Landry not even in the top 10 of rookie rankings?

magnetik · Feb 28, 2008

I think Carl has woken them up a littlebit. hahahaha

Ten under-the-radar storylines to watch down the stretch
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insi...umnist=hollinger_john&page=Storylines-080228b

Yet one player has been even more impressive than Young, at least in his rookie season. His name is Carl Landry ... or as I've taken to calling him, Carl Landry!

As in, guess who's averaging 19.3 points and 12.9 boards per 40 minutes? Carl Landry!

Can you believe who's shooting 62.7 percent from the floor? Carl Landry!

Do you know who's fifth among all power forwards in rebound rate, ahead of David Lee and Kevin Garnett? My goodness, it's Carl Landry!

Care to guess who's leading all rookies in PER? Yep ... Carl Landry!

Better yet, have you heard who has the best PER on a 37-20 Houston team with two perennial All-Stars? Would you believe ... Carl Landry!

The second-round pick from Purdue was an afterthought in Houston's preseason plans -- 6-7 power forwards with limited shooting range haven't had the greatest track record in the NBA. As a result, he only played in three games prior to New Year's Day.

But on Jan. 11, he went 7-for-7 against Minnesota and hasn't been out of the rotation since. The fact that Landry's increased playing time has been met with a 13-game Houston win streak is not a coincidence. The Rockets are 17-1 when Landry plays more than 10 minutes, and 20-19 when he doesn't.

I'll grant that his numbers have only been generated in 377 minutes and it seems unlikely that he can keep up quite such a prolific pace. Nonetheless, any discussion of the league's top rookies has to include Landry. He's been brilliant at both ends when he's played, and it's not his fault he was nailed to the bench for half the season.
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Hayesfan · Feb 28, 2008

magnetik said:

I think Carl has woken them up a littlebit. hahahaha

Ten under-the-radar storylines to watch down the stretch
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insi...umnist=hollinger_john&page=Storylines-080228b
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The key in that article was why he hasn't been noticed

I'll grant that his numbers have only been generated in 377 minutes and it seems unlikely that he can keep up quite such a prolific pace.
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Give him the last 20+ games to play more minutes (which is definitely going to happen now with Yao out) and he will climb up the charts of the Rookies.

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