nate33 wrote:He still looks like a very good pick relative to the rest of the draft. RAPTOR and WAR (which incorporates minutes played) both rank him as the 9th best rookie:
Herbert Jones was a 2nd round steal, and Austin Reeves is an undrafted walk-on (and probably a short term fluke on a weird LA team). Outside of those two, the only guys outplaying Kispert are guys that were picked ahead of him, and Sengun, who was picked right after him.
Kispert is outplaying a lot of guys picked ahead of him including:
Cunningham
Green
Suggs
Giddey
Kuminga
Z.Williams
Bouknight
Primo
Moody
Kispert is a big positive, but that list strikes me as pretty ridiculous -- more or less what can be expected of the mystery meat chopper.
Davlion Mitchell is ranked pretty high, for example, & he has been absolutely terrible. He's shooting a .474 TS%, he's low on assists, low on steals, low on rebounds. He doesn't turn the ball over much, but that's all you can say for him to this point.
Suggs has been terrible, while Giddey has been terrific.
That said, despite the order being all wrong overall, somehow they have Kispert in just about the right place. Of all rookies who've played over 300 minutes (just to get some meaning into sample size), he's about the 9th best. &, yes, he is outplaying many guys taken above him, you are right.
The mystery meat boys don't even list the guy who's looking just about the best, btw: Aaron Wiggins. His TS% is at .585, & he's doing pretty much everything else well too. A steal.
As to Herb Jones, he's definitely playing well -- except he's averaging only 5 boards per 40 minutes.
