Who will be the second best player by all star break?

well, who it going to be?

 

Ed Davis. I think he'll end up averaging about 14-15 ppg.

 

Meyers, I think by ASB he will be our best big putting up solid big man numbers.

 

I was between Davis and CJ, but I went Davis.

 

I agree, I think it will be CJ.

 

This team is going to suck.

 

You guys aren't aiming high enough.
I hope our second best player at the break will be Dame

 

Nice!

According to my play on NBA2K, it was Henderson and after I benched him, it was Crabbe. The other players are so limited offensively. I'll need more experience playing with them.

 

Or, for shits and giggles, of course, you could pretend video games aren't real and have zero influence on how the season will play out

 

In real life, Durant scouts opposing teams using NBA2K. No joke.

 

Tim Frazier.

I went with low risk/high reward. Nobody will remember this in a week if I'm wrong, and I'll look like a genius if I'm right.

 

Should have made it public. I have some theories as to who said 'they would all suck' lol.

 

It's going to be CJ. I think Dame has already made that clear with how he's been hanging with the kid. I see a huge jump.

Leonard will be my second choice (offensively). Now if Leonard can excel his defensive game, that would be a huge "game changer" with his value. He has the physical skill to be just as good, if not better than Aldridge, but I believe he still has a long way to go.

 

If rookie Nic Batum is our second best player by the ASB, we will probably have about 5 wins.

 

Exactly this.

 

I like your thinking, but I'm pretty sure Frazier doesn't get the PT to prove it unless CJ or Dame go down (perish the thought!).

 

Actually, from what I've seen in summer league, Frazier is the only pass-first point guard on the team. CJ may be better, but he does so many of the things Lillard does.

If we go on a losing streak it's going to be mighty tempting for Stotts to give the offense a different look by inserting Frazier in there for bigger minutes. We'll need somebody who can drive and kick, creating offense for others by collapsing the defense. If you watch Frazier in these first two games that's all he's doing. Lillard, CJ, Connaughton and Crabbe can all be effective playing off that style, provided it translates to the NBA level in real minutes.

If we'd just picked Frazier this year in the lottery as a senior in college, everybody would be speculating about his future and NBA-ready game. Because he spent last season dominating the D-league (which understandably impresses nobody), I kind of feel like everybody is sleeping on him. In the two games so far, he's shown me more of what we really need than anybody else on the summer league roster.