KG is just about washed up
Thank god.. He's been in the shower forever. Dude needs to learn to save some for the fishes.
hah but seriously... he's just about washed up. I'm not gonna compare KG to Vin Baker or anything... but this fanbase has a tendency to make excuses for washed up players and grasp at any positive sign as proof "he's back, baby!" ... Kinda like how we all were hoping Sheed would suddenly stop stinking like he did his final season in Detroit once motivation was there... or like we hoped Stephon Marbury would stop stinking like he had in NY now that he had a defined role... and how we all hope Jermaine and Shaq don't stink like they have for the past half decade.
KG's just about done. There's no miracle turnaround coming. He's been on a steady decline for 3 years.
Steady decline means progressively worse. Did you think his play got worse as the year went on last season? I'd disagree with your claim.
Exactly larry barf what the heck r u talking about?
Are you guys kidding me? It's widely acknowledged by most sane people outside of Boston homers that KG is on a major decline.
06-07 = 22.4 points, 12.8 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 1.7 blocks, 1.2 steals
07-08 = 18.8 points, 9.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.3 blocks, 1.4 steals
08-09 = 15.8 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.2 blocks, 1.1 steals
09-10 = 14.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists, .8 blocks, 1 steal
How can you call that anything other than a steady decline? It's a pretty blatant trend. Now, I understand he has been effective. No doubt. I understand he's a solid defender and our best big man when compared to the rest of the guys on this squad. I understand his minutes have dipped a little each year. But come on guys... our boy is just about washed up. It's a familiar trend. Look at the steady decline of Hakeem, David Robinson or Ewing in the last 6 years of their careers. Do you think that the Sonics were thinking in 2000 after signing Patrick Ewing that he was toast? Of course not. He had shown steady decline for 4 seasons in New YOrk and his last two were injury plagued, but he still put up 15 points, 10 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in his final NY season. Naive Sonics fans were grasping to the hope that Ewing was going to bounce back to his former self. Obviously it didn't happen...
I'm not hating on KG. I love KG. But lets be honest here... would anyone be shocked if he averaged 10 points and 6 rebounds this year?
Clearly he's never going to be the dominant presence he was in Minny. I certainly hope he can bounce back to his early Boston self, but I find that pretty unlikely as well.
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