11-21-2017, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Gazoo
Well let's do that comparison. Since we're talking about a team with only 5 starts + 1 freshman + 1 bench player, that team didn't exist until January. And at that point we knew KD had the heart of a lion, SS was the real deal, KP was a monster down low, our SG was a player on both ends of the court, and Pierre could flat out play with anyone.
Coming into this year we have 3, not 4 players, who are 6'9" or taller (XW, Pierce, Kostas). 2 are freshmen. True freshmen centers are notoriously projects so we could reasonably assume Pierce was unlikely to contribute. That puts him on the all-airport team. 1 weighs in at 205 pounds, which is 30 pounds less than 6'7" Cunningham and 20 pounds less than 6'5" Trey Landers. Tall, yes, a beast in the middle, no. And the third is a freshman wildcard who no one still knows what exactly we've got. And our PG were widely expected to be abysmal (but I expected to be just OK).
Which team would I have taken? The one with 5 players. All day, every day.
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