Comments on: Dime’s (Early) All-Rookie Team

By: Swatguy

Swatguy — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:08:50 +0000

Javaris Crittenton will be a ROY candidate. He will start next to the Best player in the Universe and you dont see Javaris blooming? Think again.

By: Migel

Migel — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:52:30 +0000

I agree on the Durant thing. Takesheart, I think a better point is that A.I. actually has the quickness to get to the rim, and he’s had his share of injuries doing so. The problem with Durant is that he is too small right now to play the 3, guys like Artest will eat him alive, and he’s probably a step slow to play the 2. All the top tier scorers in this league have the strength or quickness to get to the rim for easy baskets or to get to the line when their jumpers aren’t falling. I don’t think KD can do that yet. The same limitations will also hurt him the defensive end, even though the stretch armstrong arms will bail him out some. KD is crafty as hell and super competitive and will figure a way to score eventually, but don’t count on him competing for scoring titles like everybody seems to think he will until he develops the physical tools in a year or two. He can definitely get the 18/gm like the article says, but it’ll be on a high volume of shots, most of which are from the perimeter.

By: Donte. F

Donte. F — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:07:39 +0000

One, Durant will not be taking home the ROY award. He’s a bit to thin at this point. It will be very to for him 2 get 2 the basket, and once that jumper isn’t working he’s outta luck. He should play the two instead of the three until he bulks up. Best bet for ROY is Jeff Green. Bad part about that is he’s not starting. He’ll play a good number of minutes but don’t think he’ll be able to get a feel for the game because of back & forth trips 2 the bench. Just like Brandon Roy, he doesn’t do things great, but Green does everything good. If not Green, I have Al Horfort taking home the award. Stuckey could have taken it if he wasn’t backing up Chauncy & Rip. So complete, big guard who can play either guard position.

By: IM

IM — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:18:34 +0000

Al Thorton should have been on that list. He’ll be a top 3 rookie this year. Book it!

By: rem322

rem322 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:51:11 +0000

Nick Young was left off the list because he is nowhere near as good as the players mentioned. I read an article the other day about the rookie rankings and Stuckey was listed as a top 5 rookie after the way he performed through both summer leagues. He put the numbers just like KD did. Too bad he won’t be taking home a ROY award playing 20 to 25 minutes behind Mr. Big Shot and Rip.

By: Timothy Young

Timothy Young — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:08:45 +0000

My one and only question is how in all hell do you leave Nick Young’s name off the All Rookie Team? Keep sleeping on noodles, he’ll wake you up after grabing ROTY.

By: Takesheart

Takesheart — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:03:39 +0000

I dont see A.I. getting killed by guys who can bench twice his weight, when he takes it to the hoop so I believe Durant will be alright. He’s only 19 yrs old and he will gain weight naturally as he gets older but he has the skills to somewhat dominate on the offensive end already. Don’t sleep on Sean Williams of the New Jersey Nets either. It’ll be just like when the Nets had Kmart on the break with Williams, and J Kidd throwing him lobs.

By: Amar

Amar — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:57:23 +0000

I think Scola is a good player, and playing in the NBA, he’ll have an oppurtunity to help his team win games. Don’t get me wrong, he’ll be a smart vet that makes good decisions out there — but he’s not a magician who is going to transform houston and get rid of all of their problems. He flops a lot, and whines a lot. Thankfully for him, he’s not playing in the western conference of Karl Malone, Charles Barkley and a young, motivated Shaquille O’Neal — otherwise he’d get beaten up.

By: alex

alex — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:41:26 +0000

agree with Danilo. Scola won’t get the stats (and thus the recogntion) but he’ll be a solid player for that system. He’s a great passer and he’s got nifty, off rythm, inside moves that won’t make the highlight reel but are just as effective. He won’t be a BEAST but i’d take him over Anderson Varejao and Chris Webber.

By: Danilo

Danilo — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:18:40 +0000

Nice, nice, you are all so funny. But Scola is going to be a really nice role player: he’s damn smart, a good passer and will fit perfectly in Adelman style. He will start a lot of plays for Houston on the top of the key and do all the dirt work. His numbers will not be important, the guy is solid and will be playing a big role in Houston success. He won’t be ROY and won’t even come close to it, but there is not a lot of players in the league that can make the right decision, cut and feed from the post position like he can.