08-26-2025, 09:45 AM
(08-26-2025, 02:29 AM)F Gump Wrote: Sorry, but
1 A player going from an All-NBA level to out of their prime is indeed a major drop. Yes, I think Kyrie objectively played at that level last season until he was injured, and would have been selected had he not been injured. Why? He carried the Mavs all season, he was selected to the All-Star game, and he elevated his game even further after the trade. The fluctuations in the numbers were minor, he was one of the most clutch players in the league, and his efficiency shooting numbers were 48/40/92 which are stellar.
2 Nothing false at all in what I said. Or altering. Of course. Here you go again. I quoted you verbatim with quotation marks to lead off the post you are answering. It was cut-and-paste from your own post, which said "I don't think he will ever be what he was." I later below alluded to that comment of yours (this time without quotation marks) by using who will not EVER be what he was (your exact words) [which yes, those words in bold are exact word for word from the quote and convey its sense accurately] and now you want to claim that's not accurate? Good grief, what nonsense.
Ah, I see what you did. The original quote that actually set you off is "will likely never be fully back to what he was". But you found another quote referencing that quote that might be a little more negative so you are keying on that. I guess that's my bad for not parsing the twenty posts since then. I still take issue with you converting "not likely" and "don't think" into "will not".
Kyrie was literally the last guy to make the AS via injury replacement. Given that there are 24 all stars (of which he did not make the original cut) and only 15 all NBA players, I'm not sure you are making an "objective" argument that he was all NBA level.