SubbaBub
Your stupidity is ruining my country.
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The most interesting thing that post raises to me is how CV would have helped the '06 team. Would he have started? Heck no. We already had 1 of Denham, 'Shad or Rudy Gay on the bench. But that team's single biggest problem was the lack of a secondary ball handler. The drop off from Marcus to freshman combo guard Craig Austrie was genormous, and Austrie at that time in his career wasn't a good enough shooter to take minutes from Denham and Rashad at the 2, even though he became a much better shooter as his career wore on. Having the option of an upperclassman CV on that team might have made it better as it would have given JC options to play differently that he just didn't have.
Thinking CV was getting serious minutes in '99, however, is laughable, as is comparing him to KEA. That team didn't need more defense from a guard, as Ricky could take the other team's best guard at either the 1 or the 2 totally out of a game, and Albie Mourning couldn't get real minutes on that team as a scoring 2.
None of this, however, is a knock on CV, who at this point in his career plays with maximum effort close to 100% of the time and helps this team win in many ways even on days when his shot is off.
I don't think it's that laughable. You swap him out for KEA and that is still an elite team. Maybe they don't win because a lot of things cause you to not win, but the odea that he couldn't start on that team is silly. Of course he could. KEA's career looks better because he was on a better team and the halo of hindsight is very bright.
I see them as having similar intangibles and comparable games. KEA was a borderline pro in an era where sub 6 ft PG's still had a shot at making a roster. That's not true any longer.
Comparing CV to Rashad or other bench guards is the ridiculous thing in a thread discussing his chances at conferece POY. I'm putting him amongst that group on UConn guards who where in contention for conference POY but below guys who actually won it or were in the running for NPOY. CV has had that good a season on a bad team that is getting better.
It that offends some on team nostalgia, so be it. I have no problem being an early CV fan.