I also thought he would be an Odom, still think he's basically an uber-athletic Odom who will ultimately have his potential capped by his lack of shooting unless he can develop a consistent outside shot, although that's still an All Star, top 15-20 type of player.
It'll come in time. I just wouldn't bet on it happening this year. IMO, the 76ers and the T-Wolves are in the same boat. The raw talent is there but those guys only know one thing.....losing. So it's going to take some time to break that mindset and get rid of bad habits.
I disagree, I think it's all about youth. And mostly on Simmons who struggled to make winning plays in the final minute. Simmons really wasn't here during the tank, nor was most of the roster.
Based on LSU’s record, I’m not sure he ever knew how’s to make winning plays.
Yeah they weren't very good with him.
Oh, you mean the winning record at LSU?
They were 19-14. People act like they sucked. It's ridiculous.
It's because most judge college basketball by either making the tourney or not. If you aren't in the top 68 teams in college basketball your team kind of sucks.
They're in the eastern conference so I think they'll make the playoffs. However, I don't see them making a run to the ECF or anything like that. 2nd round team at best, IMO.
Yeah, Gordon has really been impressive this year. Just for a team like that to make the playoffs is a pretty massive improvement. And they have some nice young pieces starting to grow.
Gordon is nice, nobody is beating LeBron in the playoffs in the East unless the rest of his team just tanks but Orlando should be in the mix in the conference once LeBron moves on/retires/whatever in the not too distant future.
I'm still not buying those Lebron to the Lakers fantasies that Lakers fans are having. At this point in his career, Lebron is all about the championships. I just can't see him passing up that free pathway the Finals every year. If he goes to the West there's a real chance that his team wouldn't even make the Conference Finals.
