Official Caris LeVert Thread

Curns13 · Post #841 » by **Curns13** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 6:33 am

jbeachboy wrote:any of those people who wanted to keep thad young still around?

Net-Meister and Jagger-Sentence still talk up how we lost that trade.

Paradise · Post #842 » by **Paradise** » Fri Apr 7, 2017 5:29 am

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MrDollarBills · Post #843 » by **MrDollarBills** » Fri Apr 7, 2017 4:25 pm

That one handed hesitation move he hit Vucevic with was nasty af.

lol @ us losing that Thad Young trade. Indiana fans will cry tears of despair in about two seasons over that move.

Prokorov · Post #844 » by **Prokorov** » Fri Apr 7, 2017 4:41 pm

IF he can add the three ball to his game and consistently shoot it at 37-38% he is a keeper and potentially a longtime starter. as is i think we have a career big minutes rotation guy for sure.

plays with so much poise and competitiveness

kamaze · Post #845 » by **kamaze** » Fri Apr 7, 2017 5:36 pm

Breakout game the kid has it all dribbling, decision making, can slash shoot it. He's a good player.

vincecarter4pres · Post #846 » by **vincecarter4pres** » Fri Apr 7, 2017 6:25 pm

MrDollarBills wrote:That one handed hesitation move he hit Vucevic with was nasty af.

lol @ us losing that Thad Young trade. Indiana fans will cry tears of despair in about two seasons over that move.

I doubt to the same degree, but it might wind up very similar to the Kawhi/Hill trade.

MrDollarBills · Post #847 » by **MrDollarBills** » Fri Apr 7, 2017 7:04 pm

Prokorov wrote:IF he can add the three ball to his game and consistently shoot it at 37-38% he is a keeper and potentially a longtime starter. as is i think we have a career big minutes rotation guy for sure.

plays with so much poise and competitiveness

Outside of Brook Lopez, can you name or more skilled rookie drafted by this team?

I mean we may have to go some ways back :lol:

He's shooting 34% as a starter, 59%TS.

Pour some seasoning on this kid and take the training wheels off next year. I say he puts up at bare minimum 15ppg in year 2.

Prokorov · Post #848 » by **Prokorov** » Fri Apr 7, 2017 7:18 pm

MrDollarBills wrote:
Prokorov wrote:IF he can add the three ball to his game and consistently shoot it at 37-38% he is a keeper and potentially a longtime starter. as is i think we have a career big minutes rotation guy for sure.

plays with so much poise and competitiveness

Outside of Brook Lopez, can you name or more skilled rookie drafted by this team?

I mean we may have to go some ways back

He's shooting 34% as a starter, 59%TS.

Pour some seasoning on this kid and take the training wheels off next year. I say he puts up at bare minimum 15ppg in year 2.

no i cant.... but then again we havent really had draft picks in years and the ones we have are pretty poor.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NJN/draft.html

All Nets · Post #849 » by **All Nets** » Fri Apr 7, 2017 7:24 pm

I love LeVert's angle game. He has a decently quick first step, but his second step/hop step is such a great change of direction that he's able to get to the hoop relatively easily. Like others have said, if he keeps developing solid NBA fundamentals, he will have a long career (hopefully here as a starter).

MrDollarBills · Post #850 » by **MrDollarBills** » Fri Apr 7, 2017 7:40 pm

Prokorov wrote:
MrDollarBills wrote:
Prokorov wrote:IF he can add the three ball to his game and consistently shoot it at 37-38% he is a keeper and potentially a longtime starter. as is i think we have a career big minutes rotation guy for sure.

plays with so much poise and competitiveness

Outside of Brook Lopez, can you name or more skilled rookie drafted by this team?

I mean we may have to go some ways back

He's shooting 34% as a starter, 59%TS.

Pour some seasoning on this kid and take the training wheels off next year. I say he puts up at bare minimum 15ppg in year 2.

no i cant.... but then again we havent really had draft picks in years and the ones we have are pretty poor.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NJN/draft.html

This list makes me want to cry.

You either see straight up garbage, marginal players, or dudes that just did not give a rat's ass.

TheNetsFan · Post #851 » by **TheNetsFan** » Fri Apr 7, 2017 7:59 pm

MrDollarBills wrote:This list makes me want to cry.

You either see straight up garbage, marginal players, or dudes that just did not give a rat's ass.

My answer to your initial question was going to be Krstic, which was stretch, and if not him, I was going all the way back to the Calipari era (KVH). The one guy that I overlooked was Ryan Anderson, but LeVert, by nature of being a guard & a ball handler, was still more skilled as an incoming rookie.

hood30 · Post #852 » by **hood30** » Sat Apr 8, 2017 7:16 am

All of LeVerts shots, including the ones he missed.

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Prokorov · Post #853 » by **Prokorov** » Sat Apr 8, 2017 1:29 pm

TheNetsFan wrote:
MrDollarBills wrote:This list makes me want to cry.

You either see straight up garbage, marginal players, or dudes that just did not give a rat's ass.
My answer to your initial question was going to be Krstic, which was stretch, and if not him, I was going all the way back to the Calipari era (KVH). The one guy that I overlooked was Ryan Anderson, but LeVert, by nature of being a guard & a ball handler, was still more skilled as an incoming rookie.

Yeah, I think "best pick since _________" would be ryan anderson. because he was a non lotto pick. not sure you can compare levert to top 5 picks like van horn, kenyon or favors. alot of trash outside of that....

LostInACrowd · Post #854 » by **LostInACrowd** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 12:59 am

Prokorov wrote:IF he can add the three ball to his game and consistently shoot it at 37-38% he is a keeper and potentially a longtime starter. as is i think we have a career big minutes rotation guy for sure.

plays with so much poise and competitiveness

I think he does it easily. Last 2 months he has shot around the 37-38%, I know small sample. But, in his 4 year college career he averaged 40% on around 300 shots.

I think his floor is a longtime starter because he can impact the game in so many different ways.

Paradise · Post #855 » by **Paradise** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 4:28 am

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shakendfries · Post #856 » by **shakendfries** » Sun Apr 9, 2017 4:41 am

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Paradise · Post #857 » by **Paradise** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:20 pm

Zach Lowe named LeVertical to his All-Rookie Team:

LeVert is ready for bigger things. He shot 45 percent overall and 33 percent from deep after a chilly start, and he just reads the game well on both ends. He has a quick first step, good passing vision, and the ability to run a pick-and-roll in a pinch. He can defend across at least three positions. He was a big part of Brooklyn's late-season friskiness. He's an easy fit in winning lineups; the Nets outscored opponents with LeVert, Lopez, and Jeremy Lin on the floor, and outscoring people is generally not what the Nets have done the past two years.

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Post #858 » by **CalamityX12** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:38 pm

and outscoring people is generally not what the Nets have done the past two years.

damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn....Lowe with the burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrn.

Paradise · Post #859 » by **Paradise** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 1:36 pm

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ignisyon · Post #860 » by **ignisyon** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 4:37 pm

Call me crazy, but I see a little bit of 2006-2009 VC in LeVert. The ability to be a secondary ballhandler, the shooting, and the acrobatics around the basket is what I see. VC at 29-32 was still a really effective player, relying more on skill than athleticism. Those are my hopes for LeVert.

(I know, we've been comparing CLV to tons of players for a long time)