Its just because Cheese and I have such magnificent powers of persuasion.
Once a narrative has been established, everything is viewed in that light. If you look at the video montage of the Cardinals draft (xc_hide_links_from_guests_guests_error_hide_media) Michael Bidwill is right there in the middle of it, making calls, giving opinion, making decisions. If we had the same video with McD and Sarver in it doing the same thing, people would be going through the roof. Amin would be guffawing, and ESPN would be roasting the Suns.
Sarver has had his issues, and I would welcome a better ownership group and leader. But sometimes the criticism sees over the top.
My point exactly. The exact same actions get viewed completely differently based upon a press narrative and success.
Yep. I look at all the facts surrounding Doncic and it doesn't add up. Its all about "he is 18 and does all this against grown men."
Let me make this clear: I AM NOT COMPARING DONCIC TO DARKO. In fact, I’m not even comparing the scouting process of international prospects today to that of yesteryear. I am saying that OTHERS might be worried about a similar fact pattern. If you persist in arguing that I’m comparing Doncic to darko why aren’t you commenting on my comparing Ayton (the projected #1 pick) to Lebron? Because (a) i PERSONALLY wasn’t making a comparison, i was guessing that others likely were; and (B) even in so doing I WASNT SUGGESTING THAT THEY WERE COMPARING THE INDIVIDUALS REFERENCED - I WAS SUGGESTING THEY MIGHT WORRIED ABOUT THE SAME FACT PATTERN. And you even tacitly played into that by only talking about my alleged comparison of Doncic to darko. You focused on the very item that these others might be focused on, the “euro” element. Otherwise you should’ve focused on each alleged comparison (like Ayton to Lebron, which would be similarly silly to the Doncic-to-darko comparison as Lebron was a straight from high school scenario). And if I was comparing Doncic to darko as you claim, then I must being making comparisons of ALL the top draftees because what I said was “hyped American prospects and single hyped euro” and then named darko, Lebron, wade, melo, and bosh. I didn’t single out the darko-to-Doncic comparison . . . ironically, YOU did. So who among this years top prospects was I comparing to each of wade, melo, and bosh? Surely you must know and be okay with THOSE alleged comparisons because you’re claiming that I was comparing darko to Doncic.
Huh, I think there is a vocal bunch that have a negative impression, but it’s certainly not “everyone.” He remains top three (and maybe even above Bagley) for me. And I know a few others really like him.
I agree with all that. But with limited information speculation is all that’s left to us.
I think that’s the unknown factor. Most of us have seen a lot of NCAA games for other top prospects. Just haven’t seen a lot of Doncic. That said I remain swayed by the overwhelming support he receives from industry experts.
One is a recent comment YOU made that he plays terrible defense. I know you cheese. You haven’t watched a single full game of his, much less enough to warrant that opinion. That’s a guess by you.
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You can work on speed, explosion and balance. It’s not unusual. And at 18 most kids who work in these things do get more athletic. Look at how hard NCAA football players train. Now I believe each individual has a different ceiling in the level of athleticism each can attain, but I’d venture to guess that few 18 year olds have maximized to their ceilings.
