Why did JAFRO (Jarrett Allen) and BAM (Bam Adebayo) get ZERO LOVE this year while rookies like Kuzma got super hyped?

[TheHartBreakKid]

Allen, Bam, and Collins all looked pretty solid to me. There just were way too many flashy rookie storylines to cover this year.

I'd like to request you come up with more nicknames for (Nets) players if you can. I will never forget "RondBAE" or "JAFRO" now that I've seen those. They're like nickname crack and I need to know what else you got.

you know what we should extend this even further.....OP can you please make nicknames for Laker players as well?

[RakimAbdulJabar]

Have you made it your life's mission to give a nickname to every Nets player that you deem likable?

Also, Kuzma is a shooter, but he's not selfish. He knows how to move and play off the ball.

So far we have:

Joe "Dolla Sign" Harris
JAFRO

Am I missing any? This guy creates threads just to try to make his stupid made-up nicknames become a thing.

How could you forget RondBAE?

You also have

- Rondae
- Gordo Hayward or Gordon Betrayward
- Joe Dolla Sign Harris or Joey Buckets
- E-Pay (Elfrid Payton)
- KyIrv

Which ones am I missing?

[NY 567]

Kuzma didn't even get close to the most hype on his team. Ball got all the hype

[Capn'O]

Kuzma had a better year. The other guys are good prospects. Starters/Early Bench. Great picks.

John Collins was really good too and not talked about much.

I think most people just assume he died in one of the Terminator movies.

Spoiler:

Does anyone else associate him with those movies or is it just me? It makes no sense but I can't help the association.

[Karate Diop]

Kuzma had a better year. The other guys are good prospects. Starters/Early Bench. Great picks.

John Collins was really good too and not talked about much.

I think most people just assume he died in one of the Terminator movies.

Spoiler:

Does anyone else associate him with those movies or is it just me? It makes no sense but I can't help the association.

I thought I was the only one

What makes you say Kuzma had a better year?

[codydaze]

Didn't you also coin 'chises? This has to stop.

[DS17]

Call out a Lakers player: check
Hype up own player/try to introduce a nickname to an avg player: check
Name one other external player to look less of a homer: check

looooool!

[Capn'O]

Kuzma had a better year. The other guys are good prospects. Starters/Early Bench. Great picks.

John Collins was really good too and not talked about much.

I think most people just assume he died in one of the Terminator movies.

Spoiler:

Does anyone else associate him with those movies or is it just me? It makes no sense but I can't help the association.

I thought I was the only one

What makes you say Kuzma had a better year?

He's already producing at a high level in expanded minutes while the other guys were essentially reserves. There are statistical arguments for the others and they don't get to call their own minutes but that's going to get the recognition.

[Gerald3Wallace]

Kuzma was just a better player than them this season. In the 37 games he was a starter, he averaged 19pts 7rebs while shooting 45%FG and 40% from 3.

This was all within the offense. What I mean by that was we didn’t have a clear cut number one go to guy. Nights it can be Randle, Ingram, or kuzma. But he played well, shot the ball really well and was never scared of big moments.

Like everyone else has said, he exceeded his pick selection and also playing for the Lakers will boost his publicity. It also helps that he’s pretty active on social media.

[Edrees]

I think it's because people don't like Lonzo, so they hype up Kuzma because it's like "hey, Lakers got Kuzma after Lonzo and he played good! HOW ABOUT THAT?!"

Bingo. I love Kuzma, but he tends to get over rated a bit as an over reaction to try to make lonzo look worse. Also, Kuzma has had some 4th quarters where he put the other team away just by himself and that level of dominance gets noticed.

Offensively there's really nothing Kuzma can't do in terms of style and aresenal. He has all the skills, which is why he has a ton of potential. he just needs to work on his defense and hopefully he can guard the bigger PF's in this league because his ceiling will be limited on what he can do on the defensive end.

[KyRo23]

I'd also like to point out this is a clear violation of rule number #67 which states - One should NOT make a thread for the sole purpose of throwing out a nickname that no one knows/uses.

[RakimAbdulJabar]

I'd also like to point out this is a clear violation of rule number #67 which states - One should NOT make a thread for the sole purpose of throwing out a nickname that no one knows/uses.

I’d like to point out that your username looks like it was made by the OP

[Dominator83]

So far we have:

Joe "Dolla Sign" Harris
JAFRO

Am I missing any? This guy creates threads just to try to make his stupid made-up nicknames become a thing.

How could you forget RondBAE?

You also have

- Rondae
- Gordo Hayward or Gordon Betrayward
- Joe Dolla Sign Harris or Joey Buckets
- E-Pay (Elfrid Payton)
- KyIrv

Which ones am I missing?

They best one: Meth Curry

[KyRo23]

I'd also like to point out this is a clear violation of rule number #67 which states - One should NOT make a thread for the sole purpose of throwing out a nickname that no one knows/uses.

I’d like to point out that your username looks like it was made by the OP

Which poster is more valuable? KyRo or JAFRO?!

[lakerz12]

Let's see...

Jarrett Allen played 20 mins per game. Bam Adebayo played 20. Kuzma played 31.

Allen averaged 8 pts. Bam averaged 7. Kuzma averaged 16.

Allen averaged 5.4 rebs. Bam averaged 5.5. Kuzma averaged 6.3.

Allen averaged .1 3PM per game. Bam averaged 0. Kuzma averaged 2.1.

Are you beginning to notice a pattern?

[trezer12]

Guys who don't start, or pay 20 minutes per game typically don't get consideration. Guys that start, play with and against first units and score points are generally going to garner all of the attention for rookie of the year. and rightfully so.

[NBAFan93]

It was a deep rookie class and people always pay most attention to scoring and stuff like triple doubles.

Kuzma also got a lot of secondary attention cause of all the hype surrounding Ball - like everyone would be tuned in to watch the next Magic Johnson and would instead notice this other rookie who was actually better - so the subliminal logic was “if this Lonzo guy is the next Magic Johnson, and this Kuzma guy looks even better than him, then wow...” - leads to a lot of overrating and extra attention for Kuzma.

Time will tell who the really good players are from this draft though. I still think Fox will end up being really great.

[Karate Diop]

Let's see...

Jarrett Allen played 20 mins per game. Bam Adebayo played 20. Kuzma played 31.

Allen averaged 8 pts. Bam averaged 7. Kuzma averaged 16.

Allen averaged 5.4 rebs. Bam averaged 5.5. Kuzma averaged 6.3.

Allen averaged .1 3PM per game. Bam averaged 0. Kuzma averaged 2.1.

Are you beginning to notice a pattern?

PER:
Jarrett Allen: 17.5
Bam Adebayo: 15.7
Kyle Kuzma: 14.2

TS%:
Jarrett Allen: 63.6%
Bam Adebayo: 57.0%
Kyle Kuzma: 54.9%

VORP:
Jarrett Allen: 0.8
Bam Adebayo: 0.8
Kyle Kuzma: 0.4

Win Shares:
Jarrett Allen: 4.2
Bam Adebayo: 4.2
Kyle Kuzma: 3.8

Box Plus/Minus:
Jarrett Allen: 0.2
Bam Adebayo: 0.2
Kyle Kuzma: -1.3

RPM:
Bam Adebayo: -0.68
Jarrett Allen: -1.28
Kyle Kuzma: -1.55

ORtg (Offensive Rating):
Jarrett Allen: 119
Bam Adebayo: 116
Kyle Kuzma: 105

DRtg (Offensive Rating):
Bam Adebayo: 105
Jarrett Allen: 108
Kyle Kuzma: 109

The one pattern I am noticed is that Kuzma ranked lower than JAFRO and BAM in every advanced stat category above...

[lambchop]

Kuzma because of his potential to become a decent nba wing and the general dominance of wings compared to bigs at the moment

[Prez]

OP fan since day 1 checking in.