All Things Ayton

[Mori Chu]

Happy for DA. I hope he figures things out.

[Flagrant Fowl]

I hope he keeps stealing cap space from opponents.

Maybe I’m selfish.

[specialsauce]

Lol mediocre as fuck stats called dominating now

[TOO]

Lol mediocre as fuck stats called dominating now

Insane right?

Imagine if Booker was only averaging 20 a game. He'd be called an albatross, just like our very own Bradley Beal.

[JeremyG]

Lol mediocre as fuck stats called dominating now

Insane right?

Imagine if Booker was only averaging 20 a game. He'd be called an albatross, just like our very own Bradley Beal.

Those are supermax contracts not max.

[Flagrant Fowl]

I like Beal and have no reason not to so far. He’s played like 20 games.

But he is similar to Ayton in the sense that he’s probably taking up more of the cap than necesssry for someone in his role. The upside is that he could completely flip and he’s a playoff series winner like Ayton was pre-max. We’ll just have to find out this spring.

[TOO]

Lol mediocre as fuck stats called dominating now

Insane right?

Imagine if Booker was only averaging 20 a game. He'd be called an albatross, just like our very own Bradley Beal.

Those are supermax contracts not max.

You sir, can choke on your semantics.

[Superbone]

I like Beal and have no reason not to so far. He’s played like 20 games.

But he is similar to Ayton in the sense that he’s probably taking up more of the cap than necesssry for someone in his role. The upside is that he could completely flip and he’s a playoff series winner like Ayton was pre-max. We’ll just have to find out this spring.

The difference is we knew he wouldn't live up to his contract with two already established superstars and he also doesn't brag about dominating the game constantly.

[JeremyG]

Lol mediocre as fuck stats called dominating now

Insane right?

Imagine if Booker was only averaging 20 a game. He'd be called an albatross, just like our very own Bradley Beal.

Those are supermax contracts not max.

You sir, can choke on your semantics.

It’s not semantics. It’s literally a huge salary difference.

[JeremyG]

As much as we complained about Ayton, at least we didn't draft Ben Simmons!

Ben Simmons has been an all-star and all NBA.

Roy Hibbert is a 2 time ALL-STAR. Come on now

He was all all NBA, don't forget that. Ayton has zero career accomplishments. Zero.

All-Rookie first team. And he would have had a Conference Finals MVP if they had invented the award one year earlier (https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/th ... ys-had-it/).

[Kryptonic]

As much as we complained about Ayton, at least we didn't draft Ben Simmons!

Ben Simmons has been an all-star and all NBA.

Roy Hibbert is a 2 time ALL-STAR. Come on now

He was all all NBA, don't forget that. Ayton has zero career accomplishments. Zero.

All-Rookie first team. And he would have had a Conference Finals MVP if they had invented the award one year earlier (https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/th ... ys-had-it/).

Big whoop….. it’s basically conciliation for not being good enough for rookie of the year.

[Split T]

He wouldn’t have been conference finals mvp either

[Kryptonic]

He wouldn’t have been conference finals mvp either

Let the kid dream

[Split T]

I guess it’s slightly possible because CP3 missed the first two games, but I still think he probably would’ve gotten it after he buried the clippers with that game 6 performance.

[JeremyG]

Take it up with FiveThirtyEight. I know of no other more objective source for determining who would have won.

[Split T]

It’s a media award…you think the media would’ve voted Ayton after that game 6 from CP3?

[JeremyG]

Typically it would probably be unlikely even if CP3 hadn’t had a spectacular series until that game, but the fact that he missed two games and it’s a series award makes me think differently.

Also, it depends on the timing of the voting. A lot of his points came towards the end of the game, when most voters may have already cast their vote. In other words, they wouldn’t have known he was going to end up with a 40-point game if they had voted at the beginning of the 4th quarter, when it was already pretty much a blowout.

[Split T]

Do they vote before the series is over? That’s weird.

[Superbone]

I can't believe this conversation about a 2+ year old award that didn't exist.

[TOO]

I can't believe this conversation about a 2+ year old award that didn't exist.

This your first time here?