Evans is not Lebron. Nobody is Lebron. Evans is more like the black Steve Francis or the black Allen Iverson.
I'm not saying that Evans won't be a good player, just that he's clearly not a PG. Just because he gets assists doesn't mean that he sees the court well. It might just mean that he dominates the ball, which in with Evans seems to be the case. Watching him tonight running the pick and roll with Landry was just painful. Way worse than AB in my opinion. In his head, he's option 1 and 1a, so he never looks to pass it to the rolling big man (in this case, Landry). He also never made a hockey assist in the time I was watching. Even though he scored and did it efficiently, I don't think he should have the ball in his hands all the time as it takes away from the offensive rhythm of the team. For those of you who say that he is exactly like T-Mac...he's not. T-Mac does dominate the ball, true, and it is frustrating, but the man sees the floor and delivers great passes. Tyreke might end up developing court vision since he's relatively tall and can see over defenses, but at this point he's not looking for any other option but himself.
Tyreke Evans is a rookie.... putting up stats arguably better than Lebron did his rookie season. Patience....
Well if you think about it Tmac in Orlando was almost exactly like Tyreke right now: good passing ability but he never really knew how to use it. He only really became a great passer when he came here and had to incorporate a legit big man in the plays. Tyreke is a young player, and I think the Kings are stunting his growth by putting him in the pg spot. Someone like him is supposed to be a guard with great passing ability, not a pg who's in charge of setting up plays for the rest of the team.IMHO he's exactly like Dwayne Wade, and like Miami the Kings need to realize Evans at pg is not going to get it done.
Yeah, this probably is way too early. I just don't like what I see in terms of how Tyreke runs the offense. He just pounds the ball and pounds the ball and pounds the ball and waits until he can get into the lane. Real ugly basketball. I remember T-Mac as being a finisher in Orlando, not really pounding the ball too much. Don't get me wrong, he jacked up a lot of shots in his day, but he did so relatively quickly as soon as he got the ball. I agree with you in that putting him at the PG position isn't the best way to develop him. I guess that's the real point of this thread...I'd give you rep points but I can't! Sorry mang
hes a lebron james of the point guards...but yeah my dad watched like the 2nd half of the Kings vs clippers game... and said kings #13 cannot pass, plays selfishly. tyreke evans is a scorer not a playmaker for sure (evans is one of the best finsihers around the basket)...but he has the upper hand on ROY this season...slightly over Stephen Curry.
If making the all star game is significant to you then I have to say your logic is flawed. How many times has this amazing TMAC made the NBA finals? The third round? How about the second round? From what I know, success in NBA is measured by playoff success, not by padding up stats and making the all star game. Think before you speak.
Lots of players currently in the league grew up watching Mcgrady play when he was one of the most individually dominating players in the league. Durant himself said he modeled his game after Mcgrady. Everyone brings up that he couldn't make it pass the first round. So does that automatically make him a bad role model ? Since he couldn't get out of the first round he obviously shouldn't be looked up upon by people.
Playoff success should be measured by stats, and not team accolades. Basketball is a 5-on-5 game, and teams can have 12 players play in a single game. Its not Tmac's fault if the other team is better than his, which is the case almost every time. Look at KG, he only got out of the 1st round when he had cassell and spreewel, and that was what, 1 time out of 10? Does that mean he was a failure other than his lone WCF appearance? How about Pierce? After their ECF with antoine the Celtics went to lottery hell for almost a decade. Does that mean Pierce sucked? Tmac has always brought it come playoff time. Ultimately he couldn't win series, but he singlehandedly won a few games, and talk to talk like he was Luther Head in playoffs is ridiculous. Sure Tmac wasn't a real superstar like LBJ or MJ, but he didn't stink, and if we were in the East, or had better guys than Jai Ho or Head against the Jazz then we would've reached the 2nd round earlier.
The only problem with Evans is that he is not the most consistent shooter. And I think being a big time SG involves shooting. Yes, he is not a player who can play PG throughout the entire game, too turnover prone. However, with a refined jumpshot next season, he can become a better SG.
Yes, i'm pretty sure he was. He was obviously not happy there any more. Hence his quote "I started smiling for the first time in 3 weeks..." when learning that he was headed to Houston. Kevin Martin needs plays run for him, well not 'need' he can create his own shot...but while Tyreke may have modeled his game after Tmac...Martin modeled his after Reggie Miller.
McGrady is like Mike Tyson post-Buster Douglas around here. What he did in the past year completely invalidates everything he did prior to that point.
McGrady hasn't been a ballhog for the past few seasons, since signing with the Rockets... So, I don't know where you are going with that statement.
I guess you must have missed the dozens of assists Brooks has racked up passing to Scola at the elbow for the jumper.
could say the same for ab... minus the lebron comparison evans needs the ball in his hands to be effective so in my opinion he needs to play pg but he will never win being a pg
