writersblock wrote:sabonis wrote:btw someone please assure me that Dragic will create wonders in PHX. Somehow I just remembered I picked Dorell Wright at 37 after his best year and then he fumbled and I think closed the next year at 80 or something like that. if the same thing happens with the Dragon, then my team is f'ed up.
I personally think that you may be in for a let down with Dragic. The same may be said for the owner of Jeremy Lin. Here's why: Remember Flip Murray?  He was a mid season marvel that everyone jumped onto the next season. He ended up severely disappointing that next season. Yes, he did have a few more fairly good seasons later on. 
The problem with Dragic and Lin is they fit right into the "Flip Murray" paradox. People jumped on them because of a small sample set. Linsanity is based on only 25 games last year. Dragic only started 28 games. To make matters worse, both of these players are on new teams where they're supposed to be the star. That's a lot of pressure for 2 guys who have shown their skills in only a limited set of games. 
The good news, there's not much depth behind either of these guys, so they should produce simply because there's no alternative. The question is whether they'll put up the stellar numbers they did last year. I highly doubt it.
 
his starts last year:
18 ppg with 49% 84% and 1.8 3ptm, 3.5 rpg, 8.4 apg, 3.2 top, 1.8 spg, 0.2 bpg	
his 36 minute stats in the previous years isn't really that far off. since I'm looking at this stats now, what worries me is his FT% because I just noticed that he shot just above 70% from the line through out his career. ouch. if he doesn't get 80% then my 27th pick might have been a bit of a waste.
still though, I love his potential and I watched a few games of him last year, he was totally out of control.
and Flip Murray never got any stat as good as Dragic and Lin AFAIK