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Wonder who he would actually trade him for? Simmons? Ingram? Ingram didn't look good and Simmons isn't overly impressive
Too often, we judge other groups by their worst examples while judging ourselves by our best intentions.
Simmons and Ingram are still better prospects than Brown. They are the only 2 I'd trade jaylen for.
I don't read it that way. Where/when did Ainge say this? Intent may just be to light a fire under his butt. The starting SG spot is his to take, if he can prove he's even close to ready. For his own confidence, I think he'll feel pressured to make a leap with Tatum showing so much skill so early. He's got a ton of potential, just has to lock in and develop the skills that weren't required for him to dominate in HS and college.
Quote from: tarheelsxxiii on July 21, 2017, 01:08:16 AMI don't read it that way. Where/when did Ainge say this? Intent may just be to light a fire under his butt. The starting SG spot is his to take, if he can prove he's even close to ready. For his own confidence, I think he'll feel pressured to make a leap with Tatum showing so much skill so early. He's got a ton of potential, just has to lock in and develop the skills that weren't required for him to dominate in HS and college.Like just putting him on notice that Jeff Green will not be tolerated?I hope so. Seems like through those weird workout vids, he is putting in big hours developing his handle.
He was just trying to say Brown was underrated and pay him a compliment while not trying to sound like a total PR guy homer (e.g. "Jaylen is by far the best player in his class!"). I appreciate Ainge always trying to be as candid as he can be in interviews. I believe he likes Brown a lot but let's not go crazy here, Simmons was still the prize of last year's draft and 30 of 30 GMs would deal Brown for Simmons still if they were in Ainge's position.
Translation: Overall, only a few rookies from last years draft class stick out, and Jaylen is one of those rookies, despite the consensus that he is otherwise. There are only a handful of "kids" (players from the last few drafts) that Danny would trade him for. this statement from Danny seems very complementary of Jaylen.