2016-17 Rookie Watch thread

[AussieBuck]

This is just the strangest rookie class. The ROY is a player that's already into his third season at 22, the second best is a 22 year old Euro that has three years of professional ball under his belt, and the third best is a 24 year old drafted in the second round. Hopefully one of Murray/Brown/Chriss can have a good second half and put a little shine to the one and dones of this year.

Plus the Bucks have a 23 year old straight out of high school 7'1 C who is hitting 55% from three and is now starting. That's all the strange you need in one dude.

[cjx]

Thon's time begins now, the revolution has arrived, you know what it is, homies!

[Dame Lizard]

Thon's range is legit.

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[AussieBuck]

Thon's range is legit.

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Can change his shot under defensive pressure too. He's not your typical big man shooting a jumper, he's totally comfortable and pretty much everything is nothing but net.

[Rastas]

Thon 3pt Maker

[Capn'O]

the second best is a 22 year old Euro that has three years of professional ball under his belt

I'm pretty sure you meant



but that could also apply to

[Pachinko_]

the maker has been unleashed

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[Beorn]

Plus the Bucks have a 23 year old straight out of high schools 7'1 C who is hitting 55% from three and is now starting. That's all the strange you need in one dude.

sorry AB, I couldn't resist

[Froob]

This is just the strangest rookie class. The ROY is a player that's already into his third season at 22, the second best is a 22 year old Euro that has three years of professional ball under his belt, and the third best is a 24 year old drafted in the second round. Hopefully one of Murray/Brown/Chriss can have a good second half and put a little shine to the one and dones of this year.

Brown hasn't been that bad. Could very well be the best player in this draft when it's all said and done.

[islanders11040]

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12 pts 9 rebs 3 stls on 6-8 shooting

[Slava]

Kris Dunn is having probably the worst season for a 22 year old rookie who spent 4 years in college. That situation looks irredeemable for Minnesota.

[Smirk]

[treefi]

Kris Dunn is having probably the worst season for a 22 year old rookie who spent 4 years in college. That situation looks irredeemable for Minnesota.

Yeah Dunn is looking like a Mateen Cleaves-level bust. Trey Burke was a wayyy better rookie.

[treefi]

Juan Hernangomez is on FIRE. Willy and Juan look like future NBA starters.

[Marcus]

Juan Hernangomez is on FIRE. Willy and Juan look like future NBA starters.

Glad Juan is getting tick. Loved what he showed in SL.

[The Rebel]

Juancho Hernan-Gomez
27/10/2 on almost 53% shooting
Jamal Murray
14/1/4 on 55.6% shooting

[Veyron]

Dario Saric , beasting again.

[markjay]

Kris Dunn is having probably the worst season for a 22 year old rookie who spent 4 years in college. That situation looks irredeemable for Minnesota.

Yeah Dunn is looking like a Mateen Cleaves-level bust. Trey Burke was a wayyy better rookie.

It continues to fascinate me how difficult it is to predict the success of incoming NBA players. For a while, Okafor was seen as one of the best prospects since LeBron. Dante Exum was viewed as a spectacular prospect. And Dunn was seen as having one of the highest floors in his rookie class.

I'm wondering what makes some teams better than others at selecting talent to draft. As frustrated as I am as a Lakers fan with their team, they have actually done an excellent job drafting in recent years, picking gems like Nance, Zubac, and Clarkson in the late first or second rounds, and having the foresight to pass on Okafor.

[Slava]

Kris Dunn is having probably the worst season for a 22 year old rookie who spent 4 years in college. That situation looks irredeemable for Minnesota.

Yeah Dunn is looking like a Mateen Cleaves-level bust. Trey Burke was a wayyy better rookie.

It continues to fascinate me how difficult it is to predict the success of incoming NBA players. For a while, Okafor was seen as one of the best prospects since LeBron. Dante Exum was viewed as a spectacular prospect. And Dunn was seen as having one of the highest floors in his rookie class.

I'm wondering what makes some teams better than others at selecting talent to draft. As frustrated as I am as a Lakers fan with their team, they have actually done an excellent job drafting in recent years, picking gems like Nance, Zubac, and Clarkson in the late first or second rounds, and having the foresight to pass on Okafor.

I think Okafor in the right situation can be a very good offensive player that he can out produce his defensive limitations. You could excuse the Exum pick as someone working on little to no sample size but relying on physical attributes when making that pick.

Players like Dunn are the true draft fails, especially when you have 4 years worth of college game data to aid your decision.

[RRFB]

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Hell of a game from the younger Hernangomez last night. It's obviously unrealistic to expect him to duplicate that performance, but it's easy to see why the Nuggets are so high on this kid.