12-24-2024, 12:45 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-24-2024, 12:46 AM by SleepingHero.)
(12-23-2024, 10:17 PM)Jym Wrote: I was a lot more positive on him than you were but I'm so glad now we dodged that bullet
I will be the first one to admit I was dumb and wrong about Ayton. I just couldn't seriously believe in July after the draft that Lively would be a starter level center on a finals bound team in his rookie year... yet he was all of that and more. Dude is a freaking stud. That's why I was so adamant about an Ayton move as I just couldn't see a better center available for the players we were offering (which iirc was THJ+McGee!).
And I will say, I still wouldn't mind Ayton at a fraction of his cost in maybe 5 years to backup Lively. If he isn't out of the league by then.
14x All-Star, 12x all-NBA, 1x MVP, 1x Finals MVP, 1 NBA Championship: Dirk Nowitzki, the man, the myth, the legend.