. He's got the talent to easily be in the NBA, even as a starter
I would challenge that assertion, he can't shoot the ball well and his defense was poor. He also lacked the work ethic it takes to play in the NBA. Hopefully, this wakes him up and he doesn't like Chinese food.
Sullinger was a solid starter when he was healthy and in somewhat adequate shape.
His issue was that he couldn't stay in adequate shape and so couldn't stay healthy.
Couldn't shoot, D was horrible. Didn't listen to numerous warning signs. Believed his own hype and that he could play fat at a high level which was false. Self- destructing time bomb and let us down the last playoff series he played. Zero discipline.
Most overrated now is probably Tatum. Don't expect him to do much to help the team win games right away.
Tatum is not going to end up in China until he is in his forties. We always tend to over rate our guys. Sullinger was definitely over rated by this board. He had one skill which he was good at, but even that he was not truly elite at. 8-9 RPG is good rebounding the elite guys get more than 10. Yes, he was our best rebounder, but that is like saying your the best dart thrower on a team full of blind guys. We were a poor rebounding team ( still are a poor rebounding team) so we thought guys with over 6 rpg were solid. In reality they are not unless they are playing guard or SF.
I don't think Sullinger was overrated, when healthy he was a good player and certainly had the potential to start. Is it wrong to hope a player can take the game more seriously?
Rondo is still a good player and last playoffs he proved he still has worth to a team. His issue has always been that his style doesn't fit with what a lot of teams want.
Not here in Boston, no he was definitely over rated. Other teams could have got him on the cheap, they worked him out and said "no". I know both HEAT and Brooklyn were two teams that declined.
He was never a good player folks. You think that because he was on our team. He was nothing more than a rotational player who started. He never averaged a double double once in his career. Career shooting is 44% career three shooting 27%.
http://www.espn.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/6624/jared-sullingerHe was a stop gap, period. Our memories are often faulty and fail us.
I feel sorry for him
Self inflicted for the most part. All those Kevin Love comparisons are pretty funny in retrospect when he came into the league. Jared must have believed them. One would think he would have a huge chip on his shoulder after dropping in the draft but it never materialized.
He also seems to support Boston whenever we play on Twitter, and seems to have a real love for the Celtics. Only makes me like him more, and wish him well
Once a Celtics, always a Celtic. We gave him a ton of rope to hang himself and every chance to succeed. Good luck to him in China.
To me, he never exemplified Celtics Pride because he did not take pride in his personal fitness and ate himself into poor shape during the season. Who gains weight during the season? He routinely put himself ahead of the needs of the team by satisfying his urge to eat. I for one am glad that Ainge let him go. The NBA did as well or he would not be in China. Once, again Ainge makes the right call for the team. I don't think how I feel are a secret to anyone.