I think so, but in a different way. Zeller has the feel for the game and footwork to be the next McHale.
McHale isn't a franchise player. You will need to add one next to him then, so tank and then wait 2 drafts from now if the ping pong balls luck our way?
Jordan has a kid playing college ball somewhere. IIRC, he's stinking it up at some small Florida school.
He looks like Ebert post-surgery. I know Kemp was no looker, but it seems like nobody on either side of the family six generations up the line was anything close to good looking!
McHale was a franchise type of player -- 23+ PPG 8/9 RPG and never had a PER below 20-21 for most of his career.
Marcus Jordan at Central Florida. http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/01/michael-jordan-son-arrested/ His other son Jeffrey Jordan played at Central Florida and then Illinois, he sucked too.
I think you have to use the early part of this season to see how much talent our youngsters truly have. At the trade deadline if it looks pretty grim, it probably makes sense to trade Aldridge for great picks or good rookies. I really, really hate the idea of doing what the T-Wolves did with Garnett--squandering the best years of his career in the lottery. In 2005, Garnett was coming off a WCF run, and had a 28 PER. Minnesota could have had their pick of practically anything they wanted for him. That team misses the playoffs and never gets back again. Aldridge is nowhere as good as Garnett was back then, but he still has a ton of value. In hindsight, we should have traded guys like Oden, Roy, Sergio, Rudy, Outlaw and Randolph much sooner. It never seems like a great time to sell when the stock is still rising, but sometimes it is and you only see it afterward. That may be happening pretty shortly with Aldridge if our youngsters don't pan out.
What if Lillard is rookie of the year? What if he is that good? What if he can get his own shot and find the open guy? What if is he truly a franchise PG? What if Barton/E-will are serviceable, healthy? What if one of them stands out as a starter that can get their own shot, relegating Wes to the bench? What if we actually do use Batum (if we retain him) correctly this year? (I've said forever that Batum is better than his numbers suggest, he is just horribly misused - although I'm not liking his little b!tchfest) We know aldridge is good. Freeland? Claver? Meyers? Maybe we find a serviceable starting C. Lillard/Nolan Wes/EWill/Barton Batum/Claver/Babbitt Aldridge/Freeland Meyers/? Honestly, if Lillard is really as good as I think he can be, our team isn't THAT far away. I'm a believer that between E-Will and Barton, we have our starting SG. Maybe not this year, but next year. Lillard/Barton/Batum/Aldridge/? could very well be our starting lineup in 2 years. Try and get Al Jefferson, possibly.
I'm not much of a gambler, but Lillard does have quite possibly 3 proven starters that played for a a team that challenged the 2011 NBA champs. (LMA, Batum, Wes) if anything that could only inflate his assist numbers and get him more open shots. He probably won't be ROY, but he has a legitimate shot to be in the top 3 in voting.
