The Fresh Prince
Well-Known Member
Wait, I thought CJ was the next Kobe Bryant.
He was rumored to be the real Jesus Shuttlesworth.. The next Ray Allen type of guy.
What happened?
Wait, I thought CJ was the next Kobe Bryant.
I do think Burks will be better than Batum.
I see the time distribution for Hayward/Burks/Williams/Foye being a major problem. Let's say Burks sees no time at point guard...
Hayward (30), Williams (26), Burks (24), Foye (16)...what's more likely is that Burks and Foye see about 20 each...sound about right?
Burks is already better than Batum.
The only way I would want this minutes thing to go down is to have Foye play backup PG, because Watson sucks.
Here are the rookies who have scored more than 0.4 points per minute in the last 5 years with Kobe added in and both Kobe and Alec highlighted:
Player Points/Minute
* Ian Mahinmi ,*SAS 0.921052632
* Patrick Mills ,*POR 0.684210526
* Kyrie Irving ,*CLE 0.606557377
* Elliot Williams ,*POR 0.596774194
* Blake Griffin ,*LAC 0.593667546
* Kevin Durant ,*SEA 0.586705202
* Rodrigue Beaubois ,*DAL 0.568
* Marcus Thornton ,*NOH 0.56640625
* Michael Beasley ,*MIA 0.560483871
* Tyreke Evans ,*SAC 0.540322581
* Devin Ebanks ,*LAL 0.525423729
* Klay Thompson ,*GSW 0.512295082
* Othyus Jeffers ,*UTA 0.5
* DeMarcus Cousins ,*SAC 0.494736842
* Roy Hibbert ,*IND 0.493055556
KOBE BRYANT 0.490322581
* Nick Young ,*WAS 0.487012987
* O.J. Mayo ,*MEM 0.485564304
* Sundiata Gaines ,*UTA 0.485294118
* Stephen Curry ,*GSW 0.483425414
* Tyler Hansbrough ,*IND 0.482954545
* Marreese Speights ,*PHI 0.48125
* DJ White ,*OKC 0.481081081
* Jordan Crawford ,*WAS-ATL 0.479508197
* Carl Landry ,*HOU 0.479289941
* Brandon Jennings ,*MIL 0.475460123
* Thomas Gardner ,*CHI 0.473214286
* A.J. Price ,*IND 0.470967742
* Russell Westbrook ,*OKC 0.470769231
* Eric Gordon ,*LAC 0.469387755
* Jonny Flynn ,*MIN 0.467128028
* Reggie Williams ,*GSW 0.466257669
* Al Thornton ,*LAC 0.465201465
* Gary Neal ,*SAS 0.464454976
* Alando Tucker ,*PHX 0.4625
* Derrick Rose ,*CHI 0.454054054
* Alec Burks ,*UTA 0.452830189
* Kenneth Faried ,*DEN 0.451327434
* Isaiah Thomas ,*SAC 0.450980392
* Sam Young ,*MEM 0.448484848
* Alonzo Gee ,*WAS 0.448484848
* Anthony Morrow ,*GSW 0.446902655
* Darren Collison ,*NOH 0.446043165
* D.J. Augustin ,*CHA 0.445283019
* Kemba Walker ,*CHA 0.444852941
* Jordan Hamilton ,*DEN 0.444444444
* Toney Douglas ,*NYK 0.443298969
* Chase Budinger ,*HOU 0.44278607
* Anthony Randolph ,*GSW 0.441340782
* Marcin Gortat ,*ORL 0.441176471
* Kevin Love ,*MIN 0.438735178
* Tobias Harris ,*MIL 0.438596491
* Aaron Brooks ,*HOU 0.43697479
* John Wall ,*WAS 0.433862434
* James Harden ,*OKC 0.43231441
* Aaron Gray ,*CHI 0.43
* MarShon Brooks ,*NJN 0.428571429
* DeJuan Blair ,*SAS 0.428571429
* Coby Karl ,*LAL 0.428571429
* JaVale McGee ,*WAS 0.427631579
* Brook Lopez ,*NJN 0.426229508
* Juan Carlos Navarro ,*MEM 0.42248062
* Andrew Goudelock ,*LAL 0.419047619
* Jermaine Taylor ,*HOU 0.418367347
* Luis Scola ,*HOU 0.417004049
* Danilo Gallinari ,*NYK 0.414965986
* Greg Oden ,*POR 0.413953488
* Gary Forbes ,*DEN 0.412698413
* Javaris Crittenton ,*MEM-LAL 0.411764706
* David Andersen ,*HOU 0.411347518
* Samardo Samuels ,*CLE 0.410526316
* Omri Casspi ,*SAC 0.410358566
* Zabian Dowdell ,*PHX 0.409836066
* Derrick Williams ,*MIN 0.409302326
* Ty Lawson ,*DEN 0.408866995
* Jimmer Fredette ,*SAC 0.408602151
* Rudy Fernandez ,*POR 0.40625
* Bill Walker ,*BOS 0.405405405
* Brandan Wright ,*GSW 0.404040404
* Garrett Temple ,*SAS-SAC-HOU 0.403225806
* Nikola Pekovic ,*MIN 0.401459854
* Rodney Stuckey ,*DET 0.4
I like Burks, but I still think there are a lot of players that would look good when compared to Kobe in a similar fashion, and that is the only point I was trying to make.
Jazz legend Othyus Jeffers is on that list as well
Players don't always develop as we think they will. I see a lot of potential in Burks and that's good enough for me now. Comparing him to Kobe may be a bit early but i don't see why not if he works hard.