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If his current stats per 36 min hold up for the entire year- you might be surprised to know that his numbers compare not far off from Devin Booker/Kyrie, very similar to Damian Lillard, De'aaron Fox, and way ahead of Jalen Brunson and others that were late bloomers. There is still plenty of...

I agree about Kon. It's incredibly rare to start producing like he did from day one. And I don't mean to imply that if Ace played more minutes or had higher usage rates he would be getting stats like Kon right now. But for Ace specifically, I like that he seems to be studying the game, focusing...

Kon Knueppel is seen as the best rookie so far this year-- but he is playing about 36 min per game- which of course when mean much higher averages. For fun I compared Ace's number per 36 min. I also looked at his shooting percentages if you take the first 3 or 5 games out of the averaging-...

Here is an interesting tidbit I found after looking at those rookie comparisons using production per 36 min: WCJ has the second highest per minute total for combined rebounds/assist (12.7)- after Derik Queen at (13.5). Cedric Coward 12.2, Dylan Harper 12.1, and Noah Penda 12.0 are the next 3...

I went through the stats of current point guards, and Keyonte is top 15 in PER, WAR, points, steals, and is top 5 in assists... so I'd say he qualifies as an average starting point guard based on the small sample size this year..

One thing has become clear to me. Coach Hardy could have won 40 plus games each year so far. We had to trade away key players and bench healthy players to keep one arm tied behind his back. This year I think we may need to put Hardy on leave for some fake illness if we want a chance at a top...

Yep. Whatever financial flexibility they wanted to gain by waiting on Kessler-- I knew it would cost them a minimum of 5 million a year on the next contract. It may be 50 million more for the next contract than what they could have paid him! By the end of this year he is for sure a top 10...

I think will will be better than last year- in spite of losing John Collins and Collin Sexton - who statistically were our best players in the games they played. But they only played 40 and 67 games- so the other games their minutes were filled by scrubs. Laurie could play 30 games more than...

As I said- I am not predicting he will be the next Steph or Chris Paul.. but Damian played 4 yrs, Steph played 3 yrs, others on the list 2 years... the big difference between the Kyrie's and Chris Paul's who were picked very high is that the shot ridiculously high percentages from 3. My point...

I am not saying he'll be great, but I don't get why everyone these days dismisses "undersized" guards. Here is a list of current NBA guards Walter's size or smaller: Steph Curry, Chris Paul, Mike Conley, Kyrie Irving, Jalen Brunson, Damian Lillard, Kyle Lowry, Drue Holiday... not to mention a...

The thing that gets me most excited about last night is his demeanor. He didn't celebrate once or stop to flex into the camera-- he just turned around got back on defense. He was playing against Kevin Durant much of the night and didn't show the slightest hint of a thought that he didn't belong...

Finland over Serbia in elimination round. Serbia was favored by 17 pts. Markkanen with 29 pts.

His stats per 36 min in his 27 games with Charlotte last year were: 18.2 pts, 12.9 R, 5.2 Ast, 1.3 St, 1.4 Bl. His shooting efficiency was not good, but apparently Charlotte found a way to get his overall statistics much closer to his very solid production in Portland. I don't care if they...

Ok Rip Van Winkle-- I am assuming you just woke up from a 20 year nap...

I wouldn't pick him over Tre Johnson... but I think he has a very high floor and more upside than most think. He does everything the right way- and has a no-nonsense, gritty quality that reminds me of John Stockton (in terms of demeanor and bb IQ). fun fact: his offensive rating is 133.7 and...