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Towns is a bust
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:11 pm
by bleedspeed
I just wanted to make sure we had this ready if we need it.
Re: Towns is a bust
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:13 pm
by AbeVigodaLive
Good idea.
I'm gonna start my "Karl Anthony-Towns is the greatest player of all time despite what the stats say" thread in case we need to head in another direction with the bit.
Re: Towns is a bust
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:16 pm
by mjs34
Couldn't this just be piggybacked on to the "Wiggins is a disappointment" thread!
Re: Towns is a bust
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:20 pm
by bleedspeed
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.
Re: Towns is a bust
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:28 pm
by bleedspeed
sjm34 wrote:Couldn't this just be piggybacked on to the "Wiggins is a disappointment" thread!
No we don't have a quota on how many thread we can have and we need to make sure we have meaningful titles.
Re: Towns is a bust
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:31 pm
by Carlos Danger
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.
LOL! I believe it!
Re: Towns is a bust
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:36 pm
by Q12543 [enjin:6621299]
.....IIRC Towns won every tip-off in the pre-season. Good sign!
(by the way, that's another thing that irritated me about Dieng last year. He never won a tip-off. Not that it matters that much. Just annoying).
Re: Towns is a bust
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:50 pm
by longstrangetrip [enjin:6600564]
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.
Re: Towns is a bust
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 3:01 pm
by Monster
I am reading the title as he will be a HOFer.
Re: Towns is a bust
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 4:20 pm
by TAFKASP
Who is this Towns guy?