He hasn't actually made it into a game yet. He's playing third string behind a dinosaur (Stoudamire) and an ex- second-round pick (Lowry), and I don't even know if he'll stay on the active roster. So ... why? I can't remember someone being drafted this high find it this difficult to get playing time. Is this a case of Ed O'Bannon syndrome, where the guy's NCAA tourney leads him to be drafted way too high?
kyle lowry is not a 2nd round pick. he was the 24th, i think. i'm not sure why they drafted him, maybe they drafted him, for insurance and potential.
Sorry, my bad. Either way Lowry is going to take over the PG spot by the end of the year, esp. if the Grizz are starting Damon so as to lure a title contender to trade for him in February.
Reasonable question. However, if he's good enough to make Lowry his bench relief then he will be something. I like KL. BTW - I suspect they're playing DS as Rox are RA to try and create a trade market.
Memphis was shopping the pick around but found no suitors. Portland showed a lot of interest because of the Oden connection. Atlanta was also looking to move for a PG but decided not to. So Grizzlies were left with no choice but to take him and hope a deal goes through. In the NFL New Orleans made the same mistake when it was high on the Reggie Bush kool-aid. A lot of teams were looking to move up and get him but none did. We are now begining to see that he was picked too high. The next RB picked in the draft some 20 picks later Joseph Addai is proving to be much more valuable as an all around back.
Lowry can flat out play and has a future ahead of him. Why they are starting DS and haven't even put Conley in a game is a mystery. Two straight DNPs CD is strange for a high draft choice.
Me and my buddies to do a mock nba draft every year. I had Conley on my all overhyped next bust team, and one of my buddies had him rated real high. He is giving me huge bragging rights sitting on that pine.
I think management worked themselves into a scenario where they figured PG was the weakest on their team, so they chose based on need. And it's probably true. Their other positions had a least more talent - Gasol, Warrick, Gay, Miller. Personally, I would have chosen Yi, let him come off the bench, and have a potential future frontcourt of Gay, Yi, Gasol, which in 3-4 years could be sick. Add in Mike Miller and Lowry in the backcourt, and you have a pretty athletic team that should put up tons of points. But Conley is still young, so its too early to judge this pick, imo.
Its because when you draft you should try to fill needs but if all needs are full then you draft the best available player. That is what Mike Connelly was. He was the best available player. And plus Lowery is more of a 2 than a 1.
Conley is still very young and very talented. Like you said, Stoudamire is old and Conley will more than likely take his spot next season. Give him a little time, it's only 2-3 games into the season.
Not sure about overrated, I do think he should have stayed at tOSU for another year however. He was the first PG taken and #4 Overall so it was a great move for him on paper. Lowry is a better PG at this point, but he's also had 1 more year of college ball and 1 whole season in the NBA under his belt.
Lowry was underrated at Villanova. People payed too much attention to his "decision-making" when in his sophomore year he carried his team's scoring load just as well as Alan Ray. But yeah, I guess you guys are right. The Grizzlies have been overloading on forwards for years, and so their rotation has been getting more and more holes. Every year people guess that their latest acquisition (Gay, Darko, etc.) is a prelude to dumping Gasol's malconent a$$, but nothing ever materializes. They should've cashed in their pieces for a superstar to complement the guy long ago.
No one questions Bush media buzz and fan hype, just how good a pro football player he was going to be/has shown to be. There is no comparison of him to Addai or to AP--yet so many were fooled into thinking Bush was a once a generation player instead of a once every 20 picks per year player. On Conley, I thought he showed tremendous flashes last year and was the glue to the Buckeye team. Remember they were the #1 team w/o Oden most of the year. That said he is unseasoned even for a college player entering the draft--he isn't as developed as Chris Paul or Deron Williams or TJ Ford as those guys had muliple college years under their belt. So by no means is he a bust. We won't know that for 2-3 years at the minimum, let alone 2-3 games. Not like our own Scola and Brooks have done much yet, and we had huge hopes as they are very seasoned rookies who showed a lot of game this summer. And yes they should trade Stoudamire. Lowry and Conley are too small to play SG. And Navarro, another highly regarded but very seasoned rookie and buddy of Gasol (remember the Heat wanted him) is a PG/undersized SG. There just is no room for Conley right now.
I agree but then I think back to last season with Chucky Atkins. It was next to impossible to find any reason justifying their reluctance to let him go and they still insisted on hanging onto him. Maybe they're just in love with PG's in Memphis?
You forgot to mention Juan Carlos Navarro. He's a really good shooter and knows how to run the point. That, and Kyle Lowry's great play haven't let Conley see much PT.
