doclinkin wrote:nate33 wrote:pcbothwel wrote:I'll say it again. SGA was also drafted in 2018, but has played double the minutes and is 12 months older.
As far as Do-It-All playmakers go with elite size and IQ, Im excited to watch Brown's career in parallel. SGA has been better, but that margin might close fast.
SGA is considered a future AS and key building block to OKC. Lets re-evaluate Brown at years end (Still be younger than SGA today) and see how people feel.
SGA has the innate athletic burst to blow past his primary defender and bend a defense. I like Troy Brown, but he lacks that innate athleticism. I just don't see the SGA comparison.
I think the absolute best-case upside for him is Jimmy Butler. Troy could conceivably just keep getting a bit stronger and a bit better as a shooter year over year, until eventually he just overpowers opposing shooting guards and gets to his spot with strength and skill.
Jimmy Butler is really freaking good though. Odds are, Brown won't meet that threshold. I'm trying to think of a comp as a poor man's Jimmy Butler - a big guard who can handle the ball and run an offense, but not necessarily an elite first option scorer. Peak Nic Batum? Doug Christie? Joe Ingles?
Andre Igguodala before GSW? Evan Turner?
The thing about Turner is that he has always been woefully inefficient, relying on a bad midrange jumper while turning the ball over a ton. Troy Brown posts the same per-minute points and assists as Turner (and even more rebounds and steals), but with almost half the turnovers. Here is a comparison of their per 36 min stats, this is Troy's 2nd year (age 20) versus the sum of Turner's 2nd, 3rd and 4th seasons (age 23, 24 and 25):
I don't want to taint TBJ's potential by comparing him to Turner.
Young Iggy was a pretty good comparison on offense. Like Troy, Iggy could generate assists without turning the ball over.
