The OFFICIAL rookie impressions thread pt.III

Elden Payton · Post #1081 » by **Elden Payton** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 1:33 am

DusterBuster wrote:Is anyone else starting to worry about MKG?

Not at all.

MKG is the youngest player in the league and a lot gets made out of his lack of a jumpshot but not a word seems to get said about his excellent permiter d, post d and help d.

He has a very good handle for a player his size, is a good passer and is unselfish (too unselfish), has the build of a TE and the athleticism of a RB..despite this he has great BBIQ.

What Gilchrist brings to the table doesn't show through in the box score but without him Charlotte would still be a 7-9 win team.

As for heavy starter minutes? 25.8mpg is his average and the reason for that is some nights he gets 32 minutes and other nights he gets 16, Dunlap's bizzare rotations do not help his cause.

9/5.5/1.5/1 in 26 mpg is very good for the youngest player in the league.

CntOutSmrtCrazy · Post #1082 » by **CntOutSmrtCrazy** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 1:33 am

Beal with 13 points (5-10 FG; 3-4 3pt FG) 6 rebounds, and an assist, steal, and block in only 21 minutes in his first game back from injury. Not to shabby and we won by 22.

Elden Payton · Post #1083 » by **Elden Payton** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 1:37 am

Beal is going to be a top 5 SG in 4 years imo.

Some combination of

Harden
George
Beal
McLemore
Gordon

Obvously I will have shamefully missed some guys but you get the feeling Beal will end up in that company.

Obviously McLemore is projected ability.

Elden Payton · Post #1084 » by **Elden Payton** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 1:38 am

Brandon Knight will be a sleeper aswell imo. (for top 5 SG)

Eoghan · Post #1085 » by **Eoghan** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 1:54 am

CntOutSmrtCrazy wrote:Beal with 13 points (5-10 FG; 3-4 3pt FG) 6 rebounds, and an assist, steal, and block in only 21 minutes in his first game back from injury. Not to shabby and we won by 22.

I'm glad for the Wizards, they've been bad for too long.

fart · Post #1086 » by **fart** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 1:54 am

Sik Infant wrote:Beal is going to be a top 5 SG in 4 years imo.

Some combination of

Harden
George
Beal
McLemore
Gordon

Obvously I will have shamefully missed some guys but you get the feeling Beal will end up in that company.

Obviously McLemore is projected ability.

I know george is listed as a SG in the starting lineup, but I consider him to be a SF. other than that, list looks good.

GhostsOfGil · Post #1087 » by **GhostsOfGil** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 2:36 am

CntOutSmrtCrazy wrote:Beal with 13 points (5-10 FG; 3-4 3pt FG) 6 rebounds, and an assist, steal, and block in only 21 minutes in his first game back from injury. Not to shabby and we won by 22.

Funny thing is, this was a pretty underwhelming game considering how we'll he's played in 2013.

Elden Payton · Post #1088 » by **Elden Payton** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 2:50 am

@fart

Cheers, George is more SG than SF these days, his game has grown leaps and bounds.

Elden Payton · Post #1089 » by **Elden Payton** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 2:57 am

GhostsOfGil wrote:
CntOutSmrtCrazy wrote:Beal with 13 points (5-10 FG; 3-4 3pt FG) 6 rebounds, and an assist, steal, and block in only 21 minutes in his first game back from injury. Not to shabby and we won by 22.

Funny thing is, this was a pretty underwhelming game considering how we'll he's played in 2013.

His averages say otherwise, this game is impressive for him as impressive as he's been.

GhostsOfGil · Post #1090 » by **GhostsOfGil** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 3:17 am

Sik Infant wrote:
GhostsOfGil wrote:
CntOutSmrtCrazy wrote:Beal with 13 points (5-10 FG; 3-4 3pt FG) 6 rebounds, and an assist, steal, and block in only 21 minutes in his first game back from injury. Not to shabby and we won by 22.

Funny thing is, this was a pretty underwhelming game considering how well he's played in 2013.

His averages say otherwise, this game is impressive for him as impressive as he's been.

I said "how well hes played in 2013."

Since January 1st Beal has an average of: 18.2 ppg 4.3 rpg 2.7 apg on .542 eFG% shooting.

He's shooting over 4 3FGA per game and hitting them at 48% rate. Here's the list of players who have accomplished that efficiency on that volume over a season:

http://bkref.com/tiny/qzYjY

King d · Post #1091 » by **King d** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 3:44 am

CntOutSmrtCrazy wrote:Beal with 13 points (5-10 FG; 3-4 3pt FG) 6 rebounds, and an assist, steal, and block in only 21 minutes in his first game back from injury. Not to shabby and we won by 22.

Damn , didn't know he was playing today and I missed the game.

Love the kid

Shem · Post #1092 » by **Shem** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 4:32 am

Lillard's 8 strait 20 or more points in a game comes to an end with 14 tonight along with 7 assists.

GhostsOfGil · Post #1093 » by **GhostsOfGil** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 4:33 am

Holy hell, Lillard's March stats have been phenomenal.

Wizenheimer · Post #1094 » by **Wizenheimer** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 4:49 am

GhostsOfGil wrote:Holy hell, Lillard's March stats have been phenomenal.

yeah, going into tonight in March he's averaged 24.6 points and 7 assists on 54% FG's and 43% three's

since the all-star break, he's at 23 points and 6.6 assists on 50% FG's and 40% three's

adding Eric Maynor has really helped Lillard by taking a little of the ball-handling pressure off him. Not only is his shooting way up, so are his assists while his turnovers have fallen

TwentyOne920 · Post #1095 » by **TwentyOne920** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 5:15 am

GhostsOfGil wrote:Holy hell, Lillard's March stats have been phenomenal.

Part of it was a 35 point game against SA. :evil:

Dame Lizard · Post #1096 » by **Dame Lizard** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 6:26 am

I'm glad Washington have struck a good one in Beal.

It seems they've had a few bad picks over the years, and it makes me frown when teams mess up good draft opportunities and seemingly go back to square 1. I get that the 2011 draft was bad, but Jan Vesely? Damnnnnn.

Wall and Beal vs Irving and Waiters will be an insane battle over the years.

B-easy · Post #1097 » by **B-easy** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 6:35 am

Lillard is a beast, but he was going to cool down sometime.

JungleCat022 · Post #1098 » by **JungleCat022** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 5:06 pm

Waiters vs Dallas: 21 points, 9-19 shooting

Waiters vs Spurs: 15 points, 6-12 shooting

XtotheDeezy · Post #1099 » by **XtotheDeezy** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 5:52 pm

'Cunas is getting no respect from the refs, but he's still getting his.

Cro_Ruption · Post #1100 » by **Cro_Ruption** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 6:08 pm

B-easy wrote:Lillard is a beast, but he was going to cool down sometime.

pistons did a really good job trying to stop him. He was smothered everytime, barely had any open looks.