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Kenny Thomas Vs. Derrick Chievous

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by DREAMer, Mar 19, 2000.

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  1. DREAMer

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    Who's better?

    We tend to think highly of Kenny Thomas and his potential, and most of us who remember "Band-aid" tend to think of him as a terrible draft pick. Let's see what the numbers say... (The 1st Chievous line is his rookie stats [R], and the 2nd is his career stats [T])

    <BR CLEAR="all"><CENTER><TABLE BORDER ALIGN="center"><TR><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center">STATS</DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>MIN</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>FG%</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>3PT%</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>FT%</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>PTS</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>REB</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>AST</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>STL</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>TOs</CENTER></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>Thomas</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>23.8</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>41.3</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>29.2</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD VALIGN="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>64.9</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD VALIGN="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>8.2</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD VALIGN="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>5.5</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>1.3</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>0.8</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>1.4</CENTER></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>Chievous (R)</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>19.0</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>43.7</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>20.8</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>78.3</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>9.3</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>3.2</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>1.0</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>0.6</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>1.7</CENTER></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>Chievous (T)</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>16.6</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>45.2</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>25.0</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>76.1</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>8.1</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>2.7</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>0.9</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>0.6</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>1.4</CENTER></DIV></TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER>

    How do they match up in a 48 minute comparison you ask?

    <BR CLEAR="all"><CENTER><TABLE BORDER ALIGN="center"><TR><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center">STATS</DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>MIN</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>FG%</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>3PT%</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>FT%</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>PTS</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>REB</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>AST</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>STL</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>TOs</CENTER></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>Thomas</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>48.0</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>41.3</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>29.2</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD VALIGN="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>64.9</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD VALIGN="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>16.5</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD VALIGN="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>11.2</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>2.7</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>1.5</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>2.9</CENTER></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>Chievous (R)</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>48.0</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>43.7</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>20.8</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>78.3</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>23.4</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>8.0</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>2.4</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>1.5</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>4.2</CENTER></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>Chievous (T)</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>48.0</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>45.2</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>25.0</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>76.1</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>23.5</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>7.8</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>2.5</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>1.7</CENTER></DIV></TD><TD valign="middle"><DIV align="center"><CENTER>4.2</CENTER></DIV></TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER>

    Ummm, note to self: "Let Keeley do the stats from now on."

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    #1 DREAMer, Mar 19, 2000
  2. Not Chaney

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    And the ROCKETS select...

    I can score on anybody, anyplace, anytime.

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  3. Mango

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    Can you find a picture of Kenny wearing a Celtics cap?

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  4. DREAMer

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    I guess if I had titled the thread "Kenny Thomas will be better than Charles Barkley", I would at least get some replies...

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    The Band-Aid man was a decade ago and just a distant memory for some.

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    Well, I was hoping for at least some of the older posters to check it out.

    My point was that we all though Chievous sucked, and that he didn't last in the NBA, but by today's standards he'd be an up and coming player.

    Either that or I don't have that much faith in Kenny Thomas [​IMG]

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    DREAMer, I think you bring up a good point. KT is the most promising guy drafted when he was or later this year, and has looked good, but if we think we have an upper-level starting forward for the next 10 years we are counting our chickens too soon.

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    Great comparison,

    I think the two of them compare rather well. Cheivous did not work on his game and went the way of the dodo.

    Thomas needs to work on his game too, or he will be gone as well.

    I will say that Thomas has more court savvy.

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    I still remember an interview that Mike Edmonds and Anita Martini did with Derrick after he was drafted. They asked him who some of the up and coming players were in college that he thought would breakout careers in the NBA. If I remember correctly, Anthony Peeler, also of Missouri was his pick to explode onto the scene in the NBA. Okidokie, Derrick. [​IMG]

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    Yeah but Derrick looked cooler when he shot his free-throws.

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    well i'm young when did this guy play exactly?

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  12. DREAMer

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    DaDa,

    I don't know if KT has more court savvy or not, but I do think Chievous had more fire.

    DoD,

    And a decade later... Peeler is still in the NBA.

    Scar,

    I was wondering when someone was gonna bring that up. I used to laugh my ass off when he shot free throws. It's a wonder he didn't get a hernia from that.

    Rocket Fan,

    You can look at Chievous' Rocket stats at in the "history" area of Clutch City. But, he played in two seasons: 1989 and 1990.

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    #12 DREAMer, Mar 21, 2000
  13. Scarface

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    To be honest with you I thought he was a decent player but then again i was only 10, maybe it was the free-throws maybe it was because I hated Buckaroo and Wiggens but I thought he was ok, oh well.

    P.S. I hated the Pattersons, just thought I should throw that out. (loved it when he got fired and he cried and vowed the Rockets would be sorry and then we win back to backs)

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  14. Not Chaney

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    Scarface - awsome sig. cracks me up.

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