited to watch a young team compete for a play-off spot and not really caring what happens in two years? I kind of like to just enjoy the present. I'm not sure how accepting the moves this summer and thinking they improved the team means I'm drinking the Kool-Aid, Spud.
Perhaps you missed how much he wanted us to draft Lillard and how ecstatic he was when we did so? Clearly he knows talent.
I'll drink me down a cool glass of Leonardaid. This is going to go back and forth the entire offseason, and most likely most of next season. You can be in either camp, the one that is gloomy, and smells like dead turtles, or you be in the camp with rainbows and puppies and smells like a private island. It's a better life to live with more positives and things to look forward to. I know, everyone on both sides thinks they are being realistic, not pessimistic or optimistic and it's the other side with their heads up their collective arses. We live in a world where perception is king, so why not choose the more promising perspective. Especially when it comes to sports, where we have absolutely zero ability to affect the outcome. I can't wait to see Meyers beast it up this year.
What's wrong with Kool-Aid anyway? I mean, sure, it's overly sugary, has no nutritive value and tastes awful, but it's part of Americana. Next you'll be telling me we need to eradicate the faces on Mt. Rushmore.
