Rookie Discussion Thread

Post #221 » by **HartfordWhalers** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 12:26 am

Okafor put up 15 points in 7 minutes so far.

Post #222 » by **Duke4life831** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 2:41 am

Okafor averages for the last 5 games.

21.4 points, 55 FG%, 82 FT%, 9.8 rebounds and 2 blocks

76ciology · Post #223 » by **76ciology** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 3:14 am

Duke4life831 wrote:Okafor averages for the last 5 games.

21.4 points, 55 FG%, 82 FT%, 9.8 rebounds and 2 blocks

Prior to tonight's game he has been averaging -10% diff less than 6ft and -9% diff in less than 10ft. Those are while playing PF.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/pjeffersonlim/status/701606525370937344[/tweet]

xxSnEaKyPxx · Post #224 » by **xxSnEaKyPxx** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 3:28 am

Myles Turner has made some really clutch shots over these last 2 wins. Both games were on the road too.

76ciology · Post #225 » by **76ciology** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 5:15 am

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5vwMPTSve4[/youtube]

76ciology · Post #226 » by **76ciology** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 5:34 am

http://www.todaysfastbreak.com/nba-west/denver-nuggets/decoding-enigma-thats-emmanuel-mudiay/

Great article about Mudiay.

MC3 · Post #227 » by **MC3** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 12:57 pm

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AALy3tNLuKA[/youtube]

iamworthy · Post #228 » by **iamworthy** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 5:19 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/zachlowe_nba/status/701786120468766720[/tweet]

Post #229 » by **CoreyGallagher** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:23 pm

iamworthy wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/zachlowe_nba/status/701786120468766720[/tweet]

He doesn't deserve to be, believe that's more indicative of KAT and the draft class. However, it is humorous to me that the reporters and writers censorious of Okafor were the same fawning over Wiggins' raw stats last season, while competently ignoring efficiency...

Zeitgeister · Post #230 » by **Zeitgeister** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:56 pm

CoreyGallagher wrote:
iamworthy wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/zachlowe_nba/status/701786120468766720[/tweet]

He doesn't deserve to be, believe that's more indicative of KAT and the draft class. However, it is humorous to me that the reporters and writers censorious of Okafor were the same fawning over Wiggins' raw stats last season, while competently ignoring efficiency...

Okay, but Okafor's BPM and VORP are noticeably worse than even Wiggins last year. I think, if people were "fawning" over Wiggins' raw stats it was in relation to the rest of the rookie class. KAT is clearly having a much better season than Wiggins did last year and Okafor is this year. Kinda hard to compare Wiggins and Okafor's rookie seasons for that reason.

Quentin · Post #231 » by **Quentin** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:57 pm

CoreyGallagher wrote:
iamworthy wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/zachlowe_nba/status/701786120468766720[/tweet]

He doesn't deserve to be, believe that's more indicative of KAT and the draft class. However, it is humorous to me that the reporters and writers censorious of Okafor were the same fawning over Wiggins' raw stats last season, while competently ignoring efficiency...

Ummm, I think there's more going on with Okafor than just raw stats and efficiency.

Post #232 » by **CoreyGallagher** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 9:11 pm

Zeitgeister wrote:Okay, but Okafor's BPM and VORP are noticeably worse than even Wiggins last year. I think, if people were "fawning" over Wiggins' raw stats it was in relation to the rest of the rookie class. KAT is clearly having a much better season than Wiggins did last year and Okafor is this year. Kinda hard to compare Wiggins and Okafor's rookie seasons for that reason.

They are worse and that's why I'm not award campaigning or even insinuating that he should be in the discussion, at all. However, it's a noticeable contrast when metrics were seemingly ignored, entirely (evidenced by the voting), one season and then are the sole focus for chastising a rookie by the same writers the next. That's my gripe, not with Wiggins, but with the varying standards the media uses.

Quentin wrote:Ummm, I think there's more going on with Okafor than just raw stats and efficiency.

What are you referring to? Too vague. Off the court issues?

Kobblehead · Post #233 » by **Kobblehead** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 10:51 pm

MC3 wrote:[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AALy3tNLuKA[/youtube]

Was a big fan of Bobby Portis two years ago when everyone else was hyping up Noah Vonleh and Julius Randle. Bobby's defensive effort has been huge for his development. Taj Gibson is the perfect guy for him to learn under. You's got a hell of a player in the back of the first round.

Post #234 » by **Klomp** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 1:35 am

Pretty good 15/7 game for KAT.

Oh nevermind, it was just the first quarter

Post #235 » by **Domejandro** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 2:54 am

Karl Anthony-Towns is so good. He can't buy a foul this game, but is still dominating, haha.

Post #236 » by **Domejandro** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 3:08 am

Sam Mitchell is such a moron, there is eight minutes left in the game, and he is still waiting on putting Towns in.

Nevermind, Towns is back in with seven minutes.

runlikehell · Post #237 » by **runlikehell** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 4:40 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/EthanJSkolnick/status/701971065661165569[/tweet]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/ByTimReynolds/status/701976762087927808[/tweet]

Post #238 » by **Klomp** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 5:00 am

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz94MrLZGIw[/youtube][tweet]https://twitter.com/APkrawczynski/status/701992861491978245[/tweet][tweet]https://twitter.com/APkrawczynski/status/701993434987556864[/tweet]

Post #239 » by **Klomp** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 5:18 am

It's almost scary how close the numbers are

Post #240 » by **pacers33granger** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 5:21 am

runlikehell wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/EthanJSkolnick/status/701971065661165569[/tweet]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/ByTimReynolds/status/701976762087927808[/tweet]

You could clearly see that Winslow's hustle was contagious. The Heat played like they didn't care until he got in and started going all out. He just did all the little things. It's rare to have a player as young as he is be that guy for the team. I still can't get a read on what his ceiling is (admittedly haven't watched much of the Heat though), but at the least it seems he's going to be a very good player for over a decade and a strong contributor to a winning culture.