Re: Celtics fans playoff thread
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 10:35 pm
flyingelvii {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:And LOL at Philly.
I love how everyone is annointing them as the next great thing with a big that has played like 30 games in three years, a forward with foot issues who we don't know if he can shoot, and a rookie PG, a position that tends to take a year or two to pick up the position. And a top 3 pick who is consistently a DNP-CD. But, yeah, they're gonna be great.
I'm not annointing them anything. But, you guys are talking about how you get stars via the draft.
I think Embiid, Simmons, Okafor and Fulz is a better nucleus than Jaylen Brown, #3 and whoever they take in 2018. No one outside of 128 would say otherwise. I'd also argue that all four of the Sixers picks were more highly thought of than the Cs counterpart. The fact that you may now be unimpressed just further proves the crapshoot nature of the draft (and my aforementioned risk of valuing the picks too highly). Nonetheless, if you are saying that the Cs need to plan for 2020 buy building a young core through the draft... realize that the Sixers have already done that (and you are laughing at claims of their relevance).
Ultimately, I think everyone is taking an NFL mentality to the NBA. The modern NBA isn't about building rosters.The modern NBA is about having superstars. The Sixers and Celtics can fill each position with players who were Top 3 selections. It means nothing unless one of them is a superstar. Similarly, superstar free agents are only looking to join other superstars... not well-rounded rosters. Drafting a superstar has proven incredibly difficult throughout the years. Accordingly, if you can trade for one entering his prime, no price is too high.