Hilton Armstrong

cedric76 · Post #1 » by **cedric76** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:12 am

does he get all his minutes during garbage time or is he part of ur rotation?

JR_SMITH_23 · Post #2 » by **JR_SMITH_23** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:56 pm

He looked horrid last night vs Charlotte...whats going on? How can he get better? More minutes...what?

RobertGlory · Post #3 » by **RobertGlory** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:30 am

in the last five games, four of them 30-point blowouts one way or the other, he's only gotten fourth quarter action. in the one game still in doubt, he was DNP-CD

cedric76 · Post #4 » by **cedric76** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:06 pm

MKWB · Post #5 » by **MKWB** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 8:58 pm

Yea Hilton definitely has been dissapointing after a very impressive summer league. He seems to have a mild case of the "Brandon Bass syndrome"- a condition that causes a young player to play poor and nervous basketball due to inexperience and a small amount of minutes. :wink:

But they must see something in him if they didn't sell him off like Cedric Simmons. Let's hope he can come out of it eventually and be a solid back-up in the coming years.

ChrisTheFuturePaul · Post #6 » by **ChrisTheFuturePaul** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:39 am

Yea, Hilton showed some flashes in his rookie year, with all the injuries he got more burn.

This year he did look good heading into the season, but I think it's just a case of Byron Scott not letting his young prospects hit the court, period. Unless your name is Chris Paul you basically have to earn your stripes with B Scott.

My personal opinion is that Hilton will be a quality reserve behind Chandler in the years to come, I guess the old "big men take longer to develop" theory could be the main reason hes not getting the PT right now.