hdhntr1 said:

You might not like it but it is true. Egos involved are huge and things can be torn apart pretty quickly. So one is either willing to take on secondary role or it falls apart quickly, Drexsler was established so do you see MJ doing that? If he had would he have developed into the MJ we know or been more like Pippen? And if he hadn't taken such a roll, I can see the team (whatever team they were on) ripping itself apart.

When guys like that are put on an olympic dream team it is only for a few weeks to months and it can work for a while but on a team that is together for years....

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The fact is both Mike and Clyde said they would have said for years that they worked it out. I tend to believe them. Mike would have established himself as tha Aplha after a few years, my definition of established is clearly different than yours. Clyde was the 14th pick of the 1983 draft and didn’t even start his rookie season. Picking Mike wouldn’t have disrupted the chemistry of the team and Clyde wasn’t even established as a NBA superstar.

Pretty much everyone on the planet would have taking Hakeem number 1. He was clearly on a path to super stardom. However, Sam was seriously injured throughout his time at Kentucky. Major injuries. There was significant risk to this pick! It made no sense to take Sam with the second pick, if you believed there was a redundancy take Barkley or Perkins at 2. I did cartwheels in my yard when Portland took Sam.

We won’t agree on this, so I will stop here, but IMO the Portand pick made no sense and any kind of back pedaling to justify why they missed on the greatest player of all time makes them look even more foolish.

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All I am asking for is that the team comes well-prepared and focused for these first non-conference games. First all or most of the first three and bowling is much easier to achieve.

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Purple Pile Driver said:

I hate this “one ball” argument when it comes to some of the greatest players that every lived. These players aren’t John Sharks or a big man that needs the ball dumped into to him to score and feed his ego. They both are complete players not just scorers. Clyde played with Hakeem in college and as you state Mike with Pip. Yes, they played different roles, but I am sure Mike and Clyde would have figured it out and as I mentioned, near impossible to defend for the other team. Great players figure it out, good players often don’t. Clyde likely being similar to the Pip role with more offense and less defense. Both Mike and Clyde could score, pass, rebound and defend. Clyde wasn’t the piranha that Mike was on defense but he was still better than most. Complete players that would adapt and utilize each other’s strengths to make the team better.

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You might not like it but it is true. Egos involved are huge and things can be torn apart pretty quickly. So one is either willing to take on secondary role or it falls apart quickly, Drexsler was established so do you see MJ doing that? If he had would he have developed into the MJ we know or been more like Pippen? And if he hadn't taken such a roll, I can see the team (whatever team they were on) ripping itself apart.

When guys like that are put on an olympic dream team it is only for a few weeks to months and it can work for a while but on a team that is together for years....

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PurpleWhiteBoy said:

How many wins will have half of the folks on this board declaring that Braun is the wrong guy and needs to go?
3? 4?

How many wins will have everybody clamoring that "we need to lock Braun up for 15 years NOW?"
9?

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One would hope that that sort of panicked thinking will be extinguished if and when Braun has some sustained success.

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