I watched a decent amount of Bobcats games last year. I guess I'd say that my biggest problem with him as a PG is his court vision. His fast break game is certainly lacking and when he's running plays it kinda looks like he's just going through the motions. I say this only in relation to other NBA PGs.

I disagree with them that he has flawed fundamentals. He just doesn't appear to have much natural instinct as a true PG.

I watched fewer than 10 Bobcats games last season, and this is what I came away with.

I'll make a caveat though, he did show good ability as a scorer, so that if he is on a team that only needs him to do that, I think he'd be a very fine starter.

Well this is a bit unclear. I can understand if someone argues that a Ty Thomas fits into their team better than Aldridge, and their particular team would be more successful with Thomas rather than Aldridge.

I do not understand the simple Thomas(or Lee)>LMA

that's fair and like i said i didn't see that many of their games. from what little i saw and from this scouting report he has the potential to be an average starter. a # of the various flaws listed above are noted as strengths in his scouting report:


- Transition play
- Fundamentals
- Court vision
- Basketball instincts

edit: so i guess opinions vary wildly about him

It's possible he's capable of being more of a true PG but took a scoring role at his or the coaches discretion since that team had so much trouble scoring.

Also, they took him over Brookie

This starting 5:
Felton
JRich
Wallace
Okafor
Lopez

Playoff caliber

yeah i'm not sure why they didn't take lopez. they are the closest i come to being a real fan of a specific team and i was a little disappointed when they took dj

this discussion begs the question of who you consider to be an average starting nba pg

I still think they should have made the playoffs last year. They lost a lot of close games and I think they were better than Detroit.

Baron Davis
Eric Gordon
Steve Novak
Blake Griffin
Chris Kaman/Marcus Camby (whoever is healthy)

with

Bassy, Rasual Butler, Al Thornton and Craig Smith filling out the rotation

Playoff caliber

GAHHH when is Hollinger gonna do his projected PERs

blake griffin would need to be particularly filthy b/c even w/camby they would get obliterated on d imo

maybe not filthy, but borderline all star

I'm kinda rooting for the Clips because they are such losers and I like Blake but I'd be pretty surprised to see them actually get in.

20 PER guy

7.5 APM

This is posted in honor of dsch, epipen, GKA, and bobbofitos

a couple of teams i am high/low on:

high--

spurs: old as ****, but improved depth should go a long way towards keeping duncan/ginobili healthy. they will likely have to trade some reg season wins to get to the playoffs intact so i expect a middling seed like last year, but a team w/a much higher ceiling


heat: wade should continue to beast and they had major contributions from rookies improvement from beasley will go a long way since he was their 2nd option on offense (~28% usg). chalmers is only a role player (defense, shooting), but he was 2nd on the team in minutes. o'neal isn't great but he should also be a big boost on d, especially as beasley's minutes rise, b/c they were pretty weak on the inside w/haslem playing center. they won't contend but i wouldn't be shocked to see them win 48 games/grab the 4 seed

low:


wizards: they were good when arenas was in his hey day, but i don't think they were that good. comp is tougher now and there are no guarantees regarding arenas' health. they have better depth now though so they should make the playoffs but i'm thinking somewhere the 6 seed rather than the 4. even if the hibachi lights the 4 seed is their ceiling (barring a major injury) and it's not particularly unlikely that he can't make it through the full season


mavericks: they will probably have a good record and a decent seed, but i don't see the upside. even if dirk becomes super filthy again as opposed to just very, very good i can't really envision a scenario where they contend. maybe if they find some interior d





players that i'll follow closely (besides the top players):

brook lopez
russell westbrook
d.j. augustin (per the recent discussion)
anyone who went to unc (that gets minutes)

Oden's going for 15 and 10 this year.

I love Novak being a Marquette guy, but there is no way he should ever be a starter in the NBA.

Worst sporcle ever. I do not want to have to click over to another box to write that one in. Sporcle is a free for all and one of the great joys is hitting two answers with one entry, and knowing you wouldn't have gotten the other one.

Dschm still got it. Didn't even have to read past this to know the next 20-30 replies would be directed at him.

He's like The Rock (as a villian) in his prime.

This really tested my love for the 2K series.

rofl

Whatever they got for LMA would probably be more than he's worth, so I support this. However looks like he put on a lot of muscle this offseason, and if it doesn't affect his shooting, he could be more valuable in the post now.


JR/Birdman really is one of the more hilarious duos I can think of.

Do not approve of Bobby Frasor bashing in my thread tho!

DID YOU NOT WITNESS NOVAK HIT THAT GAME WINNING 3 LAST SEASON??????

I witnessed him hit plenty more when he was at Marquette. He's a great shooter for his size, but he has absolutely zero other NBA level abilities.

One handed basketball player.

http://thehoopdoctors.com/online2/20...kes-the-court/

Better than Asseni.

force him left?