anything can happen in the draft, but i'm pretty sure Rondo-Bradley-Green-Sully will not win a title. And to the person saying no one expected the Pacers, well George and Hibbert are both very legit (and underrated by most non-Pacer fans).
*sigh*
are you kidding me?
Roy Hibbert wanted a max contract and everyone was extremely confused. Everyone laughed at him. Everyone said he wasn't worth it. Everyone said he wasn't good. In 2012 HE WAS AN AVERAGE TO SLIGHT LY ABOVE AVG CENTER!!
No one saw this Paul George thing coming from a mile away. What evidence did we have of him becoming a star this year? He was almost useless last season. Now he's helping carrying his team against the Heat?
The Pacers are supposed to be Danny Granger and David West's team. Don't try to use what we know as logic for what we shoulda known at the beginning of the season. NO ONE saw this coming.
And to that point, the OP is saying anything is possible.
Your judgements about others' assessments of Paul George are very far off. People may have missed how good Paul George could've been during his rookie year. But between that and his sophomore season, he grew an inch or two, flashes signs of greatness during his rookie season as a defensive player, and looked like a fairly good bet to breakout during his sophomore campaign. The fact that he only averaged 12 points was the surprise, not that he took a large step forward this season.
no one knew this would become PGs team, thanks to the injury. If anyone's, everyone thought David West had to step up and become that guy. Right now its PG and Roy, is my point.
Thanks to the Rondo injury, JG had to step up. So my point is that these situations where players are kind of forced to grow or given that room to grow change players. Lucky for the Pacers Granger's injury didn't do much to mess up the roster. The Celtics had 3 injuries to deal with, or the Pacers could be us right now and we could be talking about how much a beast Jeff is.
At any rate, my point is players grow whether we see it or not. You stated your point as if Rondo, Jeff even Sully and AB haven't shown glimpses of greatness. I'd like to see what that looks like when the system isn't built around two guys 35+ and a legitimate center.