The OFFICIAL Rookie impressions thread

smith2373 · Post #401 » by **smith2373** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:21 am

I wonder what will be our "Kyrie vs. Rubio" of this year.

Probably Drummond and JONAS.

Blkbrd671 · Post #402 » by **Blkbrd671** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:24 am

smith2373 wrote:I wonder what will be our "Kyrie vs. Rubio" of this year.

Probably Drummond and JONAS.

Probably Drummond vs Davis

TheMailMan3232 · Post #403 » by **TheMailMan3232** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:28 am

It seem like people are forgetting about Davis on here lol

Blkbrd671 · Post #404 » by **Blkbrd671** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:35 am

TheMailMan3232 wrote:It seem like people are forgetting about Davis on here lol

that's because the preseason forgot about him

TwentyOne920 · Post #405 » by **TwentyOne920** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:01 am

Anthony Davis had a good game. 19 pts/7 rbs/1 blk.

MrBigShot · Post #406 » by **MrBigShot** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:03 am

TheMailMan3232 wrote:It seem like people are forgetting about Davis on here lol

It seems like he's a given to be a contributer I guess...most teams don't have the luxury of having the #1 pick so instead they watch whoever the have, be it the 9th pick or the 39th pick. You never really know what your getting until you have a chance to actually watch the players, so the preseason has allowed all of us to see glimpses of the big question marks of the draft.

Davis will probably be on ESPN a ton when the season starts though...

HSOB SIRHC · Post #407 » by **HSOB SIRHC** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:09 am

Blkbrd671 wrote:
smith2373 wrote:I wonder what will be our "Kyrie vs. Rubio" of this year.

Probably Drummond and JONAS.

Probably Drummond vs Davis

If anything it's gonna be JV vs Davis.

dballislife · Post #408 » by **dballislife** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:10 am

davis is ROY

Scout Taron · Post #409 » by **Scout Taron** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:18 am

HSOB SIRHC wrote:
Blkbrd671 wrote:
smith2373 wrote:I wonder what will be our "Kyrie vs. Rubio" of this year.

Probably Drummond and JONAS.

Probably Drummond vs Davis

If anything it's gonna be JV vs Davis.

Preseason stats so far:

JV
7.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 2.3 topg, 1.7 bpg, .7 spg, 57.1 FG%, 22.3 mpg

Drummond
10.2 ppg, 5.6 rpg, .2 topg, 1.8 bpg, 1 spg, 64.9 FG%, 17.8 mpg

Just saying

boogie-reke · Post #410 » by **boogie-reke** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:20 am

Quite clearly it's gonna be Drummond vs Jonas lol, atleast in RealGM.

Doesn't even matter if Davis will be better then both, which he probably will - or any other rookie for that matter.

JoeyH · Post #411 » by **JoeyH** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:27 am

I just want to note that A Davis has been hitting jumpers on the reg. Thats a good sign for his offensive development.

Post #412 » by **roc** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:28 am

boogie-reke wrote:Quite clearly it's gonna be Drummond vs Jonas lol, atleast in RealGM.

Doesn't even matter if Davis will be better then both, which he probably will - or any other rookie for that matter.

agreed

The Raps have an 86 page and counting thread on Drummond, so yea.

FlipTSO · Post #413 » by **FlipTSO** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:35 am

Drummond reverse alley-oop dunk over LeBron/Allen

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aosp0_j80gw[/youtube]

Hero · Post #414 » by **Hero** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:55 am

So from what I've seen Drummond looks pretty good. Val looks decent.

How are Lillard and Davis looking?

dballislife · Post #415 » by **dballislife** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:04 am

quick shout out to austin rivers, playing 30+min a game, shooting .290

ReleaseTwill · Post #416 » by **ReleaseTwill** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:06 am

Terrence Jones has been our best rookie so far.

FlipTSO · Post #417 » by **FlipTSO** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:23 am

dballislife wrote:quick shout out to austin rivers, playing 30+min a game, shooting .290

MrBigShot · Post #418 » by **MrBigShot** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:24 am

dballislife wrote:quick shout out to austin rivers, playing 30+min a game, shooting .290

Ouch...I figured he would struggle a little bit, but not that bad. I was thinking sub 40s...

Bskey · Post #419 » by **Bskey** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:31 am

Hero wrote:So from what I've seen Drummond looks pretty good. Val looks decent.

How are Lillard and Davis looking?

Lillard has looked pretty good. He's turning it over more than one would hope and isn't racking up the assists. As for assists, he's doing a good job setting people up and making the pass but there are a lot of bricks given that it's preseason. Turnover wise, he needs to work on it but given that teams can easily have 20+ turnovers in preseason it's not that big of a deal yet.

He can score from just about anywhere on the floor. Great shot with a super quick release and is pretty good at taking contact when driving. Plays under control, very vet-like. The potential is definitely there, and he should be able to be a positive contribution starting from day 1. Which is impressive enough for a rookie PG.

ChrisTheFuturePaul · Post #420 » by **ChrisTheFuturePaul** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:34 am

Stoked with Unibrow thus far, gonna be a stud, jumpers he hit today were 22-23ft range. Not as many blocks as I was expecting though

Austin Rivers needs to sink his shots, his fg% stinks, but I think he'll be ok by the end of the year.