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Rose still has to continue to work on his game- but he seems to have the right make-up to improve.
I'd consider waiting until Rose is, say, 20 before you start putting a ceiling on what he can and cannot do. No reason why he can't be as good as Roy in a couple of years. He might give up and inch on him, but he is more explosive.
I'd consider waiting until Rose is, say, 20 before you start putting a ceiling on what he can and cannot do. No reason why he can't be as good as Roy in a couple of years. He might give up and inch on him, but he is more explosive.
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So now He's Brandon Roy? It's like just because a player is to be drafted he CAN'T be compared to someone that is "out of fashion." Everyone in the draft has to be compared to someone who is currently producing well in the NBA. It's a joke to me. So Rose is more of a Brandon Roy than a Franchise? Okay whatever, lol.
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kingofthecourt67 wrote:Rather not trade Iguodala, a young player, for a high draft pick. Iguodala has SHOWN what he can do, while despite some of these guys being seen as safe picks, there is always the chance that they are busts. I certainly hope he is not traded but would like to see us try to move up somehow and maybe look for a Augustine in the 9-13 area.
Agree 100% with everything except the Augustin part.
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That is so not a good comparison
Yea, Francis isn't a winner ok, and is not a pass 1st point guard. Since he left Houston is 1st time he has been washed up,exactly man that comparison is not even close.
O,Yes as for Sixers they only have two big goals re-sign Igoudala, and use come of that cap space to get us a power forward otherwise don't waste the precious cap space and wait till next offseason. I really hope the Sixers are patient and don't sign somebody who is a mediocore all-star just to sign a star, that would make me so mad like Orlando when they wasted there precious cap room on Rashard Lewis.
I don't think I Trust The Process anymore!
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Derrick Rose 6'3" 195
Steve Francis 6'3" 195
Derrick Rose 14.6ppg 4.7 assists 4.4 rebounds 2.7 turnovers 1.2 steals .481fg% .347 3pt% .698ft%
Steve Francis 17ppg 2.8 steals 3.0 turnovers 4.5 assists 4.5 rebounds .790%ft .380 3pt% .523 fg%
Steve Francis was clearly the more talented player on the court AND statistically. You guys are just more examples of weirdo basketball fans that believe that everyone who comes into the NBA out of the draft will be better than everyone who ever played in the NBA, except a select few. Rose would be fortunate to have the sort of All Star career that Franchise had... Rose is trying his best to be a true PG but his greatest accomplishments revolve around him making a basket or penetrating and dishing. Definitely a Steve Francis type that's TRYING to go a different route but he doesn't have the natural ability to ever be a true PG like Nash, Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Mark Price, Baron Davis, etc.
Until you all get a course on how to judge passing ability from one of the TNT analysts like Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, or even from our own John Salmi you will continue to think that JUST because a young PG shows a willingness to pass it bequeaths to him the potential to be a true elite PG prospect.
The Derrick Rose hype is just the Steve Francis hype all over again 10 years later. 2 players can't really be anymore similar. Sure they both have different attitudes, Steve Francis was like many of the players of his era back before the NBA implemented zone defenses, ME FIRST! The NBA paid those "Franchise" scoring talents from that era well. Derrick Rose is just an example of the Steve Nash era where PG prospects are coveted. Derrick Rose is a scoring PG that's just playing within a team concept masquerading around as a "true PG."
Steve Francis 6'3" 195
Derrick Rose 14.6ppg 4.7 assists 4.4 rebounds 2.7 turnovers 1.2 steals .481fg% .347 3pt% .698ft%
Steve Francis 17ppg 2.8 steals 3.0 turnovers 4.5 assists 4.5 rebounds .790%ft .380 3pt% .523 fg%
Steve Francis was clearly the more talented player on the court AND statistically. You guys are just more examples of weirdo basketball fans that believe that everyone who comes into the NBA out of the draft will be better than everyone who ever played in the NBA, except a select few. Rose would be fortunate to have the sort of All Star career that Franchise had... Rose is trying his best to be a true PG but his greatest accomplishments revolve around him making a basket or penetrating and dishing. Definitely a Steve Francis type that's TRYING to go a different route but he doesn't have the natural ability to ever be a true PG like Nash, Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Mark Price, Baron Davis, etc.
Until you all get a course on how to judge passing ability from one of the TNT analysts like Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, or even from our own John Salmi you will continue to think that JUST because a young PG shows a willingness to pass it bequeaths to him the potential to be a true elite PG prospect.
The Derrick Rose hype is just the Steve Francis hype all over again 10 years later. 2 players can't really be anymore similar. Sure they both have different attitudes, Steve Francis was like many of the players of his era back before the NBA implemented zone defenses, ME FIRST! The NBA paid those "Franchise" scoring talents from that era well. Derrick Rose is just an example of the Steve Nash era where PG prospects are coveted. Derrick Rose is a scoring PG that's just playing within a team concept masquerading around as a "true PG."
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You just posted his junior season college stats and compared it to a freshman. Nice one. The truth is he average 12.5 ppg at a community college his freshman year.
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dbodner wrote:You just posted his junior season college stats and compared it to a freshman. Nice one. The truth is he average 12.5 ppg at a community college his freshman year.
Francis was 22 when he started his 1st NBA season. Rose will be 20... Am I suppose to believe that Rose will develop the sort of passing abilities that Chris Paul, Steve Nash, Baron Davis, Andre Miller, Mark Jackson, John Stockton, Deron Williams, etc. posses within the next 2 years of his life? NO you are BORN with those abilities. Within the next two years he might be able to catch up to the scoring abilities that Steve Francis possessed at age 22. He MIGHT be able to do it, there are no guarantees that he'll be as good a scorer as Stevie...But I am positive that he'll never be the caliber of passer that I named off earlier in this post. That is a talent that you are born with and develop in your youth, not as an adult 20 year old player.
As for Steve's basketball past, he didn't take basketball serious as a high schooler AND he dropped out. He grew a few inches after graduating high school and started dominating streetball in MD and summer leagues and got himself a GREAT reputation. He attended community type junior colleges until he played his way to Maryland, the rest is history. You have to WANT to be a great player especially when you don't have a 6'10 body to fall back on. He wanted to be great later than most.
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So in otherwords what you're saying is they were in completely different situations in their freshman year, with completely different skillsets, and at completely different points in their development.
Besides trying to compare a 21 year old with 2 extra years of experience with a 19 year, if you can't see Rose's inherent court vision, then I simply think your talent evaluation is not quite as good as you proclaim it to be.
But go on, keep talking.
Besides trying to compare a 21 year old with 2 extra years of experience with a 19 year, if you can't see Rose's inherent court vision, then I simply think your talent evaluation is not quite as good as you proclaim it to be.
But go on, keep talking.
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Steve Francis was a very good NBA player. His career didn't pan out, but someone else with the same skill set could have been a start on a top team. Rose and Francis have diferent reputatioons on and off the court.
Its like saying that a guy with Larry Bird's size and shooting touch will be a HOF player. Bird had a lot of talent, but it was his make-up that made him an all toime great. With a different make-up Francis could have been a real star- and Rose looks to have the make-up of a team first star.
Its like saying that a guy with Larry Bird's size and shooting touch will be a HOF player. Bird had a lot of talent, but it was his make-up that made him an all toime great. With a different make-up Francis could have been a real star- and Rose looks to have the make-up of a team first star.
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dbodner wrote:So in otherwords what you're saying is they were in completely different situations in their freshman year, with completely different skillsets, and at completely different points in their development.
Besides trying to compare a 21 year old with 2 extra years of experience with a 19 year, if you can't see Rose's inherent court vision, then I simply think your talent evaluation is not quite as good as you proclaim it to be.
But go on, keep talking.
Skill set? No.
Work ethic? Yes.
Development? Yes.
Level of Competition? Yes.
Also you forgot to tell the people that Steve Francis averaged 25 ppg during his sophomore season.



















