A true rookie superstar

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  1. KingSpeed

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    Check this guy out! 49 points 15 rebounds in one game. 32 points 14 assists 15 rebounds in another. That is how a superstar rookie plays.

    http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jordami01/gamelog/1985/

    This year's draft class? A bust all around. Best recent draft class is 2012 and our management was smart to get a good pick in that draft. The man we drafted, Damian Lillard, had 23 points and 11 assists in a win over Lakers in his FIRST game. This year's rookies? Garbage.
     
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    Are you trying to perfect the hyperbole?
     
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    Excuse me. This year's draft class is actually trash.
     
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    like, literally pieces of thrown-away particles?
     
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    Yep
     
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    So, you agree with Oscar?

    [video=youtube;mUXojQ_nhD4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUXojQ_nhD4[/video]
     
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    Plot Twist: He IS Oscar.
     
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    Oscar has a fist jammed up his backside to the elbow. You'd be a grouch too.
     
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    This draft class isn't trash. Too early to say anyway.
     
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    Eric needs to be reeled in at some point
     
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    Hey!
     
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    As a rookie, Geoff Petrie scored over 40 points 6 times and had another 16 games of 30+.

    The next Season, Wicks had 21 games of 30+ points.

    Neither went on to a great career - though injuries were Petrie's bane.

    By contrast, LMA's rookie stats were pretty modest.

    You have to look beyond the raw numbers. Anybody with half a lick of sense could tell LMA could play, numbers notwithstanding. By contrast, it was equally obvious Leonard was clueless.
     
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    LMA was hurt much of his rookie year, no?
     
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    Didn't LMA score 30 in 3 quarters his rookie year?
     
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    One 30 point game as opposed to 21 by Wicks - but you would you rather have, LMA or a prime Sid Wicks?
     
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    No, I was just saying he had a 30 point game in 3 quarters. I was playing with Lincoln logs when Wics was playing
     
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    Really? I used to like Lincoln logs. Of course now they are banned because the are too dangerous for kids these days. Some goes for erector sets.
     
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    Huh? Target, Walmart, Toys "R" Us and other stores still sell those brands.

    Nowadays most toys with small pieces (like legos) have age recommendations.
     
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    That guy was and is a total asshole. Hell with that guy.
     

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