I thought it would be unique to have an outsider's (Golden State beat writer) perspective on some of the Nets rookies so I clicked on this article link when i stumbled upon his site. This guy just reeks of bias. "Brook Lopez and Ryan Anderson look like role players, but who knows about Anthony Randolph POSTED July 22, 2:53 PM Brook Lopez: Methodical The Warriors and Nets played on Monday but it’s still not too late to put down a few impressions of a couple of Bay Area products playing for the New Jersey. It wasn’t a good afternoon for Brook Lopez or Ryan Anderson. Lopez, the No. 10 selection out of Stanford, and Anderson, the No. 21 pick out of Cal, didn’t make much of an impact against the Warriors. What stood out most about Lopez was his sheer size. He already has an NBA body but it appears as if the NBA game has a lot of catching up to do. Lopez isn’t likely to be any kind of offensive factor early in his career and perhaps maybe ever. Ryan Anderson: Not a 3 He is very methodical down low with his most comfortable move the little half-hook along the baseline. He didn’t get that to go down on Monday, and if Lopez can’t get that shot to go down at the pro level we’re looking at a defensive specialist, at best. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. It’s just that fans will expect a lot more out of the No. 10 pick. As for Anderson, the first thing that stood out was the Nets’ coaching staff had him playing the small forward position, which isn’t going to work at the pro level. Any advantage Anderson has will come at the four position, where he can use his perimeter skills to better advantage. Anthony Randolph: Skilled Anderson’s just not going to be able to match up against small forwards on the defensive end and he’s not likely to have much of an advantage against them offensively, either. He also looked uncomfortable shooting the 3, and it almost seemed like he’s struggling to adjust to the extra distance at the pro level. I'm not making the case Lopez and/or Anderson are going to struggle or fail or anything like that at the pro level. But what I am saying is that if you're talking athleticism and talent and star potential, neither of those two are in the same league as Anthony Randolph." http://www.examiner.com/x-441-Golden-State...nthony-Randolph His name is Matt Steinmetz, let the hate mail start.
hey i dont have hate... brook and anderson played horrible vs GSW in the summer league... so what?!?! lets start talkin when the season starts hey if people talk about u... u kno u bother them... its like being the yanks... espn always pick yanks to never make the playoffs... and what do the yanks do all the dam time? make the playoffs... people talk negative bout teams they are annoyed by...
I always felt that the young guys play better when they are around superstars or nba proven people, like so far sean is doing horrible but in the nba season he had some gud games.
Thanks, this gave me hope. Seems like in California, they let anyone with a spell checker be a sports columnist. LOLZ!
Well that's a crappy article. He makes WAY too many assumptions off of one summer league game. And . . . <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>But what I am saying is that if you're talking athleticism and talent and star potential, neither of those two are in the same league as Anthony Randolph</div> Talk about stating the obvious. Does he really think he's telling us something that we don't already know?
we need role players anyway to surround lebron james with... if brook lopez becomes a defensive specialist as smart as twin we get a longer, shotblocking jason collins for half the price...can't complain...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dark Defender @ Jul 24 2008, 08:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yet, he mentions nothing on Sean William's athleticism which is on the same level as Randolph.</div> we was only talking about players from the bay area i think...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cpawfan @ Jul 23 2008, 10:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Summer League is Summer League No point in attempting to take too much from it</div> Yup. This writer covers Golden State, didn't he learn anything from Marco Belinelli - 91 points in the summer league, 95 points in the regular season
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dark Defender @ Jul 24 2008, 09:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yet, he mentions nothing on Sean William's athleticism which is on the same level as Randolph.</div> He also didn't mention the other rookies each team acquired. Seems like he was just comparing 1st round picks. Which is pretty weak. He's a silly blogger, no worries.
