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Captain Avery?
« on: March 15, 2015, 10:29:49 AM »

Offline Redz

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I think he's stepped up phenomenally as a leader and clutch performer. 

He's locked into a long term contract.  I say name him captain in the off season.
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« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2015, 10:30:40 AM »

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Agreed.
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« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2015, 10:33:30 AM »

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Quote from: Redz on March 15, 2015, 10:29:49 AM
I think he's stepped up phenomenally as a leader and clutch performer. 

He's locked into a long term contract.  I say name him captain in the of season.

He's good but a captain is someone who to me, is the go to guy. Bradley? Don't see it. Pierce was and will always be my fondest recent Captain. Rondo didn't deserve it, and its a title that shouldn't be easily given away.
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« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2015, 10:33:33 AM »

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sorry, not yet
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« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2015, 11:11:53 AM »

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Timely question that I can't answer. One thought is, when this team is "two players closer" to being a title team? Is AB still starting?

As of today the "no stars" label remains. IT is the "star" I suppose, but, he doesn't start.
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« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2015, 11:15:54 AM »

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Quote from: Monkhouse on March 15, 2015, 10:33:30 AM
Quote from: Redz on March 15, 2015, 10:29:49 AM
I think he's stepped up phenomenally as a leader and clutch performer. 

He's locked into a long term contract.  I say name him captain in the of season.

He's good but a captain is someone who to me, is the go to guy. Bradley? Don't see it. Pierce was and will always be my fondest recent Captain. Rondo didn't deserve it, and its a title that shouldn't be easily given away.
I got to disagree, I don't see a relationship between being a captain and a leader to being the go to guy. Captain don't have to have the best bball skills to be a good captain.
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« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2015, 11:17:55 AM »

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Please no. I'm a big fan of Avery, but he's also one player who can let things go up in his head. You'll have to worry of him beginning to try to do stuff that are beyond his skills just because he's "The Man" now.

Let him be were he is right now. No need to call him a Captain.

From a leadership standpoint, I have no problem with him being a Captain, but I would really worry about his floor play would be affected by it, and I don't think it'll be in a good way.
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« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2015, 11:18:04 AM »

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Quote from: apc on March 15, 2015, 11:15:54 AM
Quote from: Monkhouse on March 15, 2015, 10:33:30 AM
Quote from: Redz on March 15, 2015, 10:29:49 AM
I think he's stepped up phenomenally as a leader and clutch performer. 

He's locked into a long term contract.  I say name him captain in the of season.

He's good but a captain is someone who to me, is the go to guy. Bradley? Don't see it. Pierce was and will always be my fondest recent Captain. Rondo didn't deserve it, and its a title that shouldn't be easily given away.
I got to disagree, I don't see a relationship between being a captain and a leader to being the go to guy. Captain don't have to have the best bball skills to be a good captain.

This is more of my way of thinking about captains.Though I'm not sure how often it works that way in reality of the NBA.

How many teams have official captains today? Is there a list?
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« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2015, 11:23:55 AM »

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Quote from: BudweiserCeltic on March 15, 2015, 11:17:55 AM
Please no. I'm a big fan of Avery, but he's also one player who can let things go up in his head. You'll have to worry of him beginning to try to do stuff that are beyond his skills just because he's "The Man" now.

Let him be were he is right now. No need to call him a Captain.

From a leadership standpoint, I have no problem with him being a Captain, but I would really worry about his floor play would be affected by it, and I don't think it'll be in a good way.

Fair point, though he has sort of stepped up in this regard already
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« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2015, 11:48:59 AM »

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I think by default he might be the captain. he has tenure on this team, and a veteran amongst a bunch of kids that aren't ready or deserve to be called such.

I think naming captains is overrated though.

all that aside, still hate the contested, early shot-clock shots AB takes...
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« Reply #10 on: March 15, 2015, 05:59:20 PM »

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Is the idea of a Team Captain even necessary? I mean what’s he supposed to do, take up grievances with the coach or something? Or do you mean he would be the player that most exemplifies the team spirit?

I vote, they don’t need a captain. From a media stand point, it makes it more difficult to be traded say an upgrade comes along.
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« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2015, 06:05:47 PM »

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I like Avery, but don't really see him as a captain anymore than I would see Bass as one. I am assuming if Smart can continue his development through next year that he will be named in year 3 or 4 - he just has more of that leadership personality.
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« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2015, 06:28:28 PM »

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Let's hold off on the captain stuff.

Rondo was named captain and was traded a year later.

Besides, the team doesn't really need a captain right now
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« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2015, 06:34:18 PM »

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I'm not sure. I think labeling a captain might go against our philosophy of late as a very team-oriented group, and I think that's the type of team Stevens wants to eventually build, too. I'm not saying the notion of a captain isn't consistent with this philosophy, but I'm not sure that anyone has really separated themselves enough to warrant that labeling.
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« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2015, 06:36:09 PM »

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no.

We don't need a captain on this team. Not right now
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