BimboColesHair
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What's odd is this is a thread about Christmas and some here are excited about his game and to watch him play. So what? Let some of us be excited. Why bring them down?; nothing else is going on right now and we can watch his play. If some don't want to get excited or interested, fine, but why rain on someone's interest, especially in a Christmas thread?
So he hasn't played an NBA game yet. That same argument, that we should "pump the brakes" since he hasn't played an NBA game can be made for every draft pick ever made, including LeBron or Kyrie.
Fans who follow the NBA can see Christmas has offensive skills that Tristan does not and did not have as a rookie. No one is saying he is better than Tristan, just different. He may or may not pan out. I guess we'll find out.
Some of us like to watch young players develop. Others dismiss such players, especially if they are a late first round or second round pick. There are plenty of steals at these slots, including Draymond Green, who he reminds me of.
Will he come close to Green? I dunno. Maybe, maybe not. Maybe he falls on his face. Perhaps he surpasses him. If he does, that's great for Cavs fans. But pump the brakes? No way.
Some of us fanatics just like to press on the gas.
If he pans out, fans of his game will get an early "Christmas" present. The Christmas naysayers, the bah-humbugers, however, may just get coal.
Absolutely 0 people here are not excited to see this guy play. We all want to see him play. Not sure where you are getting that from anything I said.
And you really don't see the issue with someone saying "he is more talented than Tristan"? A 36th pick, who as a Senior while more physically mature than most of his competition had a massive outlier season when compared to the previous 3? You really are questioning why I would tell someone to ease off of that statement? I don't know how he turns out to be as an NBA player, for all I know he could be the next Hakeem, but I'm not going to say he is more talented than Tristan just yet, because I have seen way too much "talent" fail in the NBA, while Tristan has been successful.
Also, who here is a naysayer? I literally said "But hey, I hope you are right and he ends up being better than Tristan, cause that'll make the team better WITH Tristan" If that makes me a naysayer, then I am the most positive naysayer of all-time.
Anyways, your entire post contradicts itself. You shame me for, apparently, not letting Danny Arison express his excitement and opinion on Christmas, while doing exactly that to my post.
Whatever, I want to see the guy play, I hope Arison is right and he ends up being better than Tristan, as I have already said, but I'm not going to sit in here and say he is more talented than Tristan just yet, plain and simple.