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DJ Makes ESPN's Top 10 Rookie Watch

Posted: Thu Dec 4, 2008 5:08 pm
by BigSlam
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/s ... ies-081202

10. D.J. Augustin, Bobcats
The key to Augustin's recent offensive output (he's averaging 17 ppg over his past eight games) is not that he's an excellent outside shooter but that he's able to get to the rim and finish. Smaller guards who struggle around the rim can be pressed into driving by hot closeouts, forcing them to take shots they can't make or into turnovers because defenses take away their kickout options by not offering help.

But Augustin takes a quarter of his shots near the rim and finishes over 50 percent of them, helping him to establish a better than 2-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio. Defenses need to help on his drives, which gives him open kickout lanes.


Yay rookie!!

Re: DJ Makes ESPN's Top 10 Rookie Watch

Posted: Thu Dec 4, 2008 6:13 pm
by ohara
I've been keeping up with Thorpe and his Rookie Watch. He moves them around from one week to the next, depending on how they do. DJ was up in the mid-upper Teens the week before, and now Top 10. DJ has had his minutes drop the last couple games, and had some TO's and foul trouble. I hope he has a big game vs the Bucks and Cavs coming up. Then he'll stay in the top 10 for a while hopefully.

Re: DJ Makes ESPN's Top 10 Rookie Watch

Posted: Thu Dec 4, 2008 9:23 pm
by Walt Cronkite
About time...