Anthony Davis

dream_catcher_9 · Post #161 » by **dream_catcher_9** » Sun Apr 1, 2012 8:50 pm

He is Kevin Garnett defensively with elite shot blocking abilities. Offensively I don't think he is as good as him but it's close.

Dude is a franchise game changer on both sides of the ball, and in the locker room. Whichever team gets him is blessed.

Red Larrivee · Post #162 » by **Red Larrivee** » Sun Apr 1, 2012 9:31 pm

Davis on the Bobcats would be a franchise changer. Long-term they would have the best shotblocking duo in the league to anchor their D with he and Biyombo. They would also be getting out of their lucrative deals soon and would have a lot of $$$ to build around their young talent.

MalonesElbows · Post #163 » by **MalonesElbows** » Sun Apr 1, 2012 9:54 pm

Gram wrote:
Hook_Em wrote:The Wiz need this guy so bad. He's the best for Washinton over any other bad team.

You guys just got the first overall pick in 2010. Don't get greedy.

He is wisely assuming Wall plays out his qualifying offer or demands a trade so they will need to restock.

LionOfLannister · Post #164 » by **LionOfLannister** » Sun Apr 1, 2012 9:54 pm

Red Larrivee wrote:Davis on the Bobcats would be a franchise changer. Long-term they would have the best shotblocking duo in the league to anchor their D with he and Biyombo. They would also be getting out of their lucrative deals soon and would have a lot of $$$ to build around their young talent.

I worry that the Bobcats are the type of franchise where talent goes to die. I guess not even the Twolves could keep KG down, but the bobcats might be even more inept.

Post #165 » by **Doctor MJ** » Mon Apr 2, 2012 1:48 am

boogie-reke wrote:What I loved the most about this kid is Cal said in the 2nd half when LV made thier run he came to him and yelled " Give me the ball! tell them to give me the ball in the post".

This kid is a star.

It seems so strange to me how people talk about him not having great offensive potential. His teammates hardly ever look for him, and on the rare occasion where he actually gets the ball in the post, he looks like a plenty credible offensive threat to me.

It was telling watching him against Dieng yesterday. Now there's a guy who just doesn't seem to have the coordination for offense.

Davis on the other hand could pretty much without question at the level of say, Thomas Robinson, at a greater efficiency if the team simply chose to make Davis a bigger focus.

Stun704 · Post #166 » by **Stun704** » Mon Apr 2, 2012 5:04 am

LionOfLannister wrote:
Red Larrivee wrote:Davis on the Bobcats would be a franchise changer. Long-term they would have the best shotblocking duo in the league to anchor their D with he and Biyombo. They would also be getting out of their lucrative deals soon and would have a lot of $$$ to build around their young talent.

I worry that the Bobcats are the type of franchise where talent goes to die. I guess not even the Twolves could keep KG down, but the bobcats might be even more inept.

your title says freshman but you post like a ballboy, where is the evidence for your claims? what talent has went to die on the bobcats?? Gerald Wallace was a bench rider on the Kings but became an first team all defense, all-star during the bobcats darkage.. with Rich Cho we will be the OKC-East, and you haters will be riding our dicks soon enough

Anthony Davis + Bismack Biyombo will be a monster front court in a few years, think a young KG & Ben Wallace with a longer wingspan.. after '13 they will have massive capspace as well with Diop, Caroll and Maggette coming off the books, and their only semi-bad contract being Tyrus Thomas remaining

DirtyDez · Post #167 » by **DirtyDez** » Mon Apr 2, 2012 5:47 am

I was taking it slow at first but he really impressed me this year. I was holding the lack of a post game against him but the team doesn't need him to score 30 a game and he doesn't care about stats. Most 19 year olds that are 6'10" are so unccordinated they can barely run with looking akward. He's as smooth as they come for a guy that size and age. I wanna fast foward to 2015 to see what his body and game look like. Scary thing is he'll only be 23.

dballislife · Post #168 » by **dballislife** » Mon Apr 2, 2012 9:39 am

should and will davis get ride of the brow when in the NBA?

boogie-reke · Post #169 » by **boogie-reke** » Mon Apr 2, 2012 11:41 am

personally I think absolutely not.

That's his trademark and his mojo. he'd be a fool to get rid of it imo.

boogie-reke · Post #170 » by **boogie-reke** » Mon Apr 2, 2012 11:42 am

Doctor MJ wrote:
boogie-reke wrote:What I loved the most about this kid is Cal said in the 2nd half when LV made thier run he came to him and yelled " Give me the ball! tell them to give me the ball in the post".

This kid is a star.

It seems so strange to me how people talk about him not having great offensive potential. His teammates hardly ever look for him, and on the rare occasion where he actually gets the ball in the post, he looks like a plenty credible offensive threat to me.

It was telling watching him against Dieng yesterday. Now there's a guy who just doesn't seem to have the coordination for offense.

Davis on the other hand could pretty much without question at the level of say, Thomas Robinson, at a greater efficiency if the team simply chose to make Davis a bigger focus.

That turnaround right hook he has is a legit pro move, and he uses his length and height SO WELL in it, I mean that baby is uncontestable.

He's gonna milk that sucker dry in the NBA - and he already showed on a couple of occasions finishing with a nice touch with his left hook on the inside, so the counter-move is already in the works.

mid-post · Post #171 » by **mid-post** » Mon Apr 2, 2012 8:40 pm

boogie-reke wrote:
Doctor MJ wrote:
boogie-reke wrote:What I loved the most about this kid is Cal said in the 2nd half when LV made thier run he came to him and yelled " Give me the ball! tell them to give me the ball in the post".

This kid is a star.

It seems so strange to me how people talk about him not having great offensive potential. His teammates hardly ever look for him, and on the rare occasion where he actually gets the ball in the post, he looks like a plenty credible offensive threat to me.

It was telling watching him against Dieng yesterday. Now there's a guy who just doesn't seem to have the coordination for offense.

Davis on the other hand could pretty much without question at the level of say, Thomas Robinson, at a greater efficiency if the team simply chose to make Davis a bigger focus.

That turnaround right hook he has is a legit pro move, and he uses his length and height SO WELL in it, I mean that baby is uncontestable.

He's gonna milk that sucker dry in the NBA - and he already showed on a couple of occasions finishing with a nice touch with his left hook on the inside, so the counter-move is already in the works.

I agree 100%. Plus he's got a nice stroke from the FT line too. I actually think his offensive ceiling might translate better than his defense or rebounding.

mavs7777 · Post #172 » by **mavs7777** » Mon Apr 2, 2012 9:03 pm

Davis has a KG type ceiling on both ends of the floor. He shows good touch and can become a good pick and pop mid range shooter as well as his other skills, if he bulks up he can be dominant on the post as well with his very good footwork/length/touch/quickness

call.me.dude · Post #173 » by **call.me.dude** » Tue Apr 3, 2012 1:20 am

mavs7777 wrote:Davis has a KG type ceiling on both ends of the floor. He shows good touch and can become a good pick and pop mid range shooter as well as his other skills, if he bulks up he can be dominant on the post as well with his very good footwork/length/touch/quickness

Really? Timberwolves KG had only two (!) seasons of under 4 apg (his first two years, at 1.8 and 3.1). Look at KG's numbers from 99/00 to 04/05:

22.6 ppg/12.7rpg/5.3apg ... over a 6 year span!

No way in hell Davis even comes close to KG on offense. He may someday (which I doubt) match the scoring numbers, but offense is more than just scoring and KG's passing puts him on another level offensively compared to even the most optimistic version of Davis I can imagine.

For the record, I think Davis' ceiling as far as scoring goes is a pretty effective 20ppg while not being a great first option. He'll have a lot of work to do though if he wants to reach that goal. Right now he doesn't have much of a jumpshot (I know, his FT% is solid), can't really dribble the ball and is too weak to really post up NBA big men.

Respect My Mind · Post #174 » by **Respect My Mind** » Tue Apr 3, 2012 3:00 am

Davis doesn't have a bulk up frame

Even Dwight and Tyson in High School would have bodied Davis. The biggest he can hope for is prime Marcus Camby body and that is not enough to be a post presence. His skill level compared to KG at the same age is laughable. I would draft him No.1 but he will NEVER be a top 10 player in the league

Post #175 » by **UGA Hayes** » Tue Apr 3, 2012 3:44 am

I thinks scouts everywhere are celebrating Kentucky's win tonight. Should drastically reduce the chance of most of those guys coming back. Wouldn't be surprised if Kentucky's entire top 7 declared (including miller graduating)

mavs7777 · Post #176 » by **mavs7777** » Tue Apr 3, 2012 4:38 am

UGA Hayes wrote:I thinks scouts everywhere are celebrating Kentucky's win tonight. Should drastically reduce the chance of most of those guys coming back. Wouldn't be surprised if Kentucky's entire top 7 declared (including miller graduating)

Wiltjer will be back, also they bring in a beast transfer PG from NC State and have a chance to land Cal's best recruiting class.

DirtyDez · Post #177 » by **DirtyDez** » Tue Apr 3, 2012 4:50 am

^^ Unless they get Shabazz, Bennett and Noel it will be his 3rd best class at UK after the Wall/Cousins and Davis/MKG crew.

Lamb, Jones and Davis are 100% gone. Teague and MKG probably declare... Teague helped his stock in the tourney and the PG class isn't strong.

Post #178 » by **Doctor MJ** » Tue Apr 3, 2012 4:54 am

Respect My Mind wrote:Davis doesn't have a bulk up frame

Even Dwight and Tyson in High School would have bodied Davis. The biggest he can hope for is prime Marcus Camby body and that is not enough to be a post presence. His skill level compared to KG at the same age is laughable. I would draft him No.1 but he will NEVER be a top 10 player in the league

I'm no expert on this stuff, but I question how anyone can know this given the fact that Davis' body just went through such a huge growth spurt.

Post #179 » by **Doctor MJ** » Tue Apr 3, 2012 5:01 am

call.me.dude wrote:No way in hell Davis even comes close to KG on offense. He may someday (which I doubt) match the scoring numbers, but offense is more than just scoring and KG's passing puts him on another level offensively compared to even the most optimistic version of Davis I can imagine.

Another one of those things I don't know how you tell. KG's 5 APG aren't what's impressive, it's the fact that his passing made it make sense for him to be the hub for his team. This is very good, but hardly unique among bigs.

With Davis right now we see a guy who gets involved on offense all the way out to the perimeter at time, and of course someone who played guard for most of his basketball career. Kentucky chooses not to play him as that hub for a variety of reasons that I'd say are correct, but just as Davis' PPG is not at all reflective of some kind of ceiling for him, we've yet to really see what Davis capabilities will be on this passing front.

I'm totally fine with saying you can't assume Davis has that kind of potential when he hasn't shown it yet, but that's different from saying what he can't do. There's just so much we don't know about the guy on offense.

ManualRam · Post #180 » by **ManualRam** » Tue Apr 3, 2012 5:01 am

davis has already put on at least 20 lbs since during his senior season. if he can get to prime KG or even bosh's weight i think he'll be fine at the 4.
him already being able to put on weight and having the work ethic to do so is already a good sign. his wider set shoulders will help as well. compare him to a guy like tyrus thomas or even john henson. he's already put on more weight than tyrus did in his first 2-3 yrs in the pros and more weight in 1 season that henson did in 2.
he doesnt need to be a hulking 260 lb'er with his length and agility.