I disagree. A player like Tatum was poised for stardom he has
it. The physical measurements, the work ethic, the skillset, the athleticism, the pedigree (Duke, Kobe disciple, Larry Hughes god son, Ty Lue nephew, Chaminade and Bradley Beal connection, toughness being from St. Louis). R.J. would not be in the conversation for RoY on the Jazz because he has significant flaws as a basketball player, it's obviously a better team so he would look and play better but Ja Morant would still be running away with the award. It's good young players that turn franchises around. After Gordon Hayward left the Jazz were expected to sink. They drafted Donovan Mitchell and he ended up having a lot more of an offensive bag than draft pundits anticipated. Donovan Mitchell himself with his game exceeded expectations and has been carrying the Jazz offense ever since as their sole shot creator. If we landed a Tatum or Mitchell our team would be in a much different state today.
Donovan Mitchell surprised even himself to become the Jazz's unlikely rookie savior
Timmy wasn't trash as a Knick. Timmy simply had too big of a role on the Knicks and continued having injuries. The best basketball Timmy ever played were stretches in the '18 and '19 seasons where he was playing as a first and second option and having big games and leading us to wins he just didn't sustain these flashes due to injuries and he had too large of a role. Timmy's rookie year was also pretty promising and he wasn't that fukking good in Atlanta in fact his first year there was trash.
Timmy is the same chuck he's always been. The difference? He plays on a high octane Mavs offense with a guy named Luka Doncic. The Knicks are at a talent deficit and the guys on the team look worse because of that. It's an ill-fitting roster.
But Ntilikina and Knox are
huge parts of that talent deficit. They should be
much better than what they are.