I am simply stating that we should temper our expectations based upon ONE PLAYER....especially a guard not projected in the first round of the NBA draft to WIN IT ALL!Amen, keep preaching until Boogie boogies his way to Queens!
I don’t see any harm in dreaming big and having expectations based on the coach and team we have for next season. We are fans, that is what we do. And of course it is a team game as the whole must always better than the individual parts. We agree on that. But we can also want as much talent as possible and no one can argue that this kid doesn’t have the talent to make any college team better, especially a team like ours, who some feel still have questions/unknowns at the PG position.
I think he certainly raises the floor, but wouldn't disagree that our ceiling is unchanged if he were to come. Boogie has his own flaws he has to work through.
To that point neither Jackson nor Fland carried their team to the Elite 8 last year (let alone the championship) and at various times weren't even starters. Obviously a lot of talent and should be better and more consistent as sophs than freshmen. But yes, pump the brakes a bit. Zuby, Mitchell, Hopkins, Sellers come with a more established presence, though.
I still think your argument is flawed even after tweaking it.
A couple of observations. Unless I missed his name, RJ doesn't appear in the NBA Draft. Secondly, one could make the case that Walter Clayton, Jr. was Florida's best player and one of the best guards in the country last season. I have a neighbor down here in NC who is a huge Duke fan and he told me that Clayton is a helluva player. My point is in the bleacherreport mock draft, Clayton is projected as the 24th pick as the best player on the best team in the nation last year. Does anyone think that if Clayton played in NYC and garnered the publicity created by St. John's last year, Clayton's draft position would be higher than #24?
I don't think where you play is in any way relevant. I have seen Clayton anywhere from 12 to 28 in mock drafts. RJ played here and he barely sniffs the second round in most.
Ooof. Are you and Rocket related? For heaven’s sake, when has anyone claimed Fland guarantees a title?
Leave my son out of this !
Objection, relevance.
First of all show me where I even said National Championship? I’ll wait as well, My Duke reference was relative to their talent level. I said advancing in the tournament. You should re read a post before you decide to challenge it.
What is second?
You just agreed with Silly and contradicted my paesan Kranmars list of "guarantees":
