It seems most people like talking about the draft and the players in it, rather than the regular season, and people seem to pay so much attention to the prospects coming up than appreciating the stars that are playing right now.
What are you talking about? The current stars get plenty of attention...its draft day, of course we're going to talk more about the prospects....And the draft is particularly intresting cause its actually something all 30 teams are involved in, unlike allstar weekend and the playoffs...so more fans tend to get intrested. And most of the time, we get new players who might end up being a steal....
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ Jun 28 2007, 01:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>It seems most people like talking about the draft and the players in it, rather than the regular season, and people seem to pay so much attention to the prospects coming up than appreciating the stars that are playing right now.</div>Because there are so many young stars that are currently dominating the NBA. We've already seen Dwayne Wade get a ring, LeBron James get to the finals, and are seeing other young studs ravage through the NBA. Guys like Gilbert Arenas, Carmelo Anthony, and Chris Bosh are leading teams to the playoffs every season now by dazzling fans with their talent. When people hear about Kevin Durant and Greg Oden, they want to see two more great players enter the league and start doing what their predeccesors have done before them. It's very exciting watching a great young talent play and thinking about just how good those guys can be.
The NBA is so youth obssessed because everyone is waiting for the next great era in basketball. People miss the exciting NBA of the '80's and '90's, and we want to see the abundance of stars, rivalries and overall great, quality basketball.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BluffCityBlue @ Jun 28 2007, 01:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>What are you talking about? The current stars get plenty of attention...its draft day, of course we're going to talk more about the prospects....</div>
It's draft time, so of course it's going to all about the prospects, but I sort of understand what you're saying. I mean, all the talk throughout the regular season was also about Oden and Durant, but deservedly so because they are two franchise-altering players, and are so young.I do think the NBA is youth-obsessed though, because all you hear nowadays from GMs and fans is that this guy and that guy have so much "potential," etc.
Actually, I think GM's think the wrong way. I'd be all about basketball IQ first, and then potential. You look at all the busts: Dairus Miles, Kwame Brown, Travis Outlaw..... These guys were all about potential, but they had no IQ. At least if you get a smart player with physical limitations you can turn him into an excellent role player. A potential guy who becomes a bust is gonna be nothing but a cancer
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pacers fan forever @ Jun 28 2007, 04:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>A potential guy who becomes a bust is gonna be nothing but a cancer</div>And a potential guy who turns out to fulfill his expectations is the X-factor that wins rings (like the Kobe for Divac trade).
Age Ain't Nothin' But a # The NBA dosen't get that, we never celebrate plays enough when there playing a good level of basketball at 28 or 30 and we never say they can still get better, they always have to be 23, 24 and then there old, but yeh I get the point with the draft, to me it's still quite big with all this amazing talent commign in.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nitro1118 @ Jun 28 2007, 05:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>And a potential guy who turns out to fulfill his expectations is the X-factor that wins rings (like the Kobe for Divac trade).</div>yes, exactly, but a group of smart players is gonna beat Kobe, why do you think the Spurs dominate him? They're a group of smarter players
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pacers fan forever @ Jun 28 2007, 04:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>yes, exactly, but a group of smart players is gonna beat Kobe, why do you think the Spurs dominate him? They're a group of smarter players</div>Why do you think that the Lakers beat the Spurs for 3 straight years, then in '04 again? They took a risk with Kobe, and before he developed the Lakers were getting bounced year after year in the playoffs. When he developed, they went on a 3 peat. You can be smart all you want, but you don't win unless you take chances with potential guys. Even the Spurs did it by putting so much faith in guys like Parker, Bowen and Ginobli, who were not highly scouted or ranked when coming into the NBA.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Why do you think that the Lakers beat the Spurs for 3 straight years, then in '04 again?</div>He had someone called Shaquille O'neal....
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (wolverine30 @ Jun 28 2007, 04:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>He had someone called Shaquille O'neal.</div>Without Kobe, Shaq wouldn't have won those rings. He did as much for that team as Shaq did. Without Parker/Ginobli/Bowen (who were late first round/2nd round/undrafted guys) Duncan wouldn't have won his last 3 rings. As I said, you need to take risks with potential guys. Yes, they could end up being busts, but if they do develop they can be the X-factors in winning a ring (hell, even go back to the Bulls, Pippen wasn't highly recruited and the Bulls took somewhat of a risk with him, and it turned out to be an awesome move). Championships aren't won by building just around proven guys...you need to take high risk-high reward guys as well.
Wow, this is one of the most bizarre threads I've seen recently. Of course we're going to be talking about prospects on draft day.
