01-01-2024, 12:44 PM
(01-01-2024, 11:45 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: Bill Simmons had Dallas at 11 in his latest rankings in his podcast. He had some nice things to say about Luka on how Luka could average 36, 9 and 9. I would be surprised if Luka averaged 36. He certainly could. I hope we get to the point where he doesn't need to.
Anyway, they were talking about Rookies (Chet excluded). He said Wemby was one, Miller 2, Jacques 3 and said Wallace was 4. Then he said after that you could have a lot of debate. Wallace has been very good right? I haven't seen much but I could argue the value Lively has made to his team is more important. Thoughts? I typically don't get worked up on rankings, so no big deal if Lively is 3rd or 7th, but just was a little surprised.
Dallas is the team who fired Haralabob and then traded for Kyrie Irving. I'm not normally dismissive of the national media like some people are, but right now I think it's safe to say Simmons isn't going to see Dallas with much objectivity.
I agree that Lively should be higher, for sure, and I'm starting to cautiously wonder if 11th might not be a little low for the team as a whole.