(07-01-2025, 06:17 AM)ballsrchr Wrote: This is a very good question. And one that I have no answer to. None of our current team has shown any leadership abilities, or even inclination to be a leader.
It seemed Kyrie fell into that position naturally as time went on. He'll be out for a while.
I would like to say PJW, but I simply don't know if he can, or will.
AD?....nawwwww. Klay?...no. Gafford?...I don't think so.
I don't know anything about DLo except that he used to piss me off sometimes when playing against the Mavs.
Can a rookie be a/the leader? Man...that would be putting a lot on CF--and I'm worried that some of us already have unrealistic expectations for him.
I think I'm going to hide and watch for awhile. Hope that a leader drops out of the sky. A headless snake is dangerous...but it's...headless.
When available, AD is going to be the leader until Kyrie is healthy, I don't know why we'd dismiss that just because he has a terrible history with injuries. He was the leader in NO both on and off court. Sure, he took a backseat to Lebron in LA, but everybody does that when they play with Lebron. No doubt CF will be the leader at some point, but whether that's sometime later this season or 3 seasons from now depends on how he develops.
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