re: Zach Lowe on Potential Summer Pels Trade

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The sample size is definitely small, and I'm not saying we know he's bad, but he hasn't shown he's any good. The other types of moves he's made we saw some good after the same number of moves.

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I think of Demps as Kurt Cobain in a world of many CC DeVilles that is accustomed to them.

He has not shown virtuosity in a flashy, high profile sort of way, like CC, and he hasn't been around enough. Cobain's solos were nothing flashy, so it was often said by the rock fans that he can't play. Well, he just didn't do it. That does not mean he can't. He had a plan, and it worked.

I'm not saying Demps will have a Cobain legacy; just poking at focus on the potential meaning of undisplayed virtuosity. It may exist or not, but the lack may not be important.

The team, the song matters, not the elements in isolation.

Demps has used musical analogy in describing his work, as an essentially useless aside.