bleedspeed177 wrote:Historically 1st overall pick centers that don't win the tip off of their first games never make an all-star game and are out of the league is 5.69 seasons. We should know right away what we have with Towns.
I concur that whether Karl wins the opening tap will be definitive proof of how Karl's career is going to go, and probably how the Wolves are going to do this season. This topic probably needs its own thread, but I'll just weigh in here. There are offsetting variables. Hibbert has two inches of height advantage and several years of tip-off experience on Karl, but as Q pointed out, KAT had a breakout preseason in winning the opening tap. I haven't seen the Vegas line, so I'll set one here. Pick 'em.
Lst, we need a proper tale of the tape here for this histotic jumpball. Reach, experience, stance and some of their jumpball highlights and analysis will be greatly appreciated for this showdown. Maybe Q can thow us some numbers too. :)
Hibbert can barely jump off the ground. I think Towns will win the jump, walk off the floor, announce his retirement on twitter and have the best HOF speech of all time. All-time leader in jump ball winning percentage is still a free ticket to the HOF right?
