Knighthonor wrote:Nivek wrote:By the way, I took another look at Beal's first two games in comparison to the other teenage rookies and STILL found no reason for panic.
To summarize: Beal's first two games were terrible. Here are a few players whose first two games were even worse (per minute):
- Corey Maggette
- Josh Smith
- Louis Williams
- Shawn Kemp
- Carmelo Anthony
- Eric Gordon
- Gilbert Arenas
- Tyson Chandler
- Kobe Bryant
- Ersan Ilyasova
I like what you trying to do, but still seem Scapegoat like. this franchise need talent. and its more damaging to a team like this, compared to the rest of those other teams, because the Wizards have the worst record in the history of the NBA, compared to other teams.
The bolded statement above is not true.
Seraphin looked historically bad his first year, but so did Bynum and others that turned out pretty well. Nivek (or someone) suggested waiting 20 games before starting to worry about Beal. Sounds reasonable.
PS: Following a four-year NCAA career, 22-year-old rookie Jordan Crawford had 4 points (2-9 FGs) to go with 3 RBs and 3 assists, in about 32 minutes across his first four games. Did you panic? I didn't panic until he became a Wizard.