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I hope so. Rudy Gay could have been the big difference maker though.
The point of developing your own rookies is that they could become valuable assets that you could trade. If you're always giving away your draft...
No. By my somewhat arbitrary definition, in order to become a "significant" rookie for a team, you have to play 1000 minutes in your first year...
Of course, having good rookies is no guarantee that you will win it all. But it seems you must have them if you want to have a chance.
Which was why we needed Horry and Cassell to push us over the top. It seems to be an unbreakable rule that you need to load up on rookies -- good...
Kobe is past my 3-year cutoff before a championship. But if we include him, that would only reinforce my point.
I said nothing about trading the players later. It's only important to draft and develop your rookies. They may become important contributors to...
Here's hoping. :)
Tayshaun only played 435 minutes in his rookie season. But Rebraca and Okur are enough to prove my point with respect to the Pistons: that this...
Andre Iguodala is worth more than Elton Brand? :confused:
If you want to win a championship, hang on to your rookies. While researching a post on playoff teams and rookies, I noticed an interesting...
I actually had to research this. :) The answer is: plenty of rookies have contributed significant minutes to playoff teams. (I define...
Nope, Luther doesn't count as a "significant" player, not yet. It's an even bet whether he will still be in the NBA five years from now. And...
Well, can you name a rookie acquired by a JVG team who became a significant player? The closest was Walter McCarty -- and he played a grand total...
Thanks for the video, Julio. Battier sounds like a future coach. Maybe he can be a good influence on Snyder. I'm happy to see Battier on...
Under my proposal, JL would be signing an NBA contract and earning an NBA salary, but he would be playing in Europe. I don't know if that has...
JL might prefer to play significant minutes in the Euroleague, as opposed to rotting in JVG's special hell for unproven rookies. JL can return...
I agree, DD, let's bring VSpan over. I think he's ready for the NBA. How does the Euroleague compare with the NBDL? If the Euro is better,...
