Sophomore year projection for Favors

[Dr. Jones]

Would like to see other colleges do like Calipari is at UK. He has invited all UK pros back to campus until the lockout is over. Offering no charge strength and conditioning in world class facilities, staying fresh playing against one another .. while working on college credits. John Wall (and others) has already signed up for classes.

*Before anyone else says it, yes, Calipari has already scheduled the elite recruits to visit while all our pros are on campus (soooooo shady).

 

[jazzmanian devil]

No this

The guy in the middle of the front row got to be an Italian, edited by moderator for crude reference

 

[NUMBERICA]

I ran across this a day or two ago:
https://www.slcdunk.com/2011/6/29/2249160/peering-into-the-future-hayward-and-favors

Some interesting stuff. As near as I can make out, he's taking the rookie numbers and then inflating them based on how much more Hayward and Favors will be used in future years. Maybe not next year, but within a couple of years. This is assuming they DON'T improve, but just get more "usage". I believe he said that in addition to inflatings pts/etc due to a higher usage rate, actual players tend to also improve on assists and turnovers.

A couple of interesting notes:

Al's scoring efficiency has never improved from his rookie year. Only once has his true shooting percentage been better than during his second season. This is rare. Even for players whose true shooting percentage drops occasionally, they are more like Ronnie Brewer—whose TS% rose for a year, then went back to his rookie year level for a while before ultimately dropping below.

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[NUMBERICA]

Would like to see other colleges do like Calipari is at UK. He has invited all UK pros back to campus until the lockout is over. Offering no charge strength and conditioning in world class facilities, staying fresh playing against one another .. while working on college credits. John Wall (and others) has already signed up for classes.

*Before anyone else says it, yes, Calipari has already scheduled the elite recruits to visit while all our pros are on campus (soooooo shady).

White Don King does it again.

I like to imagine Knight and Kanter running into one another and Kanter says something like, "remember how you played and excelled at every level every year, I haven't played real basketball in over two years, and I got picked #3 while you went #8? It's crazy, you know. I play toughness, you know."

 

[Dr. Jones]

White Don King does it again.

Have to admit it's smart though, right? I find it funny when rival fans claim he must be cheating .. how hard is it to understand that he has as many players in the NBA than any other TEAM? 3 out of the last 4 ROY. He does a damn good job of recruiting, preparing the kids for the NBA, and they perform to expectations.

/UKtalk

 

[NUMBERICA]

Have to admit it's smart though, right? I find it funny when rival fans claim he must be cheating .. how hard is it to understand that he has as many players in the NBA than any other TEAM? 3 out of the last 4 ROY. He does a damn good job of recruiting, preparing the kids for the NBA, and they perform to expectations.

/UKtalk

Oh, no doubt about it. I don't trust a word he says if it doesn't benefit him in some way (I'm not familiar with too many things he's said that don't meet that criteria in the first place), but yeah. He's doing a great job. Most college coaches don't have the pull or have romantic notions about college, and Cal has the pull and uses it to encourage kids to go one and done. That's how you'll get the best guys. If you can keep up with the turnover, then you're doing great.

 

[Jazz4ever]

Has to be a little frustrating if you're a UK fan though because freshmen led teams have little chance of winning a championship. There just isn't the time to develop the chemistry needed to win it all.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Having fun though, a lot. We'll win some more with Cal. Could explain why I am confident, but it's a Jazz forum, so ..

 

[kabenac]

I can see around 13 PPG and 7 RPG for Favors at around 28 MPG...

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

I can see around 13 PPG and 7 RPG for Favors at around 28 MPG...

At 28 mpg he better be rebounding better than that. More like 8.5/game. But I could live with the point production given the depth of our team, so long as it's at a solid fg percentage of say 52% or greater.

 

[kabenac]

At 28 mpg he better be rebounding better than that. More like 8.5/game. But I could live with the point production given the depth of our team, so long as it's at a solid fg percentage of say 52% or greater.

I think our rebounding will improve, but I also believe there will be a dilution in rebound-average between the five big-men: Favors, Kanter, Millsap, Jefferson, & Okur (especially when Millsap plays the three).

 

[Qman]

The key with Favors is going to be his foul trouble. If he can stay on the floor he will be pretty effective.