Rookie Discussion Thread

[JMac1]

Exactly, couldn't have said it any better.

Yea, I guess you guys are right. I totally forgot that this was a big dominated league.....

irrelevant to the points we've made but ight homie.

The discussion started with my preferring Booker's potential over Kristaps' and I was supporting my reasoned based opinion on it being a guard dominated league; being that it is obvious this is so (thus I referenced Curry several times during this discussion), I laid on a clear coat of sarcasm. If you don't understand that then...............it says a lot.

[islanders11040]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsE9ZWEAJYk[/youtube]

14 pts 4 ast 3 rebs 1 blk in 29 minutes

Grant with his first NBA start. Hes had issues due to really inconsistent minutes. Hope he finishes the season strong. Good thing Melo went to Rambis to make sure he plays the young guys. Gonna need to put up lots of 3 pointers over the summer. He has natural fade on his jumper and the difference in distance between the NBA and college 3 pt line really hurts him with his release.

I liked him coming into the draft, I was hoping he would fall to us (Portis fell instead so I'll take it). Rough rookie season but this looks like he had a good game. A couple of questions - Is he playing minutes primarily at PG? If so, how's he going running the offense? And also, how's he been on defense?

Ya he's playing almost exclusively at point. They don't run the pick and roll at all for him which is his strength and what he mostly ran in college. They are forcing him to run the triangle almost exclusively which he has struggled with, especially with a weak jump shot so far. He's been playing average to good defense. He had good lateral quickness and size to contest most plays and can compete defensively against the 1-3.

[DaGawd]

Porzingis defensive compilation
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHfYUY0jwIk[/youtube]

[ChaosHamster]

Porzingis defensive compilation
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHfYUY0jwIk[/youtube]

Was posted like 2 pages back.

But what the hell, I'll watch it again..

[Domejandro]

Ya he's playing almost exclusively at point. They don't run the pick and roll at all for him which is his strength and what he mostly ran in college. They are forcing him to run the triangle almost exclusively which he has struggled with, especially with a weak jump shot so far. He's been playing average to good defense. He had good lateral quickness and size to contest most plays and can compete defensively against the 1-3.

That is exactly what we did to Johnny Flynn.

[DaGawd]

Porzingis defensive compilation
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHfYUY0jwIk[/youtube]

Was posted like 2 pages back.

But what the hell, I'll watch it again..

My bad

[TankNation123]

Norman powell hass been pretty impressive for being a 2nd rounder 46th pick. Starter for a 50+ win team.

[Kabookalu]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7FFVeSC-VY[/youtube]

His net rating since consistently starting in March is +5.4.

[stitches]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQURjGecfxw[/youtube]

[Domejandro]

Triple double watch for Karl Anthony-Towns. With 2:54 left in the second quarter, he has...

Seven Points
Eleven Rebounds
Six Assists
Two Blocks.

[Klomp]

Triple double watch for Karl Anthony-Towns. With 2:54 left in the second quarter, he has...

Seven Points
Eleven Rebounds
Six Assists
Two Blocks.

Added two more rebounds before half, putting him at 7/13/6/2 with 24 minutes left.

[Domejandro]

Triple double watch for Karl Anthony-Towns. With 2:54 left in the second quarter, he has...

Seven Points
Eleven Rebounds
Six Assists
Two Blocks.

Added two more rebounds before half, putting him at 7/13/6/2 with 24 minutes left.

He was so close to getting two more assists as well, it is crazy.

[Domejandro]

Towns' teammates are doing everything in their power to not get him his tenth assist, haha.

Eleven points, twenty rebounds, nine assists.

[Klomp]

No triple-double. Towns finishes with only 11/21/9/3

[DaGawd]

21 rebounds? DAMN

[nyk97]

Yea, I guess you guys are right. I totally forgot that this was a big dominated league.....

irrelevant to the points we've made but ight homie.

The discussion started with my preferring Booker's potential over Kristaps' and I was supporting my reasoned based opinion on it being a guard dominated league; being that it is obvious this is so (thus I referenced Curry several times during this discussion), I laid on a clear coat of sarcasm. If you don't understand that then...............it says a lot.

in what way did my response say i didn't understand the sarcasm lmao it still is irrelevant whether its a guard dominant league or big dominant league, has absolutely nothing to do with who has more potential. our opinions aren't gonna change as we're both obviously a bit biased as its our rookie vs yours, lets just agree that both are amazing players and that they both have the chance to be superstars in this league

[stitches]

No triple-double. Towns finishes with only 11/21/9/3

Scrub!

[Klomp]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/AaronGleeman/status/716817118721912832[/tweet]

[Klomp]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmxSDS9NNpg[/youtube]

[Domejandro]

I am still salty about him not getting a triple-double, his teammates robbed him.