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Walker Kessler named Western Conference Rookie of the Month for February
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Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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Wolves are kicking themselves. Lol
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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Their gm about to get fired.
JimLes
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He's also third in the NBA Rookie Ladder now. Probably a lock for All-Rookie First team at this point.
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Kia Rookie Ladder: State of the race with less than 1 month left
The No. 1 overall pick maintains his lead, while Walker Kessler rises to No. 3 in the latest ranking.
SoberasHotRod
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The question I keep asking, but don't have a real answer for, is how much credit should Alex Jensen get?
This was announced a couple of weeks ago and was posted in the Kessler hype thread.
Probably quite a bit, especially after seeing how much he helped Rudy develop over the years.
Coach Ellis
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Probably quite a bit. Hopefully, Hardy can keep him on board. I have a feeling that Quin is going to try to poach him for Atlanta though.
FrenchJazzFa
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Great season so far from Kessler. Definitly part of the future.
JimLes
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After tonight's heroics, I'd like to add this.
Multiple advanced stats seem to suggest that Walker is the best rookie in the league this year. From Box +/- to VORP to PER, to my personal favourite: The Raptor by 538.
This is the definition of "it's not even close":
Walker's the only rookie(I've filtered out anyone playing fewer than 1000 minutes) whose both offensive and defensive Raptor is positive, as well.
Here it is on a graph, though:
White circles are qualifying rookies. Walker is red, Banchero is blue. Greyed out circles are vets.
Multiple advanced stats seem to suggest that Walker is the best rookie in the league this year. From Box +/- to VORP to PER, to my personal favourite: The Raptor by 538.
This is the definition of "it's not even close":
Walker's the only rookie(I've filtered out anyone playing fewer than 1000 minutes) whose both offensive and defensive Raptor is positive, as well.
Here it is on a graph, though:
White circles are qualifying rookies. Walker is red, Banchero is blue. Greyed out circles are vets.
HermanG
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Yeah this is exactly what I was saying in the quotes thread. Hardy, our other players and our beat writers need to start the campaign now.After tonight's heroics, I'd like to add this.
Multiple advanced stats seem to suggest that Walker is the best rookie in the league this year. From Box +/- to VORP to PER, to my personal favourite: The Raptor by 538.
This is the definition of "it's not even close":
Walker's the only rookie(I've filtered out anyone playing fewer than 1000 minutes) whose both offensive and defensive Raptor is positive, as well.
Here it is on a graph, though:
White circles are qualifying rookies. Walker is red, Banchero is blue. Greyed out circles are vets.
Man deserves more respect than flipping at #3 and #4 in the odds and national ladders. There must be a discussion at least.
Jokic wins MVPs because of these exact numbers, so why do we evaluate ROY on different standards?
jope
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Does WK already basically give us everything our $40M player would have (who most here deemed irreplaceable last season)?
Who would you rather have?
(Per36)
Player A - 16.3p, 13.6r, 1.7b, 1.2a — 127ortg, 109drtg, 1.3vorp, 0.6dbpm, 0.2obpm, 19.4per
Player B - 13.7p, 13.3r, 3.6b, 1.3a — 140ortg, 111drtg, 1.7vorp, 1.4dbpm, 1.2obpm, 21.2per
Who would you rather have?
(Per36)
Player A - 16.3p, 13.6r, 1.7b, 1.2a — 127ortg, 109drtg, 1.3vorp, 0.6dbpm, 0.2obpm, 19.4per
Player B - 13.7p, 13.3r, 3.6b, 1.3a — 140ortg, 111drtg, 1.7vorp, 1.4dbpm, 1.2obpm, 21.2per