Well, I'll give Lee some credit. He noted Mo Evans deficiencies on defense back when Mo first tried his hand at defending D. Wade in the preseason. At that point, he nailed Mo's problems: overrated/undersized defender and poor ball handler. His lineups have also mention Delfino backing up the two spot, but then again he has published about 3 million lineups so its hard for me to recall if he was a definite Delfino supporter.

On the other hand, my reference to BBallj was simply because we had a spirted discussion about Delfino's potential during the preseason. I was of course in the "show me the money" stage, while BBallj was persistent in saying that Delfino was a lock to be a quality player in this league. He obviously saw his true potential before I was sold, so I am giving him props now for his forsight. Just as I will be sure to let him know if he made the wrong call prematurely. In this case, his call ended up panning out.

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see comments like that are the reason why i can't take you seriously.

yeah well lets hope he's right about darko too. truly i want him to prove everyone that darko is great. if he ends up being good bball jay is going to bash at me for a long time because i've been one of the main guys in trying to tell him darko is not that good.

Darko needs to go through the process of playing through mistakes before anyone knows how good he is or will be. For a guy of his size, it can take 2-4 seasons of ugliness. He is just not on the right team at the right time. He would have been better off spending the last 2 years at Western Michigan playing for the Golden Buffalos (or whatever they are called).

Amen.

Next thing you know, Darko will be more polished than Bogut.

I think Flip has a problem judging talent.
After watching Delfino in the Olympics, I thought we had a steal for a late first round pick. And when he played for Larry, he obviously did something to impress, because he was getting serious pt from day one. But after the injury, the crap hit the fan. And I blame CD as much as anyone, he clearly overreacted to his injury.

But come season 2, CD over the injury, over the emotional blocks, and he's playing better than last year, yet Flip plays Evans over him. Huh? I think most people will say Delfino is a better player than Evans now, and has more potential. So, Flip, why aint you playing him more? Flip, fix the bench, put some logic into PT. Play guys who are good, sit the guys who play bad. Nuff said.

Have you seen Amir Johnson play any? I would love to hear your comments about his game.

Evans was out defending Jack. Jack put a move on Evans along the baseline. Evans simply got so off balance he ended up 12 feet away, clear on the other side of the basket, by the time Jack nailed that shot.

you haven't seen him. preseason doesn't count. everyone agrees he needs to get his game and body nba-ready, including himself. to say he is polished...is just wow.

I saw his pic in the free press does that count?