Nick lets not forget your bias towards vets and little to no faith in younger players. Remember you had little to no faith to bashing towards Olynyk?
I'm not about vets or rookies etc. I like certain kind of players. Kg for example will always be one of my fav bc he brings it every night. He is a great teammate.
I actually like young players. I just don't expect much out of them until they prove they can play and win.
Always been a big Sully fan. Always stood by Bradley through thick and thin. The player I wanted out of any other(besides Nerlens Noel of course who I think has Marcus Camby like potential, especially defensively) in the Olynyk draft was Michael Carter Williams. Go look it up on my old posts.
But expecting youth to be anything other than extra parts on a team and projecting them to be things they have yet to prove they can be is an exercise in futility. Young players should earn their time and be cheered on but expecting youth to be difference making players on winning teams and taking over starting jobs and such is not something I won't do.
BTW, I love the Smart pick. I have high expectations for Smart. I hope he will be something special at some point but I am not about to put the cart before the horse and declare Rondo has to go because Smart is here or that Smart is going to be needing minutes or some of the other leaps of faith others take with youth.
For now and the foreseeable future, Rondo is this team's starting PG and Smart is a bench player that needs to prove he belongs.