Darius Kinnard Garland

[dark2332]

All-NBA is top 15. He’s not there yet, and I don’t think it will be easy for him to get there next season.

Correct. Even if he is, it generally takes a year of you being there before you get rewarded for it the following year.

Have to be an elite first before you get the accolades of the elite.

The Jayson Tatum scenario; this happened to him on his max.

That’s even in the Boston market. As @pr26 pointed out, might take 3 years doing it in Cleveland before the general media takes notice, if ever.

 

[wee zer]

All NBA for Garland is definitely conceivable next year. This year's selection at guard were Booker, Luka, Curry, Ja, Paul, Trae. Not hard to imagine one of those guys getting injured or Booker or Paul falling off if the Suns tumble this year. If there's a seat I like Garland's chances as much as any other guard out there, it will depend a lot on team success.

 

[2 For The Brew]

Correct. Even if he is, it generally takes a year of you being there before you get rewarded for it the following year.

Have to be an elite first before you get the accolades of the elite.

The Jayson Tatum scenario; this happened to him on his max.

That’s even in the Boston market. As @pr26 pointed out, might take 3 years doing it in Cleveland before the general media takes notice, if ever.

I mostly agree but one factor Darius has in his favor is the incredible amount of respect and friendship he has around the NBA.

His time practicing with the Olympic team last (nearly made the team that went) and working with Pops, Draymond etc helped him a lot. By all accounts he’s a great kid who is very respectful of his elders so they invest in him.

When he was announced as a reserve on TNT that crew was very happy, nobody more than Draymond. I still think getting to all NBA will be tough and being in NY or LA would make it easier but by his play and top notch attitude he will continue to #letemknow.

 

[jmuxl]

All NBA for Garland is definitely conceivable next year. This year's selection at guard were Booker, Luka, Curry, Ja, Paul, Trae. Not hard to imagine one of those guys getting injured or Booker or Paul falling off if the Suns tumble this year. If there's a seat I like Garland's chances as much as any other guard out there, it will depend a lot on team success.

Still competing with guys like Kyrie, Brunson, Dame, Lavine, Beal, Simmons (I think he’s a guard), Fox, even Sexton if he ends up elsewhere.

Not saying he can’t do it, but there’s another set of players also near that group.

 

[wee zer]

I just don't see a lot of guards out there you can pencil in above Garland right now. Harden, Irving and Lillard were those guys in previous years but none are safe bets now for various reasons. After that it's like, Mitchell and LaVine as the favorites, and the Cavs could be significantly better than those teams.

 

[2 For The Brew]

Still competing with guys like Kyrie, Brunson, Dame, Lavine, Beal, Simmons (I think he’s a guard), Fox, even Sexton if he ends up elsewhere.

Not saying he can’t do it, but there’s another set of players also near that group.

Simmons - LOL let’s see if he even plays. Bitch.

Ok with Dame, Lavigne, Beal, Kyrie (if he plays) - but Sexton? All-NBA????? Potentially better than Garland this upcoming season???? WTF???

 

[jmuxl]

Simmons - LOL let’s see if he even plays. Bitch.

Ok with Dame, Lavigne, Beal, Kyrie (if he plays) - but Sexton? All-NBA????? Potentially better than Garland this upcoming season???? WTF??

Okay…. Sexton is a stretch

 

[wee zer]

Still competing with guys like Kyrie, Brunson, Dame, Lavine, Beal, Simmons (I think he’s a guard), Fox, even Sexton if he ends up elsewhere.

Not saying he can’t do it, but there’s another set of players also near that group.

Garland was better than all of these guys except for maybe LaVine last year, and he's growing while many of these guys are fading.

I'm not saying he's the favorite but there's definitely an avenue.

 

[Derek]

Okay…. Sexton is a stretch

Here’s a look at how that stretch turned out

 

[2 For The Brew]

Okay…. Sexton is a stretch

Stretch 1 or stretch 2? j/k.

 

[kriegs]

Unreal…. We lock up our franchise super star for his prime and the first reaction is to bitch about a few million dollars. He would only even get that $ if he took another step which sure seems like a win win to me.

Congrats, Darius. Well deserved

 

[adam81king]

I'm still looking for a move where @Heat Check is just happy about it. Has ANYONE seen such a response? Ever?

 

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[Alec]

Chances Garland plays out his contract in Cleveland? Over/under 50%.

 

[FrontPageNews]

Chances Garland plays out his contract in Cleveland? Over/under 50%.

Way over. His next deal is the real question.