2018-2019 Tank Thread

[DeeThree]

Comparing Zion to LeBron is bad. They both are fast and can jump really high. That’s where the comparisons end. Zion has been using the shit LeBron didn’t touch til he went to Miami. Zion doesn’t have LeBron’s court vision, skills with the ball, and his shot is somehow even worse.

Please stop.

Both can pass the ball.

 

[NobodyImportant]

Jabari parker was the next lebron or carmelo

Wiggins was also the next Lebron...even heard MJ comparisons thrown around. LOL!

 

[Douglar]

Wiggins was also the next Lebron...even heard MJ comparisons thrown around. LOL!

Prospects are all potentially awesome until they play in the NBA. Sometimes they even stay potentially awesome for a while longer. Harrison Barnes still has a posse of fans out there on the internets waiting for him to take his game to the next level and fear and woe to all that get in his way, they are taking names. Truth is that very few prospects become stars and that "player development" is essentially the basketball version of Sasquatch. Lots of people talk about it, but it is always rumored to be happening on some other team.

No one ever sees their favorite prospect develop on their own team. It always turns out one of three ways: Coach leaves your favorite prospect glued to the bench, wasting away because he doesn't know how to use him, or maybe your coach pushes your favorite prospect out on the floor with a bunch of selfish vets who don't share the ball, or worst of all your favorite prospect goes on the floor and sucks it up so hard that he loses his confidence, never to recover. All three are obviously coaching issues, right?

 

[Rich]

Prospects are all potentially awesome until they play in the NBA. Sometimes they even stay potentially awesome for a while longer. Harrison Barnes still has a posse of fans out there on the internets waiting for him to take his game to the next level and fear and woe to all that get in his way, they are taking names. Truth is that very few prospects become stars and that "player development" is essentially the basketball version of Sasquatch. Lots of people talk about it, but it is always rumored to be happening on some other team.

No one ever sees their favorite prospect develop on their own team. It always turns out one of three ways: Coach leaves your favorite prospect glued to the bench, wasting away because he doesn't know how to use him, or maybe your coach pushes your favorite prospect out on the floor with a bunch of selfish vets who don't share the ball, or worst of all your favorite prospect goes on the floor and sucks it up so hard that he loses his confidence, never to recover. All three are obviously coaching issues, right?

This. Most people can never just admit they were wrong about a prospect. That he just wasnt as good as they thought he was.

I was high on Karasev. Whatever issues not in his control mayvhave existed...he just wasn't good.

Anyway Delly and Nance are currently our best players. Probably need to keep them on the bench to maximise losses.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

Zion has been using the shit LeBron didn’t touch til he went to Miami.

That's unfair unless you have some evidence you haven't shared....

But it also is something to keep in the back of your mind. There have been a number of collegiate physical freaks -- though usually in football -- who turn out to have been using some of Mother's Little Helper to beat up on the little kids. So when you see a guy who is so far ahead of his peers physically...it has to at least cross your mind.

 

[TitleTown]

That's unfair unless you have some evidence you haven't shared....

But it also is something to keep in the back of your mind. There have been a number of collegiate physical freaks -- though usually in football -- who turn out to have been using some of Mother's Little Helper to beat up on the little kids. So when you see a guy who is so far ahead of his peers physically...it has to at least cross your mind.

Exactly right. And this is always the risk with drafting players like that. There just aren't any sure bets, ever. There are "good" bets, and players with a much higher chance of succeeding...but never a sure bet.

 

[Douglar]

Anyway Delly and Nance are currently our best players. Probably need to keep them on the bench to maximise losses.

Nance had a big period of suck earlier in the season, but he's been doing well lately.

Delly and Nwaba are still +/- champs. Coach better keep all three of them on a minutes restriction.

 

[Jordan]

Nance had a big period of suck earlier in the season, but he's been doing well lately.

Delly and Nwaba are still +/- champs. Coach better keep all three of them on a minutes restriction.

The reason why guys like Delly and Nwaba have such great +/- and analytic rankings is because they never try to do things they are not good at. They're both vets who know what they need to do to help the team win.

They are not the type of guys who can be in a team's top-three players because they just do not have the skill to consistently create something out of nothing on offense and/or defend the opposing team's best player. But, because they never force things and play in a way that can help even the best teams, they will have positive advanced stats.

I love those guys!

 

[Dr. Claw]

The "no system" offense is good for the tank, but BAD for developing the players who will factor in the future of this team. tired of the ISO-fest. hope there's a plan B

 

[raiders91sc]

Comparing Zion to LeBron is bad. They both are fast and can jump really high. That’s where the comparisons end. Zion has been using the shit LeBron didn’t touch til he went to Miami. Zion doesn’t have LeBron’s court vision, skills with the ball, and his shot is somehow even worse.

Please stop.

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[BigZ94]

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Cmon we all know Lebrons mysterious spa trips to Miamis fountain of youth always end up with him coming back 5 years younger. There is quite a lot of conspiracy theories with some convincing takes that’s hes def using something, love Lebron but the way he’s getting better with age considering the years and the amount of games he has played its unlikely, hair loss at a young age, super human injury recovery, the way he can gain and lose muscle at a super human rate (check summer compared to season Lebrun)

Would not surprise me if Zion is on something never seen a kid in high school that jacked.

 

[TitleTown]

Cmon we all know Lebrons mysterious spa trips to Miamis fountain of youth always end up with him coking back 5 years younger. There is quite a lot of conspiracy theories with some convincing takes that’s hes def using something, love Lebron but the way he’s getting better with age considering the years and the amount of games he has played its unlikely, hair loss at a young age, super human injury recovery, the way he can gain and lose muscle at a super human rate (check summer compared to season Lebrun)

Would not surprise me if Zion is on something never seen a kid in high school that jacked.

Who cares. Most pro athletes use performance enhancing substances. It doesn't take anything away from what they've done. If we gave you all the roids in the world, you'd never be a professional athlete.

 

[BigZ94]

Who cares. Most pro athletes use performance enhancing substances. It doesn't take anything away from what they've done. If we gave you all the roids in the world, you'd never be a professional athlete.

Not saying I’m against it or for it honestly I don’t care especially if the people doing it are winning in wine and gold uniforms

Just pointing out to somebody who seems shocked by the idea that it’s quite obvious.

 

[UncleDrew]

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Super Saiyan 2, maybe?

 

[buzzdog]

There are some human beings who just happen to be genetic freaks. This has been the case forever and it will continue until we start deliberately controlling such things as genetics before birth and such.

Sometimes those guys find their way on to a court or a field (or in olden days the battlefield), and they dominate. Sometimes genetic freaks never get into the right field or arena to tap their gifts or they lack the personality or mental ability to capitalize, and they go through life without ever leaving a mark.

Anyone who says Lebron's athletic prowess and longevity come from performance enhancers is full of shit IMO. He is just the rarest of birds who has it all. That doesn't mean I think he's never done anything along those lines. But if he did I would guess it was to get through a rough stretch, and I absolutely don't believe for one second that Lebron relies on such things on any regular basis.