AnSweR07 wrote:Lawson is better at everything than Augustin except for shooting. Bigger, faster, stronger, more explosive, better playmaker. Augustin has good leadership qualities I'll give him that. Lawson is being overlooked bc he had less than spectacular season due to injuries. When he has been able to play hes been pretty much the engine for the team all season long. As for their draft status.. I dont think Augustins stock will drop but prolly remain neutral, however, I think Lawson will go higher than mock drafts project him currently.
I agree here... and Augustin's playmaking is far overblown...and Lawson's stats are also inflated because he played uptempo.
I think people are way over-rating Augustin because PG is the toughest position to evaluate. The same thing happened last year with Acie Law -- he got credit for being a quick and looking confident on the court.
But aside from scoring, neither player has a good sense of how to shift gears to control the tempo. Part of being a point guard involves forcing the defense to shift in a way that will open up a scoring opportunity for someone else. Don't see it from Augustin. In a way, I see both Augustin and Law as over-aggressive...and part of that is because they are both scorers who are streaky mid-range shooters.
They also both benefit from the same thing as draft prospects -- there just arent many pg prospects available. Last year, it was Conley, Law, Crittenton, and Pruitt (who was hardly a viable NBA pg). This year as true pgs, you're looking at Rose, Augustin, and Chalmers and Lawson. Chalmers might not even count.
Of this bunch, Augustin is the best true pg prospect...but compare him to other pgs drafted in the 1st round the last 5 yrs... Augustin wouldn't show up very high. Someone is going to be very disappointed with this guy.
