Collymore wrote:I like the direction of this team but people need to get their act together. Claiming Drummonds ceiling is anywhere near Davis is obiously just silly, Jackson surprised me with his game last season but with that $80M contract his value is limited and Stanley might turn into something really good but right now he's a mid lottery pick with zero NBA experience. This team has a pretty good shot at making the playoffs this year and to further improve in the future but come on...
Cant really compare Drummond and Davis fairly yet because Davis got his development started years before Drummond.
in college he was the featured player for the best one and done development coach in ncaa who caters his teams to Freshman. Drummond only had Calhoun for half the year for a program that caters to upper classmen.
Davis then started his entire rookie year while Drummond came off the bench.
When Dre finally got to start second year, he was relegated to the utility player role because they put two other veteran bigs with him in Monroe and Smith who were made primary options. Davis second year was surrounded by perimeter talent like Gordon, Evans, Ryan Anderson and was given the green light to be the man in the middle. By his third year he was already to the phase of full fledged go to guy, while Drummond was just getting plays run for him for the first time. So in development terms, last year for Drummonds was like the equivalent of Davis rookie year.
Now that he finally has a team catered to him i expect we will see a similar type season to Davis second year, and it will likely continue that way til both get to their primes.
Ultimately it doesnt matter who got started first because eventually both will be in their prime and be as good as they are gonna get. That is when to compare them, and some may disagree but i absolutely believe Drummond will be as good as him by the time both are fully developed.