Against Philly K. Brown C 36 8-15 FG 6-13 FT 13RB 22 points This is his second solid night this preseason. I guess that big man camp really did help him.
If you were Brown would you wanna dissapoint the greatest player to ever play the game?...he worked his butt off this off season. The team to watch is the Wizards this season
Rollerson thread This is one reason Kwame might have had a big night. Meet Philly's new "answer" for the center position.
Everyone was expecting him to dominate the league out of H.S. just because he was the 1st pick. Get real... No one out of H.S. ever dominated. Garnett did the best, but even he needed 2 years. McGrady was showed some flashes of athletic ability; like Kobe. Kobe was the air-ball master his 1st year. Jermain O'neal was a bench warmer his 1st and 2nd. Moses Malone was average. Shawn Kemp looked clumsy. All H-schoolers need time. That's why I think that Amare Stoudemire is going to be a monster!
I don't care if you're a High School player or a 4 year college player, or a foreign player, you have to give a player more then 1 year before you call him a bust. Obviously as mentioned here about Brown, but I think Terrence Morris is in the same boat. T-Mo has the skills to be a lottery pick, but people wanted him to be a monster his first year. Now after a full season he showed a flash of what he is capable of his first preseason game. Kwame is doing the same.
Rocks2k, You are reaching with your praise for TMO.... Kwame is much more highly regarded, and rightfully so... DD
Go Kwame! I shouldn't get too excited, but it's definitely encouraging to see him finally play with some confidence. I think the sky's the limit. Jefferies and Dixon had pretty good games too. Dixon will probably end up making me eat my words.
Wow, this thread has been up for over 11 hours and STILL no "Let's give him a 6 year, $42 million extension" joke? I'm disappointed...
How am I reaching? I'm not saying T-Mo is as talented as Kwame. What I'm saying is that if you're going to give up on a player after his first year then you're missing out on some talent. People are down on Morris after his first year, as if after one year you should dominate. Morris learned the ropes in the NBA, is developing his shot and could be a top notch role player. Role players at times are just as important as superstars. Ask the Lakers about Horry. Kwame is likely going to be a franchise player, yet after one year of Kwame adjusting to the league people were trashing him. Morris developed his shot, Kwame developed his game. What's the big deal if someone is more highly regarded? For every "highly regarded" player that people give a chance to like Kwame and Griffin, there are players people doubt like Cuttino Mobley, Nick Van Exel, and Corey Maggette, or Ruben Patterson and Mario Elie. Guys who were drafted late or not at all, and carved out or are carving out nice careers for themselves. T-Mo could very well be that next player if we give them a chance, and not say they don't deserved to be mentioned with someone because they aren't as highly regarded.
Uh, not to turn this into a Tmo thread... ...but the real problem with Morris is that he peaked his sophomore year of college. You typically want to see that someone can continue to achieve greater, and greater things. With Morris, there isn't that much evidence. I'm having trouble seeing him as more than a Shandon Anderson-type player. Wouldn't be a bad 2nd round pick ... oh wait, we traded a 1st for him.
Its funny, I had thought Phx really wanted Nene but then had to take Amare--I am thinking he was their guy all along. Amare might be the best big man on the Phx team this year. And we thought he might fall to us at 15, it wasn't happening.
Yeah, Nene and Amarea are both "freak of nature" athletes. Both will be very dynamic players. They are going to be exciting to watch develop over the next few years.
Washington has decent talent building up, although there are more guys over thirty than there are foreign players on the Mavericks. That aside, I think Kwame Brown has superstar talent, in which he is just starting to tap into. It will still take some time. It always seems to take most of the bigger young guys longer to develop than it does for the younger guards to. Kobe and McGrady took about 2 to 2.5 years to develop into formidible threats. It took Garnett a little longer, as it did with Kenyon Martin, Jermaine O'Neal, and even Dirk Nowitzki. That being mentioned, we'll also see a longer developmental stage for Eddy Curry, Tyson Chandler, Eddie Griffin, and even Yao Ming. Brown has super talent, and the new guy, Jared Jeffries looks like he'll be pretty good. That could be a scarey pack of fowards in the future if both develop as expected.
Actually, it took Garnett only one year to blossom; he was the quickest high schooler to adjust to the NBA. He went from 10 ppg and 6 rpg his rookie year to 17 and 8 his sophomore year. It took Kobe about two years, and it took McGrady three years, partially because he was stuck on the bench for the first two years in Toronto. Jermaine O'Neal was stuck on the bench his first 4 or so years, so one can't really gauge his timetable. Kenyon Martin completed his senior year of college before entering the draft, so he's irrelevant. Dirk Nowitzki came from Germany, so I don't know how relevant he is. He had a disappointing rookie season, but blossomed in his sophomore season, so also about a year or so.
