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Who should be more embarassed regarding the James Young draft pick, Danny Ainge or Bill Simmons?

Danny... He drafted James Young.
21 (42.9%)
Bill Simmons - He nearly lost his job on TV fist-pumping this smoking turd of a pick..
15 (30.6%)
Both are still right, James Young is a future league MVP.
7 (14.3%)
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6 (12.2%)

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Re: James Young: Who should be more embarassed, Danny Ainge or Bill Simmons?
« Reply #30 on: August 28, 2016, 01:36:08 PM »

Offline Birdman

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Young goes in the same bin as Fab Melo and Triple J

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Agree!! His work ethnic was in question here in Wildcat country while he was at UK..thats why I went NOOOOO when they drafted him
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Re: James Young: Who should be more embarassed, Danny Ainge or Bill Simmons?
« Reply #31 on: August 28, 2016, 05:00:30 PM »

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SIX people voted that James Young will be a future league MVP? Whatever they are smoking I want some.

Re: James Young: Who should be more embarassed, Danny Ainge or Bill Simmons?
« Reply #32 on: August 28, 2016, 05:43:57 PM »

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None of you have any real idea of James Youngs work ethic. You donīt know him, you donīt work with him. He might be a bust. So what? He could score 16pts for the Suns in ten years or he could be homeless. Who knows.

Re: James Young: Who should be more embarassed, Danny Ainge or Bill Simmons?
« Reply #33 on: August 28, 2016, 06:26:47 PM »

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Presumably Danny Ainge had a lot more information than a media observer (e.g. Simmons) when he made the decision to draft James Young.
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Re: James Young: Who should be more embarassed, Danny Ainge or Bill Simmons?
« Reply #34 on: August 28, 2016, 06:55:38 PM »

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SIX people voted that James Young will be a future league MVP? Whatever they are smoking I want some.
I wonder if they were being sarcastic ???
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Re: James Young: Who should be more embarassed, Danny Ainge or Bill Simmons?
« Reply #35 on: August 29, 2016, 01:41:53 AM »

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Neither. Show me a GM or fan who has never been wrong about a draft pick.

Also, James Young is still young, and he looked much better at least shooting wise in summer league. There is still hope for him.

That is kind of funny that he still has his supporters. He looked better than what? And the "he's still young" thing is really getting "old". He's a bust. Time to move on.

I take it you didn't follow the summer league. He was a much, much better shooter this summer than he has shown in the past.

I watched the summer league and he was still bad. His whole overall game is terrible. Are you hoping that he can hang around long enough to camp out in the corner and hit an open uncontested 3? I have no more time to waste on this kid.

It's hard for some to admit that Ainge is ever wrong.

Get used to it.

Well you never admitted you were wrong either, you filthy hypocrite.

Re: James Young: Who should be more embarassed, Danny Ainge or Bill Simmons?
« Reply #36 on: August 29, 2016, 02:37:40 AM »

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I'm going to say Simmons.

Danny Ainge had the pick to use, and he had to use it on somebody.  He needed a shooter/scorer at the time, and Young fit that criteria, so he gave it a shot.

Simmons jumped up and down like a kid in a candy store from pure excitement and wouldn't shut up about how amazing a pick it was. 

Re: James Young: Who should be more embarassed, Danny Ainge or Bill Simmons?
« Reply #37 on: August 29, 2016, 06:39:15 AM »

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Neither. Show me a GM or fan who has never been wrong about a draft pick.

Also, James Young is still young, and he looked much better at least shooting wise in summer league. There is still hope for him.

I've never been wrong about a pick... says the guy with a Marcus Banks jersey.
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Re: James Young: Who should be more embarassed, Danny Ainge or Bill Simmons?
« Reply #38 on: August 29, 2016, 06:53:22 AM »

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If Ainge and Simmons should be embarrassed, so should I. I liked the pick.
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Re: James Young: Who should be more embarassed, Danny Ainge or Bill Simmons?
« Reply #39 on: August 29, 2016, 06:57:28 AM »

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there are guys who are drafted in the top 3 that didnt last as long as james young (e.g. Thabeet)
yet he and ainge get rosted here every time.

I dont get it, maybe he is not good enough for the nba, but calling a 20 year old picked at 17 a bust who has just finished his 2nd year is just foolish to me.

Re: James Young: Who should be more embarassed, Danny Ainge or Bill Simmons?
« Reply #40 on: August 29, 2016, 07:19:23 AM »

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None of you have any real idea of James Youngs work ethic. You donīt know him, you donīt work with him. He might be a bust. So what? He could score 16pts for the Suns in ten years or he could be homeless. Who knows.
Okay in that case, let's just shut down CB entirely, b/c nobody here works with any of these players or knows them personally.  We go by what we see, hear and read.  Based on that, I know that James Young has a new hairdo and a nose ring.

Re: James Young: Who should be more embarassed, Danny Ainge or Bill Simmons?
« Reply #41 on: August 29, 2016, 07:30:27 AM »

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Young goes in the same bin as Fab Melo and Triple J

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Somebody will pick him up. He will have an NBA career. Look at Moore from the JJJ draft he is doing well.
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Re: James Young: Who should be more embarassed, Danny Ainge or Bill Simmons?
« Reply #42 on: August 29, 2016, 07:35:43 AM »

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Fans should be embarrassed for their unrealistic expectations...me included -  :-[

Re: James Young: Who should be more embarassed, Danny Ainge or Bill Simmons?
« Reply #43 on: August 29, 2016, 07:58:32 AM »

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Neither. Show me a GM or fan who has never been wrong about a draft pick.

Also, James Young is still young, and he looked much better at least shooting wise in summer league. There is still hope for him.

That is kind of funny that he still has his supporters. He looked better than what? And the "he's still young" thing is really getting "old". He's a bust. Time to move on.

I take it you didn't follow the summer league. He was a much, much better shooter this summer than he has shown in the past.

I watched the summer league and he was still bad. His whole overall game is terrible. Are you hoping that he can hang around long enough to camp out in the corner and hit an open uncontested 3? I have no more time to waste on this kid.

It's hard for some to admit that Ainge is ever wrong.

Get used to it.

Well you never admitted you were wrong either, you filthy hypocrite.

Nice. Name calling. Don't think that's in the board rules.

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Re: James Young: Who should be more embarassed, Danny Ainge or Bill Simmons?
« Reply #44 on: August 29, 2016, 08:12:21 AM »

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SIX people voted that James Young will be a future league MVP? Whatever they are smoking I want some.

No, six people voted for the "neither" option despite it being made by someone that was clearly trying to make it unpickable
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