2016-17 Rookie Watch thread

[blazeyo]

Well, Poeltl looked awful, but Siakim looked like he could be our starting PF for the entire season. Super fast, extremely mobile, good basketball IQ, insane motor, I can't believe we got this guy with our late first and it was considered a "reach".

Go look at his advacned stats for the game.
200 ORTG.

Not to take anything away from Siakam but I don't think ORTG is a stat meant to be used for single games, cmon now.

He is going to maintain 200 ORTG for a full season.. 100% sure.

[pelifan]

It makes me upset that I knew how good Dunn was going to be and wanted him more than any player in the draft and yet we missed him by one pick.

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

Welp, this thread doesn't look like it will be near as much fun as last year.

[Klomp]

Watch on YouTube

[Eta Carinae]

Welp, this thread doesn't look like it will be near as much fun as last year.

You may be right but that statement seems a bit premature. Lets revisit in december

[username_taken]

Jaylen Brown's debut was nice. Has good court vision for a wing, high intensity, energy, and athleticism which opens the door for plays the Celtics didn't have the personnel for previously. Clearly still needs to develop the shot but the stroke looks nice and his post game looks strong for a young SF.

[yitur]

Welp, this thread doesn't look like it will be near as much fun as last year.

You may be right but that statement seems a bit premature. Lets revisit in december

It's not much of a premature reaction when you think last year's rookie class was an outlier, once in a couple decades kind of a year. Saying it will be like last year would be compareable to saying Spurs will win 74 games this year.

[blazeyo]

Jaylen Brown's debut was nice. Has good court vision for a wing, high intensity, energy, and athleticism which opens the door for plays the Celtics didn't have the personnel for previously. Clearly still needs to develop the shot but the stroke looks nice and his post game looks strong for a young SF.

He gets questionable foul calls at the rim.. Refs seem to favour him for some reason.

[Goudelock]

Jaylen Brown's debut was nice. Has good court vision for a wing, high intensity, energy, and athleticism which opens the door for plays the Celtics didn't have the personnel for previously. Clearly still needs to develop the shot but the stroke looks nice and his post game looks strong for a young SF.

The play where he tried to dunk over the white guy who plays for the Nets was awesome. He truly gives no effs when he takes it to the rim.

[Eta Carinae]

Welp, this thread doesn't look like it will be near as much fun as last year.

You may be right but that statement seems a bit premature. Lets revisit in december

It's not much of a premature reaction when you think last year's rookie class was an outlier, once in a couple decades kind of a year. Saying it will be like last year would be compareable to saying Spurs will win 74 games this year.

Fair enough but last years class seems to be a lot better than many thought. And that wasnt established after one game, so again lets wait a couple of games.

[LALifer49]

You may be right but that statement seems a bit premature. Lets revisit in december

It's not much of a premature reaction when you think last year's rookie class was an outlier, once in a couple decades kind of a year. Saying it will be like last year would be compareable to saying Spurs will win 74 games this year.

Fair enough but last years class seems to be a lot better than many thought. And that wasnt established after one game, so again lets wait a couple of games.

^This. Also this thread gets Embiid in addition to this draft class, and Embiid should make the thread damn interesting

[iamworthy]

Watch on YouTube

[gaspar]

Read on Twitter

[PerkinsFor3]

Welp, this thread doesn't look like it will be near as much fun as last year.

There's always next year.

[Kabookalu]

This thread was only fun for like three fanbases last year lol.

[ensergiog]

Can we make a Sophomore Watch Thread? The debate about it will be almost the debate about the future of the league.

[gaspar]

Can we make a Sophomore Watch Thread? The debate about it will be almost the debate about the future of the league.

HERE

[ensergiog]

Can we make a Sophomore Watch Thread? The debate about it will be almost the debate about the future of the league.

HERE

Thanks, man.

[MotownMadness]

Looking through box scores and Wade Baldwin looks like another rookie worth keeping a eye on this season

[yellowknifer]

Go look at his advacned stats for the game.
200 ORTG.

Not to take anything away from Siakam but I don't think ORTG is a stat meant to be used for single games, cmon now.

He is going to maintain 200 ORTG for a full season.. 100% sure.

He also plans to break the 100m WR after the championship ceremony.