What do you guys think so far about Adam Morrison, and they way he's been playing as of late. 13.3 PPG2.8 RPG2 APG36% Field Goal PercentageHis last few games have just been god awful, 1-11, 1-10, 1-5, 1-8..Do you consider him a disappointment, for a 3rd pick, and will he bounce back strongly..?
I mentioned what a turd I thought he was, and what a JOKE I thought it was that I believe Eddie Johnson compared him to a modern day "Larry Bird" when Phoenix was in Charlotte a few nights back... I mentioned this in the Bobcats forum, just laughable!
Morrison has the 2nd worst PER (next to Jason Collins) out of players averaging 30 minutes or more in the League. He's not getting the same looks he got in Charlotte, and maybe shooting it too much..
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CB4AllStar @ Dec 14 2006, 02:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Morrison has the 2nd worst PER (next to Jason Collins) out of players averaging 30 minutes or more in the League. He's not getting the same looks he got in Charlotte, and maybe shooting it too much..</div>Morrison's game is centered around shooting the ball, so of course he is going to shoot jumpers. Most of his jumpers are shot while open to, he shoots within the offense and doesn't try to ruin the offense to much, which is smart for a rookie. The main thing right now he just has to get used to the NBA bumping that he didn't get in College, and he has to get his shot back going. He lets the slightest bump knock him off where he wants to go on the court, but he will get used to that. Once his stroke finds it's way, Morrison is going to be just fine, he is the scorer that the Bobcats needed. He doesn't have blazing speed, a quick first step or anything like this, but he is a very smart player and knows how to use everything around him. He knows how to dribble towards the baseline and shoot, because it's harder for someone to block you when you pull that move. He knows how to run his man off of picks, both when he doesn't have the ball, and when he has the ball. Once his shot gets going, he is going to be a tough defensive assignement for anyone in this league.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (valo35 @ Dec 14 2006, 04:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Morrison's game is centered around shooting the ball, so of course he is going to shoot jumpers. Most of his jumpers are shot while open to, he shoots within the offense and doesn't try to ruin the offense to much, which is smart for a rookie. The main thing right now he just has to get used to the NBA bumping that he didn't get in College, and he has to get his shot back going. He lets the slightest bump knock him off where he wants to go on the court, but he will get used to that. Once his stroke finds it's way, Morrison is going to be just fine, he is the scorer that the Bobcats needed. He doesn't have blazing speed, a quick first step or anything like this, but he is a very smart player and knows how to use everything around him. He knows how to dribble towards the baseline and shoot, because it's harder for someone to block you when you pull that move. He knows how to run his man off of picks, both when he doesn't have the ball, and when he has the ball. Once his shot gets going, he is going to be a tough defensive assignement for anyone in this league.</div>Yeah, but when he is ice cold he doesn't need to take a jump shot every time it is handed to him..
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CB4AllStar @ Dec 14 2006, 03:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah, but when he is ice cold he doesn't need to take a jump shot every time it is handed to him..</div>He doesn't take a jump shot every time, look at his shooting, in the last four games 11 shots total is the most amount of shots he has taken. He shoots when open or if he has the ball late in the shot clock, that's what he is supposed to do and what he is on the court for, he's a scorer. That's also how you get your shot going, by continuing to shoot when open.
<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><span style="font-family:Arial">What did everyone expect him to do in the league? He didn't rebound well or dish out assists in 'Zaga. He's on a bad team where they look for anyone to score. If you ask me, if you put him in a situation where he doesn't have to rely on ball handling and has other scorers around him, he would be a very good roleplayer.</span> </span>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KWebb5 @ Dec 14 2006, 03:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><span style="font-family:Arial">What did everyone expect him to do in the league? He didn't rebound well or dish out assists in 'Zaga. He's on a bad team where they look for anyone to score. If you ask me, if you put him in a situation where he doesn't have to rely on ball handling and has other scorers around him, he would be a very good roleplayer.</span> </span></div>I was gonna post this exact same thing basically.Did you really expect him to be much more versatile than a scorer? He's been just as advertised, a good scorer, he's doing better than I expected him to do. I thought he'd be around 10 ppg. Yeah, of late he's been slumping but I didn't expect him to be a 20/7/4 guy. I never thought he was worthy of the 3rd pick, and we'll have to see how much he improves his scoring. If he averages around 20-24 for his whole career I believe that he wouldn't have been a disappointment, because again, what else was he projected to be able to do?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pinoy Balla @ Dec 14 2006, 07:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Morrison at best is prob 15-17 points a game</div>I dont understand how you can say that. He is averaging around 12 or 13 this year so all he would have to do is increase by 3-5 points. I think he is very capable of putting up around 22 or 24 in his prime. He is in a slump right now. When he had a couple 20 point games in a row and he shot the ball well from the floor, we were singing his praises. Once he becomes quicker (which will happen because you adjust to the NBA game better) he will be able to find more ways to score which wont make him rely on his jumpshot as much. Give him some time and he will come around.
Absolutly not, hes in a major slump. And the only thing he does is score for the Bobcats(which is all they want him to do), and when your just a scorer its pretty easy to get into a slump cause alotve times you will see a Kobe Bryant or a Allen Iverson make a big defensive play or take it to the basket to get outve the short-lasted slump. Morrison doesn't have the experience and abilities to do that yet so his slump has just gotten worse. Hes nowhere near a disappointment, its pretty clear hes going to get the Bobcats 20ppg pretty soon as he develops.
Morrison was really playing nice today, I was surprised by his rebounding though. I knew he could score, and any game could go off for 20 points or more, but I honostly didn't think he could grab any more than 4 rebounds in a game. He was having alot of energy, two or three of those rebounds came on the offensive boards which I was mad about. He was really hustling and played nice off the bench. He was shooting well, 3 of 4 from down town, and he made some beautiful moves. What troubles me is that apparently these days, anyone rookie that wants to show what they got need to play the Magic. Bargnani last night put in 23, tonight Morrison goes off for 22 points.
no...he was never expected to be a starhes doing what everybody expected him..hes just had a string of bad games like most players in the NBA do
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (valo35 @ Dec 14 2006, 09:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Morrison was really playing nice today, I was surprised by his rebounding though. I knew he could score, and any game could go off for 20 points or more, but I honostly didn't think he could grab any more than 4 rebounds in a game. He was having alot of energy, two or three of those rebounds came on the offensive boards which I was mad about. He was really hustling and played nice off the bench. He was shooting well, 3 of 4 from down town, and he made some beautiful moves. What troubles me is that apparently these days, anyone rookie that wants to show what they got need to play the Magic. Bargnani last night put in 23, tonight Morrison goes off for 22 points.</div>He's 6'8" for pete's sake. He should be rebounding. I could see him doing a little better than Peja on the boards in his career. Morrison did have a real nice game though.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pacers fan forever @ Dec 14 2006, 09:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>He's 6'8" for pete's sake. He should be rebounding. I could see him doing a little better than Peja on the boards in his career. Morrison did have a real nice game though.</div>Not all 6'8 guys are going to be good rebounders. Some don't have the weight at 6'8 to be rebounders, others just don't go inside enough to be huge rebounding presences. You can't just look at height and say that they should, or will be rebounding.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (valo35 @ Dec 14 2006, 09:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Not all 6'8 guys are going to be good rebounders. Some don't have the weight at 6'8 to be rebounders, others just don't go inside enough to be huge rebounding presences. You can't just look at height and say that they should, or will be rebounding.</div>Um, if you play 25 minutes, you should at least grab 5 rebounds. That's one per five minutes. Not that hard, especailly when you're 6'8". I know not all tall players are good rebounders, but they should at least get 5 or 6 a game.
