Re: Who's 'potential' is overrated? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BCB @ Jun 27 2006, 05:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Darius Miles was averaging 18/8 before his injury.</div>But he never developed a jump shot, consistancy, a good attitude, or work ethic. He could have been a multiple All-Star if he stuck his mind to it. Also, look at the team he put those numbers up on. A young team where their best 2 players (Randolph and himself) were lacking leadership and attitude.
Re: Who's 'potential' is overrated? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (wade2shaq93 @ Jun 27 2006, 01:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I would say Bogut just to piss BCB off. Anyway, Darko is way overrated. He got traded to another team and suddenly he will be great? I dont think he'll ever be too good. It also doesnt help him that he came from the 03 draft class. People will always compare him to the players that came in in 03.</div>Darko won't be great don't think so, but Darko can still be very good. But so far he was way overrated.
Re: Who's 'potential' is overrated? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BCB @ Jun 26 2006, 05:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>A lot of people think Andrew Bynum is going to be the league's next great center and nobody knew who the hell he was until the draft came along. He's really young and 7'0" 280 pounds but my god some NBA fans just go ga-ga over him when he's shown nothing.Anyone else come to mind?</div>like kingjamez said he has alot of potential and is not at all "overrated" you cant really judge bynum though phil jackson barely played him this year :no3:
Re: Who's 'potential' is overrated? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LakersFan247 @ Jun 27 2006, 11:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>like kingjamez said he has alot of potential and is not at all "overrated" you cant really judge bynum though phil jackson barely played him this year :no3:</div>Yea I did not really see him play except for that play on Shaq. So we can't judge him to much until he get's to play more.
Re: Who's 'potential' is overrated? Andrew Bynum really was an unknown player coming into college...Just don't see what the fuss is about.
Re: Who's 'potential' is overrated? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BCB @ Jun 27 2006, 11:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Andrew Bynum really was an unknown player coming into college...Just don't see what the fuss is about.</div>He is tall, and there are not to many good big guys in the NBA any more. So people hope he be one.I think the Lakers should have played him more last season. They better play him more next season. He is very young, and can still develop.
Re: Who's 'potential' is overrated? I still believe Darko can be the great player he was drafted to be. His years on the Pistons bench just set him back 3 years. Look at him in the Magic! Just needed a little playing time and suddenly he's producing. Yes, his production may be comparable to a rookie's but that's because on the development scale he is still was a rookie cause he's never gotten the significant minutes to play back in Detroit.The Pistons said it themselves that you shouldn't think of Darko as a failure just because he was traded. Rasheed said he's an excellent player. It's just that he couldn't fit into a rotation with the 2 wallaces, antonio mcdyess, dale davis manning the front court. His performance in orlando just confirmed to me that Dumars' eye for talent wasn't mistaken by selecting him. It just was the wrong team.
Re: Who's 'potential' is overrated? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (kingkungkernitz @ Jun 28 2006, 03:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I still believe Darko can be the great player he was drafted to be. His years on the Pistons bench just set him back 3 years. Look at him in the Magic! Just needed a little playing time and suddenly he's producing. Yes, his production may be comparable to a rookie's but that's because on the development scale he is still was a rookie cause he's never gotten the significant minutes to play back in Detroit.The Pistons said it themselves that you shouldn't think of Darko as a failure just because he was traded. Rasheed said he's an excellent player. It's just that he couldn't fit into a rotation with the 2 wallaces, antonio mcdyess, dale davis manning the front court. His performance in orlando just confirmed to me that Dumars' eye for talent wasn't mistaken by selecting him. It just was the wrong team.</div>I don't know about great, but he for sure can still be a very good player I agree 100%. Once he was traded to Orlando he started to produce. And if he get's to start I think he can become maybe not as great as some thought, but still a very very good player.
Re: Who's 'potential' is overrated? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nykfan4life @ Jun 27 2006, 12:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>eddy curry. all people talk about is how much potential he has but he has never come near that potential in 5 seasons. i say if he doesn't reach that "potential" this season i consider his career over because then he'll never reach it. how many season's does this guy need?</div>he was doin good with the bullskwame brown comes to mind
Re: Who's 'potential' is overrated? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BuLLzDoMaIn @ Jun 30 2006, 01:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>he was doin good with the bullskwame brown comes to mind</div>haha yea Kwame I have no idea how Kobe did not ask to trade him yet. lol
Re: Who's 'potential' is overrated? Sebastein TelfairBynum tooJosh ChildressAndre IguodalaFrom this draft, Tyrus Thomas, Rajon Rondo, Randy Foye, JJ Redick. Some others too..
Re: Who's 'potential' is overrated? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CB4AllStar @ Jul 2 2006, 08:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Sebastein TelfairBynum tooJosh ChildressAndre IguodalaFrom this draft, Tyrus Thomas, Rajon Rondo, Randy Foye, JJ Redick. Some others too..</div>Telfair - overrated I agree.Bynum - I think it's to early to sayJosh Childress, and Iguodala I don't think are overrated. Iguodala is a great D guy, and is a triple double threat.As for the draft JJ Redick's potential is overrated. But Randy Foye I think is underrated if anything.
Re: Who's 'potential' is overrated? I would definitely say Iguodala. I mean, yeah, he's a good player, but i swear to god someone on this board said the guy would average 20/7/7 next year! I mean, come on!
Re: Who's 'potential' is overrated? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nba dogmatist @ Jul 3 2006, 02:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I would definitely say Iguodala. I mean, yeah, he's a good player, but i swear to god someone on this board said the guy would average 20/7/7 next year! I mean, come on!</div>20/7/7 Not next year most likely, but at some point I think he will have those kinda #'s. <u>This Season Iguodala's #'s Were:</u>PPG 12.3 | RPG 5.9 | APG 3.1Even if AI stays with the Sixers Iguodala's #'s can still be PPG 15, RPG 7, and APG 5 I don't think it's to much to ask. And if AI is gone Iguodala probably be the main guy on this team so why not be able to put up the #'s someone said. That be only 8 point more PPG when AI who scores 30 pluse a game be gone so people will need to make up points. Also only 1.1 rebounds per a game more, and 4 assists more per game. Now with the assists it might not get to 7 next season even with AI gone, but those #'s should be possible if AI is not there.
Re: Who's 'potential' is overrated? People think he will be the next superstar in the League. He will be good, but I doubt he has the scoring talent to be a superstar..I just think he's overrated by a lot of people..
Re: Who's 'potential' is overrated? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CB4AllStar @ Jul 3 2006, 01:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>People think he will be the next superstar in the League. He will be good, but I doubt he has the scoring talent to be a superstar..I just think he's overrated by a lot of people..</div>Your right about scoring he needs to be more aggressive, and develop his shot if he does that he can be a very good player. I am not saying he will put up 30 pluse like Kobe, Lebron, Melo (he will soon) ect........... I am saying 20-7-7 is possible if AI is traded.
Re: Who's 'potential' is overrated? Here's the deal with Bynum-Amazing as it may sound, before he got to the NBA Andrew had played about 30 organized basketball games in his entire life. He'd only been playing since his Junior year in high school, so the fact that he was already good enough to be an All American was just downright scary.Add in the fact that he was reported at 7-0 at the pre draft camps and at the last testing he was listed at 7-2 1/2. So now you don't even know how tall the kid is going to be.On top of that, he's working (working his ass off) with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on his footwork and conditioning (lost about 30 pounds between senior year in high school and summer league last year) so you know that his game is just taking off.He's also already a very good shotblocker. His size alone clogs up the lane, and he's got these ridiculously long arms (Kobe calls him elastic man) and great timing so he can definitely block some shots.Overall with all these factors in mind, I would not say his potential is overrated.
Re: Who's 'potential' is overrated? <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lakaboy42 @ Jul 4 2006, 12:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Here's the deal with Bynum-Amazing as it may sound, before he got to the NBA Andrew had played about 30 organized basketball games in his entire life. He'd only been playing since his Junior year in high school, so the fact that he was already good enough to be an All American was just downright scary.Add in the fact that he was reported at 7-0 at the pre draft camps and at the last testing he was listed at 7-2 1/2. So now you don't even know how tall the kid is going to be.On top of that, he's working (working his ass off) with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on his footwork and conditioning (lost about 30 pounds between senior year in high school and summer league last year) so you know that his game is just taking off.He's also already a very good shotblocker. His size alone clogs up the lane, and he's got these ridiculously long arms (Kobe calls him elastic man) and great timing so he can definitely block some shots.Overall with all these factors in mind, I would not say his potential is overrated.</div>I think it's to early to say with Bynum. The kid looks like he can develop.
Re: Who's 'potential' is overrated? Plus<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Especially that I was listening to Alan Massingale (covering for Dave Smith) and after talking to Joel Meyers, he said about Bynum(paraphrased), "We're privy to things you all don't get to see, and this kid developed a nasty streak down the stretch of the season [in practice] and he started [this is an exact quote] dominating with his athleticism. Just blocking everyone."He said Bynum had been getting his shot blocked by some of the smaller guys and that there came a point where he just got pissed, and then it clicked to him to JUMP and ATTACK from up off the ground. He finally just took to the air - something they had been trying to get him to do since he'd never learned the aerial part of the game - and then he started showing a mean streak and being dominant.</div><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>To back up what Jam said - Phil said on Bynum that next season he saw some areas/situations where he would be DOMINATING the game. I thought Phil was just being Phil, but it seems with this practice report that Jam heard on the radio, it's possible he is going to get better quicker than most think.</div>
