How much potential does Courtney Lee have?

[Lebron23]

He'll make some All-Defense Teams and maybe some All-Star games. Solid starting shooting gaurd for years to come.

Maybe in his dreams or fantasy.

[Lebron23]

he kind of reminds me of brandon roy without passing ability the way he moves

[CJ Mustard]

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[Fudge]

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[Doranku]

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[YouGotServed]

I guess I'm confused. Is the irony going right over my head or do you guys actually think Courtney Lee has "potential?"

Courtney Lee has the potential to be a mediocre NBA player, just like he is right now. He's a rotation player at best, and not a rotation player that people seek out, like they do a Craig Smith or a James Posey or a Joel Przybilla. Just a mediocre player who takes up space and nobody's embarrassed to have playing maybe 15 minutes a game as a fouth guard or something.

You see Rip Hamilton in him because he's skinny and has good fundamentals for his position. But he's not Rip Hamilton; Rip Hamilton has been scoring 20 points a game rain or shine regardless of the opponent and regardless of the situation for almost a decade. When Courtney Lee hits an open jumpshot your eyebrows arch. When Rip Hamilton hits an open jumpshot you yawn and maybe change the channel. These are not even close to equal.

Courtney has a lot of likeable things about him, but look. Not every young guy who shows something here and there is destined to be an allstar.

What Courtney Lee should do is watch Raja Bell and Rip Hamilton tape 5 hours a day this summer, and aim for the effectiveness of the former in the style of the latter. That's his ceiling, and it's not a bad ceiling. And the reason it's his ceiling is that all he can really do at the NBA level is shoot open shots and try hard on defense. You love to have those guys, but there are ones who are taller.

In retrospect, spot on post. lol @ the Courtney Lee hype 4 years ago. He was the starting SG for that team Dwight led to the finals, right? People tend to overrate role players in championship contending teams. Dwight led a bunch of 3 pt shooting role players to the finals. Greatness personified.

[b1imtf]

Funny Thread. Lee was getting the Kawhi Leonard treatment back in the day. He failed up to live up to his hype. Lee is now an NBA journeyman at age 28.

LMAO at being good as Richardson and Hamilton.

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