I sure as hell hope so. It's not like Brandon is suddenly morphing into AI or a woofing KG. I have a feeling he's always going to be one of those guys with his head on right enough to be able to constantly question whether he's calling his own number too much or not and frankly I think his swagger and confidence is something that will be infectious with his teammates -- we saw flashes of that the other night.
My thought was that Roy includes EVERYONE on the roster into the "circle". Do you think Kobe Bryant is asking Josh Powell about his game? Or even Pau Gasol?
No, Kobe would most likely not ask his teammates if he's talking too many shots. But I just think it would make more sense to ask someone is actually participating in the offense and the game. So that's why I brought that up.
It's funny how, ever since we scouted him before the draft, people always said things like "He's alright, but he's already pretty close to his ceiling." Then he became an all-star and they said, "He's good, but he's already pretty close to his ceiling." And yet he keeps getting better.
Yep. I remember when Roy had his slump early last season, seemingly regressing a bit from his ROY season. And I thought he might only turn out to be a good role player for our team; I became content with that idea. But then he proved me wrong by taking his game to the next level, leading our team to a 13-game winning streak, and making the All-Star game. Then I thought, "Cool, he made an All-Star game. Perhaps he can make 2 or 3 more All-Star games in his career." Now I'm thinking that he can be a 10 time All-Star and will possibly make some All-NBA teams. Roy just keeps on surprising me and a lot of others with his ability to keep on stepping up his game. It will be interesting to see if he could become an elite player along with the likes of a LeBron, Chris Paul, Kobe, et al.
True, he's 34% for his career and Brandon shoots 36% so far, but statistically speaking that's a pretty insignificant difference.
It's still lower though, and Bryant shoots more threes compared to Roy during the course of their careers, and this season they are pretty much even yet Roy is shooting it better by 7 points.
So true. I remember some of the NBA "experts" saying at the time of the '06 draft that Roy was more "NBA-ready," but that players like Gay had a higher ceiling. Well, Roy's ceiling keeps getting higher and higher, and some of the guys he was drafted with keep looking more and more ordinary.
Great post and observation. I am shocked at how Roy keeps getting better. Major props to Roy. He could have sat on his laurels, but he just keeps getting better.
Seconded/thirded. He keeps exceeding expectations because he is so smooth on the court that he makes it look effortless and he's so classy off the court that it's easy to assume he's matured as a player as much as he has as a speaker/person. Ed O.
Yeah, that's what amazes me too. Stephen A going on about how Roy is average at best. That he slipped to 6th or 7th (depending on how you view it)... you look at him now, and he's the #1 pick of 2006, with LA still at #2. KP can ride his entire career on 2006, he did so well.
