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Re: Looks like Giannis is starting to live up to the hype
« Reply #105 on: November 26, 2014, 01:05:08 AM »

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Giannis is a better prospect now, but that doesn't mean KO wasn't the right pick at the time. Who could've guessed Giannis would've grown like that? The Bucks just lucked out with him.

Re: Looks like Giannis is starting to live up to the hype
« Reply #106 on: November 26, 2014, 01:05:46 AM »

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That was probably GA's worst game of his career to date, tonight.  1-13 with 4 fouls?  Ouch.

But he'll take little heat for it because his teammates were good enough to win in spite of his poor game.

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Hey, I'm just trying to be fair.  If we're going to keep bringing up KO's bad games, then we should also mention GA's.

Re: Looks like Giannis is starting to live up to the hype
« Reply #107 on: November 26, 2014, 02:12:13 AM »

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That was probably GA's worst game of his career to date, tonight.  1-13 with 4 fouls?  Ouch.

But he'll take little heat for it because his teammates were good enough to win in spite of his poor game.

Mike

Hey, I'm just trying to be fair.  If we're going to keep bringing up KO's bad games, then we should also mention GA's.

CB is known for underrating their own players. Nothing new here.

Re: Looks like Giannis is starting to live up to the hype
« Reply #108 on: November 26, 2014, 02:17:07 AM »

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That was probably GA's worst game of his career to date, tonight.  1-13 with 4 fouls?  Ouch.

But he'll take little heat for it because his teammates were good enough to win in spite of his poor game.

Mike

Hey, I'm just trying to be fair.  If we're going to keep bringing up KO's bad games, then we should also mention GA's.

CB is known for underrating their own players. Nothing new here.

I know.  I'm probably one of the worst when it comes to that lol.

Re: Looks like Giannis is starting to live up to the hype
« Reply #109 on: November 26, 2014, 08:36:57 AM »

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Giannis is a better prospect now, but that doesn't mean KO wasn't the right pick at the time. Who could've guessed Giannis would've grown like that? The Bucks just lucked out with him.

No one would have to guess. It was extremely easy to see the talent and prospect in Giannis and Ainge already had done that. There was no excuse. When he declared for the draft I knew I would take him at #1 if I had the top pick. I talked about it in chats/forums at draft night and I was devastated that we missed on him (didn't want to spoil things before the draft - I was sure we were going to get him).

Re: Looks like Giannis is starting to live up to the hype
« Reply #110 on: November 26, 2014, 08:46:40 AM »

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Giannis is a better prospect now, but that doesn't mean KO wasn't the right pick at the time. Who could've guessed Giannis would've grown like that? The Bucks just lucked out with him.

No one would have to guess. It was extremely easy to see the talent and prospect in Giannis and Ainge already had done that. There was no excuse. When he declared for the draft I knew I would take him at #1 if I had the top pick. I talked about it in chats/forums at draft night and I was devastated that we missed on him (didn't want to spoil things before the draft - I was sure we were going to get him).

  It's extremely easy to see the talent and prospect in plenty of high draft picks that never pan out.

Re: Looks like Giannis is starting to live up to the hype
« Reply #111 on: November 26, 2014, 09:26:14 AM »

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^exactly. GA was about as far from a sure thing as you can be while still being a viable NBA prospect. The sky's the limit, sure, but his floor is what, a poor man's Luc Mbuh A Moute (that is to say, sans the excellent wing defense)?
At least a goldfish with a Lincoln Log on its back goin' across your floor to your sock drawer has a miraculous connotation to it.

Re: Looks like Giannis is starting to live up to the hype
« Reply #112 on: November 26, 2014, 09:47:15 AM »

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^exactly. GA was about as far from a sure thing as you can be while still being a viable NBA prospect. The sky's the limit, sure, but his floor is what, a poor man's Luc Mbuh A Moute (that is to say, sans the excellent wing defense)?


Totally agree.. IMO KO was the safest pick.. Its not everyday the Celticss franchise get a top 6 pick. With our current rebuilding situation and tryin to retain Rondo AT THE SAME TIME trying to bring in another star to speed up the rebuild, KO seemed like a great choice.

GA will probably have "potential" for next 5 years. I really don't see what everybody elses does when it comes to choosing him over KO

Re: Looks like Giannis is starting to live up to the hype
« Reply #113 on: November 26, 2014, 01:30:04 PM »

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That was probably GA's worst game of his career to date, tonight.  1-13 with 4 fouls?  Ouch.

Greek Freak !!!!!!!!

31 minutes, 1-13 fg's, 2 pts, 4 fouls, 3 turnovers. Vs. the Pistons. Yikes !

Re: Looks like Giannis is starting to live up to the hype
« Reply #114 on: November 26, 2014, 01:33:18 PM »

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^exactly. GA was about as far from a sure thing as you can be while still being a viable NBA prospect. The sky's the limit, sure, but his floor is what, a poor man's Luc Mbuh A Moute (that is to say, sans the excellent wing defense)?


Totally agree.. IMO KO was the safest pick.. Its not everyday the Celticss franchise get a top 6 pick. With our current rebuilding situation and tryin to retain Rondo AT THE SAME TIME trying to bring in another star to speed up the rebuild, KO seemed like a great choice.

GA will probably have "potential" for next 5 years. I really don't see what everybody elses does when it comes to choosing him over KO

It's not everyday you get a 7 footer as fluid as Olynyk.  His size & unique skill set are few and far between in this league.  Tough not to draft that talent.  You just don't find these types growing on trees.

Re: Looks like Giannis is starting to live up to the hype
« Reply #115 on: November 26, 2014, 01:41:01 PM »

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^exactly. GA was about as far from a sure thing as you can be while still being a viable NBA prospect. The sky's the limit, sure, but his floor is what, a poor man's Luc Mbuh A Moute (that is to say, sans the excellent wing defense)?


Totally agree.. IMO KO was the safest pick.. Its not everyday the Celticss franchise get a top 6 pick. With our current rebuilding situation and tryin to retain Rondo AT THE SAME TIME trying to bring in another star to speed up the rebuild, KO seemed like a great choice.

GA will probably have "potential" for next 5 years. I really don't see what everybody elses does when it comes to choosing him over KO

It's not everyday you get a 7 footer as fluid as Olynyk.  His size & unique skill set are few and far between in this league.  Tough not to draft that talent.  You just don't find these types growing on trees.

you really don't! and if he ends up no better than a long hair Spencer Hawes... there is nothing wrong with that either.

Re: Looks like Giannis is starting to live up to the hype
« Reply #116 on: November 26, 2014, 02:04:03 PM »

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^exactly. GA was about as far from a sure thing as you can be while still being a viable NBA prospect. The sky's the limit, sure, but his floor is what, a poor man's Luc Mbuh A Moute (that is to say, sans the excellent wing defense)?

Totally agree.. IMO KO was the safest pick.. Its not everyday the Celticss franchise get a top 6 pick. With our current rebuilding situation and tryin to retain Rondo AT THE SAME TIME trying to bring in another star to speed up the rebuild, KO seemed like a great choice.

GA will probably have "potential" for next 5 years. I really don't see what everybody elses does when it comes to choosing him over KO

It's not everyday you get a 7 footer as fluid as Olynyk.  His size & unique skill set are few and far between in this league.  Tough not to draft that talent.  You just don't find these types growing on trees.

you really don't! and if he ends up no better than a long hair Spencer Hawes... there is nothing wrong with that either.

Hawes, Ryan Anderson....big guys who do what Olynyk does are getting paid in this league.  And there's a darn good reason for it.  Kelly might have the most unique skill set out of all of them.  Got to keep the development going.

Re: Looks like Giannis is starting to live up to the hype
« Reply #117 on: November 26, 2014, 02:40:17 PM »

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Giannis is a better prospect now, but that doesn't mean KO wasn't the right pick at the time. Who could've guessed Giannis would've grown like that? The Bucks just lucked out with him.

No one would have to guess. It was extremely easy to see the talent and prospect in Giannis and Ainge already had done that. There was no excuse. When he declared for the draft I knew I would take him at #1 if I had the top pick. I talked about it in chats/forums at draft night and I was devastated that we missed on him (didn't want to spoil things before the draft - I was sure we were going to get him).
nobody i see here is offering "excuses" for ainge's choice of olly. what i see are reasonable points as to why olly was a credible choice. as has been brought up repeatedly, on draft night ainge probably saw olly as having a higher floor but lower ceiling than antetokounmpo. antetokounmpo obviously was higher ceiling, but also higher risk.

i dont blame singe for going "safe" AND good with his choice. it is possible for people to make difference choices and not have one of them be wrong. happens all the time.

as for being "devastated" by this choice, perhaps it is time for you to step away from the keyboard, take a walk around the block, breath deeply, find some flowers, and keep it all in perspective.
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Re: Looks like Giannis is starting to live up to the hype
« Reply #118 on: November 27, 2014, 05:16:40 AM »

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nobody i see here is offering "excuses" for ainge's choice of olly. what i see are reasonable points as to why olly was a credible choice. as has been brought up repeatedly, on draft night ainge probably saw olly as having a higher floor but lower ceiling than antetokounmpo. antetokounmpo obviously was higher ceiling, but also higher risk.

i dont blame singe for going "safe" AND good with his choice. it is possible for people to make difference choices and not have one of them be wrong. happens all the time.

as for being "devastated" by this choice, perhaps it is time for you to step away from the keyboard, take a walk around the block, breath deeply, find some flowers, and keep it all in perspective.

Don't worry hwangjini_1, I live a full life and I don't need you to advise me. Keep that for yourself, 4177 posts are way too many. Nevertheless, if one hasn't done his/her homework (s)he would consider Nickoloz Tskitishvili, Kwame Brown, Darko Milicic, etc "safe" picks too. KO is not a bad player in any regard. We could/should have done better.

Re: Looks like Giannis is starting to live up to the hype
« Reply #119 on: November 30, 2014, 03:31:46 PM »

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Sure would be nice to have Giannis as a building block on this team. Oh well , we got the next Dirk so we are all good .....