I think you’re right about guys falling in one of two schools of bland or over exposed in a way that is very contrived. The modern athlete is hyper aware and self conscious. The beauty of a Ricky is he didn’t care what you thought.
That is an interesting take on Dre. Looking at his stats he’s averaged 4.1rpg. That number should be a tick higher most likely especially if he’s slotting in at the 4 a lot. But there could be an argument made that his opportunities are limited with Collins and Capela on the floor at the same time. I don’t know the advanced metrics around that.
I think the final sentiment is the most important part, to max out his full potential and his role, Dre needs to master all the little things and do them at an A+ level.
Slight disagreement there. I like Ricky. I miss stolen bases and good sports characters but IMO, anyone that talks that much and that often about themselves, cares very much what you think about them.
That’s true, but he had less of an ego about his game, which is what I liked about him. He had no interest in retiring, or doing a one game stint with the A’s for his legacy. He was still playing with the Newark Bears for a year, because he could still play with them. There was something sort of pure in that I respected. A lot of people talk about love of the game, but it seemed legit for Ricky.
True, we can go into a deep dive on character makeup. But to @haney point I also think there was a pure part to Ricky or maybe it was he was so wrapped up in his identity as a baseball player that he couldn’t let go. Many of us suffer from the fear of not being “enough” so we come of up with personas, ideas, coping mechanisms. But my point was I think there’s a difference between Ricky’s behavior and a Dennis Rodman for instance. Where the behavior is a cry for attention as a mean to make up for something else.
I know some of you want to relitigate the 21-22 roster arguments, but the real ones want to relitigate the 16-17 wing arguments (Hall v Shayok v Thompson). We narrowly missed a EuroLeague showdown, however as Marial just got signed by the Celtics, but likely on his way to Maine.
Darius playing for Cazoo Baskonia
Devon playing for Milano
(and not involved in the argument, but Tobey playing for Barca, also in the EuroLeague)
I legit did not know Braxton had a 2-way with Detroit. That’s awesome. Always felt he was criminally underrated as a Hoo and that broken wrist ruined what could have been a big breakout.
