TP for the dirty diapers, lol . It would be pretty crappy to trade Brown now, though, wouldn't it? I just find the timing to be odd, to say the least. Did he not have more value before the summer league, lol , and for whom would he be traded, anyway, at this point, now that Wade and Rondo have gone to Chicago. Griffin? Cousins?
Why is that? If anything, I think he started showing that he was at least worthy of that 3rd pick, especially his play towards the end of summer league.
Well, in general, wouldn't a draft pick, especially one in the top 3, be valued higher before he hit the court where he can show his warts, etc.? Maybe it's like opening some sort of collectible that is valued so high because it hadn't been taken out of the packaging? I'm not sure, but I think that that's the gist of the argument that has been outlined before on here. Perhaps it's like wanting to trade the Brooklyn pick at the deadline because of what it could be, as opposed to holding onto it and being at the mercy of the lottery?
Anyway, Brown had two nice fadeaway jumpers and a few great spin moves, but I don't think that he showed that he was at least worthy of being taken third. He did play better in the final, what, two games, or was it three? Either way, I'm trying to like him, and I absolutely want him to be a success, but I'm not there, yet. He didn't hit a field goal in the first half of either of his first two games, failed to make a basket, at all, in the third, his jumper was slightly better than advertised, I guess, he had great difficulty in finishing around the basket, and his decision making, especially when he quite often opted to dribble, with his head down *facepalm*, into 2-3 guys and either invariably fall over or just flat out lose the ball altogether, was hardly impressive to me, sorry .
So basically you're being highly critical of a guy who was injured during summer league, and didn't fail to live up to the expectations? Oh geez bummer, I guess every rookie that fails to dominate summer league is pretty much down the crapper.
Honestly, I had no expectations for Brown, and even though I didn't, and still don't, like the pick, I went into every game with a completely open mind, regardless of his last performance, eagerly waiting for something, anything, that would say to me, "Ah, now I see why they took him," and aside from the things I mentioned, I wasn't impressed. In fact, after those first 3 games, I was extremely concerned, and still am, but I'm trying to grin and bear it, lol
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I get that the guy was injured, but he wasn't impressive, to me, before he sustained that injury. Did that hamper his play, at least for a time, absolutely, but I'm not saying that he's a bust, although, like many on here, I was understandably down after watching him play, to say the least.
However, I don't think that there is anything wrong with having high expectations for the guy. This is the best pick we've had in almost 20 years, and, I'm sorry, but he has to at least be an all star to justify his selection at 3, and I don't think that that's unreasonable, at all. Please, Jaylen Brown, please make me eat my words, lol
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