I see him making Big improvements this year. Got a good taste for playoffs - might make him hungrier than he has been in previous seasons
Well he did say he'd be working on his jumpshot. If kwame got his jumper on he'd be much more dominant on offense.I'm thinking 14/9 with him continuing his great post defense.
Im expecting a HUGE season! hes had a year witbh Phil Kobe and Lamar, now its ready for him to step up and become the player he was born to be! Phil told kwame he wanted him to average 20 10 next season I dont think that he will do that well but sumwhere around 17 and 11
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jlongstreth @ Sep 11 2006, 08:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Im expecting a HUGE season! hes had a year witbh Phil Kobe and Lamar, now its ready for him to step up and become the player he was born to be! Phil told kwame he wanted him to average 20 10 next season I dont think that he will do that well but sumwhere around 17 and 11</div>WTF, where's some link or something to when or where Phil told Kwame to average 20 and 10??I see 12/7 from him. Maybe 14/8, IDK at this point.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Michael Bryant @ Sep 11 2006, 08:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>For his skills, 20 and 10 is possible, but will he work hard enough to do it? I hope so.</div>I agree, do you think he could put up those number this season though? I'm not sure I think we will see like 14/8 this season, and that would be great!
I've seen some improvements from the games I saw him in early in the season to the playoff series with the Suns. He is still pretty young by NBA standards. I think what killed him in his Washington days was all the pressure that was set on him. Match that with an less than average work ethic and its a failure waiting to happen. He just hasn't ever played with any confidence in his career. Not until late in the season did you see him enter games with a great confidence in himself. You saw Kobe and Odom have confidence in him too. The only time he really struggled during the playoffs was when he would miss a couple of post moves in a row then he would start to lose some confidence and start rushing things. Thats one of the things I notice also, he rushes sometimes when he was in the post. I'm going to go with just about what everyone else went with on the numbers. About 14 and 8. I wouldn't be suprised to see his numbers jump even more though since he and his teammates will be more familiar with the triangle offense. He really could win Most Improved Player of the Year if he put up around 16 and 10.
