Harkless resolves after Crabbe decision?

I agree w/ everything u said but I'm thinking Neil gave Moe an offer of 2 years ~$13 mill/yr. w/ a 2nd yr. opt out (I believe Neil's able to pull off crazy-azz shit like this bc... i.e. Ezeli...) that he's thinking about; w/ Neil's super GM powers... Moe WILL accept!

 

Better win % than we had with him.

 

I'm about to write something I don't want to. I'm already missing the days of players like Kobe. I know Harkless doesn't have the most reliable shot but man if he just had that killer instinct he'd be awesome.

I'm writing this from the bathtub, good thing cuz I feel dirty praising Kobe even indirectly.

Meyers with killer instinct...dunking on people.
Vonleh with it....better
Crabbe with it...all star
Dame with it...(worse, he has serial killer instincts)
Batum with it.. (french larry bird)
LaMarsha with it.... (hall of famer)

Is it just the new generation of players being businessmen or just how the game is now? Why aren't there any young 2 guards that are any good?

Clyde could dominate the league today, with Wade being a shell of his former self. Who is even close?

Now that I've rambled on and on, I want to keep Harkless because I think he has plenty of ceiling left to reach.

 

I don't really understand why you are arguing this. I wasn't at all implying there would be an intentional cut because of the QO. And nobody else has. He'd likely face a reduction of potential minutes due to the signing of turner. You going on and on about grievances is just silly, and in no way relevant to what anyone is saying.

 

We had a better win % without Lillard than with him. In no way an I saying that were better without him, I'm just saying that if we could survive without him last year for a stretch that we could survive again next year especially since we added another ball handler.

 

Was there a specific incident? Or just general assumptions?

 

Players like Kobe and Dame are born with that drive. It's the nature of the game and life in general. People that have that it factor find ways of being successful in life. While the Batum's of the world are happy with taking a seat back.

 

https://orlandomagicdaily.com/2015/01/06/maurice-harkless-motor-issue/

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/spor...gic-maurice-harkless-0109-20150108-story.html

 

There have been articles this past season of Moe going into his shell on the bench and Dame noticing it and pulling him out. That's the difference between a team with a true leader and a team lacking one.

 

A a team with a good coach and one lacking one.

 

That too, but I think it had to come from the leader of the team believing in him for a change.

 

Fine, why does there seem to be so few players like that today? Kobe copied MJ, where is the next copy?

 

Lebron is currently the elder now. After him it's kind of up in the air. These guys are the definitions of unicorns in real life. They're hard to find.

 

I think it's more likely that most players at the NBA level have what you'd label as "killer instinct" but simply don't have the talent to follow through on that instinct at the NBA level. More specifically they don't have the ball handling skills. Players that try to play like Dame and Kobe that don't have those skills end up being turnover machines. What's this got to do with Mo Harkless?

 

"Luck is where opportunity meets preparation." - Robert Evans

You could easily put talent in there as well. Just having drive isn't enough. The nature of greatness is that it is imperfect. You've got to factor in serendipity. What if Dennis Rodman didn't have his growth spurt or a young Larry Bird didn't play pick up games against adult hotel porters?

Greatness in sports doesn't usually come in Second Acts. They are usually "one offs."