OT - Guess Rookie/Sophomore Rosters

Mascot · Post #1 » by **Mascot** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:15 pm

Rookies
PG - Mike Conley
SG - Kevin Durant
SF - Jamario Moon
PF - Sean Williams
C - Al Horford
Yi Jianlian
Juan Carlos Navarro
Luis Scola
Jeff Green

Sophomores (this one is a bit harder)
PG - Rajon Rondo
SG - Brandon Roy
SF - Rudy Gay
PF - Paul Milsap
C - Lamarcus Aldridge
Ronnie Brewer
Jordan Farmar
Josh Boone
Daniel Gibson

Sophomores gonna dominate this game

LLJ · Post #2 » by **LLJ** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:17 pm

Bargs

tecumseh18 · Post #3 » by **tecumseh18** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:19 pm

Shouldn't this go in the All-Andrea thread? Of course you mean it to be the most scathing (and 100% accurate) indictment possible.

I've been torn as to whether being excluded from the game would light a fire under AB's ass, or whether it would be better for him to play in a loose but competitive situation.

sh00n · Post #4 » by **sh00n** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:22 pm

Would Josh Boone really make it over Andrea?

fame · Post #5 » by **fame** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:40 pm

I just don't see anyway Andrea can make the sophmore team right now, as there are alot of other players more deserving.

ROOKIE TEAM
PG Mike Conley
SG Kevin Durant
SF Jamario Moon
PF Sean Williams
C Al Horford

Reserves
Juan Carlos Navarro
Yi Jianlian
Jeff Green
Thaddeus Young
Acie Law

SOPHOMORE TEAM
PG Rajon Rondo
SG Brandon Roy
SF Rudy Gay
PF Lamarcus Aldridge
C Josh Boone

RESERVES
Daniel Gibson
Ronnie Brewer
Jordan Farmar
Paul Millsap

Fairview4Life · Post #6 » by **Fairview4Life** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:43 pm

Josh Boone isn't more deserving.

fame · Post #7 » by **fame** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:51 pm

Fairview4Life wrote:Josh Boone isn't more deserving.

This season I believe he is more deserving

For the past month he's averaged 10 pts 9 boards with almost a block and a steal per game.

Bargnani hasn't even touched thoes numbers for most of the season.

cram · Post #8 » by **cram** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:55 pm

bargs doesn't deserve to be there, but if up to the NBA he might still get there if only b/c he's a #1 pick.

sh00n · Post #9 » by **sh00n** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:57 pm

fame wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

This season I believe he is more deserving

For the past month he's averaged 10 pts 9 boards with almost a block and a steal per game.

Bargnani hasn't even touched thoes numbers for most of the season.

I still say Bargs would make it over Boone. Not saying he's going to make it overall, but Boone making it over him is stupid.

Post #10 » by **TheDoctor** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:00 pm

Boone and Millsap are still just debatably above Bargs (Millsap isn't doing that much this year overall)... so I think he's still in the mix for now. And Boone has had some horrid games lately too.

The_Hater · Post #11 » by **The_Hater** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:00 pm

I think it's pretty clear that Andrea isn't getting an invite. Just like Charlie and Channing played themselves off the sophmore team last season.

The 9 sophmores will probably come from this list of 11.

IN:

Rajon Rondo
Brandon Roy
Rudy Gay
Lamarcus Aldridge
Ronnie Brewer
Jordan Farmar
Daniel Gibson

BUBBLE:

Paul Millsap (8.5/5.7)
Craig Smith (10/4)
Kelenna Azubuike (10/4)
Josh Boone (7/6)

I would probably lean towads Millsap and Azubuike but who knows for sure.

The_Hater · Post #12 » by **The_Hater** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:06 pm

TheDoctor wrote:Boone and Millsap are still just debatably above Bargs (Millsap isn't doing that much this year overall)... so I think he's still in the mix for now. And Boone has had some horrid games lately too.

Look at the stats and Millsap (21 mpg, same ppg, twice the rpg and more bpg, 51% FG% over Bargs is a no-brainer. Same with Craig Smith (21 mpg, 10/4 55% FG) over Bargs.

Mascot · Post #13 » by **Mascot** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:08 pm

i dont think Craig Smith has a chance to make it based on Minnesota's record.

The_Hater · Post #14 » by **The_Hater** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:11 pm

Mascot wrote:i dont think Craig Smith has a chance to make it based on Minnesota's record.

Probably. But he's still been pretty good. I'd go with Millsap ahead of him though.

Post #15 » by **TheDoctor** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:23 pm

The_Hater wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Look at the stats and Millsap (21 mpg, same ppg, twice the rpg and more bpg, 51% FG% over Bargs is a no-brainer. Same with Craig Smith (21 mpg, 10/4 55% FG) over Bargs.

Weird - I thought I'd looked at his stats recently and he wasn't playing much and the numbers were underwhelming. Tricked my eye somehow. You're right.

tecumseh18 · Post #16 » by **tecumseh18** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:43 pm

You would think they wouldn't just look at overall stats, but also recent trends. Especially with young, theoretically developing players.

Here are the Wages of Wins season-end rookie selections from last year. Note that Bargs had a bad rookie season according to their criteria, and didn't make the cut.

First team
Rajon Rondo
Brandon Roy
Renaldo Balkman
Paul Millsap
Craig Smith

Second Team
Shelden Williams
Sergio Rodriguez
Tyrus Thomas
Randy Foye
LaMarcus Aldridge

http://www.wagesofwins.com/AllRookWP07.html

Hmm, it's easy to say that the WOW methodology might be flawed, because "obviously" Bargs had a good season last year. But maybe the WOW approach accurately predicted Barg's meltdown this year?

bballin · Post #17 » by **bballin** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:16 pm

I never knew the sophmore's had a voting system, way I understood it is the rookie team of the last all star game gets to face the new rookies of this season.

Im thinking the roster is exactly the same as it was last year as far as the sophmores are concerned, Bargnani included