My friend and I were debating who is the biggest fan favorite, so I'm curious to hear what you all say...who is your favorite player on the team (and why)?
Delly: Moxie. Grit. Sticktoitiveness. Pluck. That Aussie charm. Plays the game the right way. Good in short spurts. Has irrational haters, much like the city. Just too many things to like about him. Close second is LBJ.
Kevin Love. Amazing rebounder, those outlet passes are crazy. Not to mention, he's not even close to being used correctly, goes quarters at a time without getting a look, his numbers are taking a hit, but doesn't complain & just does his job.
Kyrie. Watching him is just a blast. Nobody does what he does out there offensively. And now he's shutting down elite PGs on the other side of the court. Signing the max here before LeBron & Love came and willingly adjusting his game for this team...awesome.
Kyrie is such a fucking spectacle to watch, and you always get this feeling when it's him on an island with one defender that he's about to blow the lid off the whole arena with something crazy.
Same. I put it in the Kyrie thread, but it also applies here.
I feel protective of Kyrie in a way that I don't for Love, LeBron or any of the other new guys (or the "new/old" guys like LeBron).
Maybe it is because Kyrie was here during some very lean years when the organization was almost completely open about its tankage (remember the three-year plan?) or if it is just his easy-going personality...
He put up with a lot of stuff that would have had other guys bailing. But, he stuck with it and the fact that he signed his extension with such an exclamation point (in literally minutes after the moratorium was lifted) and before the roster had the major makeover.
Also, he is now starting to really kick it up defensively AND he has defended Blatt staunchly at every turn, even at the darkest hour. It also doesn't hurt that he has maybe the most aesthetically pleasing offensive arsenal in the entire league.
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