Opportunity in the NBA

[Dee-Zy]

Beasley

I'd like to see him on the spurs on in D'Antoni's system.


As for unknown players, I'd go with a player like Aaron brooks.

[Luke]

OJ Mayo is a great example, Basel. That's actually who I had in mind when I was reading through this thread. Bledsoe is a good one too.

You know who is the ultimate "different situation" guy, Manu. It would have been very interesting to see him as the alpha dog on a team somewhere between 2005 and a few years ago.

[Mr. Hobbes]

What happened to Birdman? Went from undrafted DLeague to DPOY candidate.

[Marcus13]

Originally Posted by Dee-Zy

Beasley

I'd like to see him on the spurs on in D'Antoni's system.

He has every opportunity in the world right now. His team is basically asking him to be a chucker

[Cajon]

Andre Jamal Drummond, Taj Jami Gibson, James Taft Fredette, Eric Bledsoe, Enes Kanter, Derrick Bernard Favors and JaVale Lindy McGee.

[ChrisWoj]

Originally Posted by Cajon

Andre Jamal Drummond, Taj Jami Gibson, James Taft Fredette, Eric Bledsoe, Enes Kanter, Derrick Bernard Favors and JaVale Lindy McGee.

May be right, but isn't it too early to put Drummond on this list? Additionally - McGee seems to be in a pretty good situation right now in Denver...

[Cajon]

Originally Posted by ChrisWoj

May be right, but isn't it too early to put Drummond on this list?

It's not like the Pistons are going anywhere so why not give the kid extended PT? Start building chemistry with Monroe.

His #s also warrant it with TRB% of 20 (6th in the league), ORB% of 16.4 (2nd), DRB% of 23.7 (16th) and BLK% of 6.1 (8th). Just imagine what his stats will be with maybe 29-32mins of PT.

Additionally - McGee seems to be in a pretty good situation right now in Denver...

Better if McGee started and/or also got extended PT. I'm baffled as to why Koufos gets the nod over him.

[Luke]

Tyreke Evans is another guy that doesn't necessarily need more of a green light, but a change of scenery would do wonders for that kid.

[Knicks4life]

Originally Posted by Cajon

Better if McGee started and/or also got extended PT. I'm baffled as to why Koufos gets the nod over him.

[Cajon]

Originally Posted by Knicks4life

Yeah. Funny ****. I still say he deserves more mins despite his... err... flaws. llullz

[Bogg]

Originally Posted by Luke

You know who is the ultimate "different situation" guy, Manu. It would have been very interesting to see him as the alpha dog on a team somewhere between 2005 and a few years ago.

I honestly think Manu was in the best possible situation for himself, because I don't think having him as your #1 gets you any further than some pretty regular-season stats and a first-round exit(like we're seeing with Harden right now), to say nothing of his propensity to get injured.

[Jamel Irief]

Originally Posted by Luke

OJ Mayo is a great example, Basel. That's actually who I had in mind when I was reading through this thread. Bledsoe is a good one too.

You know who is the ultimate "different situation" guy, Manu. It would have been very interesting to see him as the alpha dog on a team somewhere between 2005 and a few years ago.

Manu between 04-10 was considered to be no worse the 3rd best SG in the league. How much better could it have gotten?

[BlakeJesus]

Evan Turner is another prime example, a guy a lot of people (myself included) thought could put up big time numbers if given more of an opportunity. He's really killing it for the 76ers this year now that he's getting 36 minutes a night.

[Luke]

Originally Posted by Jamel Irief

Manu between 04-10 was considered to be no worse the 3rd best SG in the league. How much better could it have gotten?

I'm not saying his reputation around the league would have been any better, Kobe and Wade (at least from '05 onwards) were going to be clearly better than him year in and year out. But it would have been kind of cool to see him as a number one option on a mediocre team for a season to see what he could have done with it.

[Bogg]

Originally Posted by Luke

I'm not saying his reputation around the league would have been any better, Kobe and Wade (at least from '05 onwards) were going to be clearly better than him year in and year out. But it would have been kind of cool to see him as a number one option on a mediocre team for a season to see what he could have done with it.

He wouldn't have been any different than Ray Allen on the Sonics or Paul Pierce during the Antoine Walker days, and he might have been slightly worse. Manu wouldn't have been any more impressive scoring 23 a night on a 48-win team than every other guy who's ever done it.