2016-17 Rookie Watch thread

shawn_hemp · Post #1201 » by **shawn_hemp** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 5:46 am

Slava wrote:^ You could make that argument for every rookie the Lakers, Sixers and Suns have drafted in the past couple of years.

That's why he's making it...

I do think Ingram is awfully young and still has time to get better, but he is still a ways away from being a legit starter or even worthy of heavy minutes on a serious team in the league

And whoever said the thing about looking for flashes of good play over consistency is spot on. Nobody can be consistently good on a team that is actively trying to lose games.

RIPskaterdude · Post #1202 » by **RIPskaterdude** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 6:08 am

Buddy Hield has quietly put together a pretty good 2nd half of his rookie season

XTC · Post #1203 » by **XTC** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 10:10 am

I really do think Buddy Hield will be a star. I'm talking future 20+ PPG scorer on very good efficiency. He's an old rookie but he's going to be a good one.

skones · Post #1204 » by **skones** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:50 pm

XTC wrote:I really do think Buddy Hield will be a star. I'm talking future 20+ PPG scorer on very good efficiency. He's an old rookie but he's going to be a good one.

I certainly think he'll be a capable scorer. For me it depends on how the rest of his game evolves. That'll be the difference between him being best suited as a microwave scorer off the bench, and a legitimate starter. He was very impressive last night. He's got a deep bag of trips to create himself space.

skones · Post #1205 » by **skones** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:12 pm

I'd hate to poke the bear, but I'm going to poke the bear.

Brown, regression to the mean. Now at 30% for the month of March.

24istheLAW · Post #1206 » by **24istheLAW** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:39 pm

skones wrote:I'd hate to poke the bear, but I'm going to poke the bear.

Brown, regression to the mean. Now at 30% for the month of March.

He's taking more 3s from above the break and less from the corner in March, as either the shot charts or watching the games would bear out. His stroke is reliable from the corner but not from the angles to the basket right now. I don't think anyone is concerned about his shooting progress relative to expectations.

On another note - we all laughed at the Kings for drafting Papagiannis but his box scores look solid. Is he actually playing well?

Post #1207 » by **SmartWentCrazy** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:31 pm

skones wrote:I'd hate to poke the bear, but I'm going to poke the bear.

Brown, regression to the mean. Now at 30% for the month of March.

If we exclude the games he's hit a 3, he's actually shooting 0%, which is much more reflective of who he is as a shooter

skones · Post #1208 » by **skones** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:36 pm

SmartWentCrazy wrote:
skones wrote:I'd hate to poke the bear, but I'm going to poke the bear.

Brown, regression to the mean. Now at 30% for the month of March.

If we exclude the games he's hit a 3, he's actually shooting 0%, which is much more reflective of who he is as a shooter

Post #1209 » by **SmartWentCrazy** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:53 pm

skones wrote:
SmartWentCrazy wrote:
skones wrote:I'd hate to poke the bear, but I'm going to poke the bear.

Brown, regression to the mean. Now at 30% for the month of March.

If we exclude the games he's hit a 3, he's actually shooting 0%, which is much more reflective of who he is as a shooter

Post #1210 » by **bwgood77** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 4:11 am

The Suns, starting three rookies tonight with Warren out...Chriss with a nice game with 23, 11, 3 3's, 3 steals and a block....over 50% and 40% from 3.

Read on Twitter

gaspar · Post #1211 » by **gaspar** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 6:56 am

bwgood77 wrote:The Suns, starting three rookies tonight with Warren out...Chriss with a nice game with 23, 11, 3 3's, 3 steals and a block....over 50% and 40% from 3.

Spoiler:

Read on Twitter

Chriss is playing so well right now. Over the last 5 games he's averaging:

18.6 pts, 8.2 reb, 2.0 blk, 1.4 stl, 1.8 3PM, .639 TS% in 30.7 minutes

Damkac · Post #1212 » by **Damkac** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 9:49 am

Watch on YouTube

gaspar · Post #1213 » by **gaspar** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 3:34 pm

Marquese Chriss:

Spoiler:

and Derrick Jones Jr.:

Spoiler:

Dat athleticism!

SkyHookFTW · Post #1214 » by **SkyHookFTW** » Sat Mar 25, 2017 2:30 am

Dario Saric with 32 pts, 10 boards against the Bulls tonight.

bobbeaver · Post #1215 » by **bobbeaver** » Sat Mar 25, 2017 4:39 am

Watch on YouTube

But lets be honest here, if he only had a fair treatment from the refs this would have been a 40pts night, or close to it. What they are letting the opposing players do to him (especially Buttler,but Dario gets this kind of treatment day in day out) was so obvious and so bad that even the Chicago commentators remarked on that in this video. He literally has to get pommeled to get a foul call. Hopefully ROY will change this for him.

Eta Carinae · Post #1216 » by **Eta Carinae** » Sat Mar 25, 2017 8:23 am

bobbeaver wrote:

Watch on YouTube

But lets be honest here, if he only had a fair treatment from the refs this would have been a 40pts night, or close to it. What they are letting the opposing players do to him (especially Buttler,but Dario gets this kind of treatment day in day out) was so obvious and so bad that even the Chicago commentators remarked on that in this video. He literally has to get pommeled to get a foul call. Hopefully ROY will change this for him.

Agree. It is disgusting how the refs treats Dario.