In a sense I understand where the K-Love hate comes from. Fans are super, duper skeptical of an American born white player being a superstar.
I don't believe I said that he gets to the line soley because the refs help him. He does get a lot of touch fouls but he goes to the line a ton from grabbing the o-board and creating contact. What I more mean from the refs treating him like MJ is because he gets away with a lot. He goes over the back, he shoves and grabs peoples arms and plays really physical. They let him do it but when other people try and do the same thing to him they get called for the foul a lot. I don't disagree with the fact that he is one of the hardest if not the hardest worker in the NBA. You do act like I don't' watch Wolves games and have told me to watch them more then a few times this year. I do watch them, just because I see different things when I watch doesn't mean I don't.
He shoots 46% from the field. 82% from the foul line. He has a TS% of 57%. Better than Aldridge, Griffin, Garnett and every other PF in the league. But, sure.
Weird that their 60th pick is turning out better than the 10th. You rarely ever see that, especially when both play the same position on the same team.
Call me a Jimmer apologist, but IT has gotten a better shake this year than Jimmer. Thomas has been playing well, so I won't discredit his performance, but Jimmer's playing time has been wildly inconsistent. He was averaging nearly 17 points a game in the few games he started and has solid spot minutes when Smart has allowed him off the bench for any amount of decent time. It's a really weird scenario. He plays well in a game or two and then gets 2 DNP-CD right after. I've never seen anything like it for a lottery pick. Then again, I've probably followed Jimmer more closely than any other rookie before. Anyway, I think the jury is still out on what Jimmer can do, and I do think he'd contribute pretty well if given the same opportunity IT has been, but whatever.
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Jimmer seems to dominate the ball when he is in and takes a long time to find his own shot. Havent really watched him play much on the kings though so that observation is from very limited view.
Actually, one of the knocks his coach has on him right now is that he's not aggressive enough. It's also pretty obvious that once he gives up the ball, he doesn't get it back too often. The Kings are dead last in assists, or at least they were at one point. Not sure where they are now. I would have said that he's a slow starter too, except he's actually done alright for the very limited minutes he's had lately. Some of the other knocks by his coach are his defense (but who on SacTown actually plays defense anyway, and while not great, he has improved and doesn't get posted up nearly as often as IT), and that "he just needs to develop." I don't know how you develop a player by keeping him on the bench all game. Isn't that the same complaint many have with McMillan and Portland's young players? Maybe Jimmer won't amount to much, but it is sure hard to tell with the way he's being used in Sactown.
If only Durant wasn't so damn likeable so I could hate him and take some of the Oden frustration out in anger towards him!
Great to see him back in the NBA, he deserves it. Also great to have him under Australian Coach/Spurs Ast Brett Brown. He's a great glue guy, and it will be interesting to see if his off-court influence helps the Spurs title run.
Wow, has Tyreke Evans been ruined by Sacto or what? He's a shell of himself these days. Tiny Isaiah Thomas is taking 19 shots and 9 3 pointers tonight?
