Links To The Present: No Love for TT? Definitely love for Kyrie
2013-01-02
David Thorpe must REALLY not like Tristan Thompson as he didn’t even put him in the top 20 from last year’s draft.
While we (myself included) have applaud TT of late, it’s clear others might not feel the same. My guess is his value probably falls somewhere in between.
UPDATE: WOW – Thorpe must’ve heard the cries of Cavs fans, because minutes after posting it, slipped him into #7. (See comments section of his ESPN post) Thanks to David Pearl for pointing this update out to me.
Kyrie however, appears, to no one’s surprise, at the number one spot. Even more, at least one ESPN pundit believes Kyrie will be the best PG in the NBA by 2015!
I can’t wait!!!
It had to have been added later. Wasn’t on there when I read it the first time either.
Think he was added later. Must have missed him somehow. Anyhow, I think #7 on the list is pretty fair considering where TT is at right now. Also says he likes TT’s potential.
Um, TT’s #7 on the list, no?
The bust label was given prematurely. Guys develop at different rates. At one point Tyson Chandler was labeled a bust. I’d put TT at 8th and there isn’t a world of difference between Faried and Thompson. Most of the augmentations he needs to make to be at Faried’s level are easily learnable. Ditch the gather, use the backboard, pass out of bad situations, improve as a free throw shooter. His emergence in the absence of Andy really does highlight how similar they are. There’s only so many rebounds to go around. It was a weak class. Deeper than many expected,… Read more »
My Insider subscription recently ran out and I haven’t renewed. I really thought Thorpe loved TT since he trained him? I remember he listed Tristan as one of the best prospects from that draft.
Not that it matters what Thorpe thinks…Tristan is coming into his own as a player and rapidly shedding the “bust” label that he never deserved in the first place.