how good do you think he is going to do this year? personally i think he is going to average 20 points and average 6 assits. what are your predictions?
Agreed. 20 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists. Basically the same numbers he averaged last year when he was a starter. But I think the league will start to recognize him as a serious lock down defender. Third team all NBA defensive team, I predict.
defender? we all know he's lazy on defense dont fool yourself. and 7 rebounds? i say he will average around 4 or 5, because he is going to be playing point guard(atleast i think)
Well lets just hope coach Nelson plays him to a good amount of minutes, and then he should show off those kind of stats.
You guys are having his numbers way too high. This lineup is too stacked for him to produce and get to play that much. He will totally have to come into his own before he even has the starting job sewn up IMO. My predictions: 14.6 PPG. 5.1 RPG. 5.3 APG.
Seriuosly, if Marquis were to average those kind of scoring numbers, it would spell doom for the mavs this season. Dirk, Finley and Stackhouse should be the leading scorers this year. Marquis, Howard and Dampier should not expect much touches on the offensive end and rather concentrate on defense.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting S.Livingston14:</div><div class="quote_post"> 14.6 PPG. 5.1 RPG. 5.3 APG.</div> Sounds about right
They needa put Daniels at SG and Finley at SF. Stackhouse has already said that he has no problem coming off the bench. If Daniels does start then these are my predictions: 16.4 PPG 4.9 APG 4.4 RPG 32.7
Daniels will probably be the third or fourth leading scorer on the Mavs, so he most likely won't average as many as the 20 that some predicted he would. I think 12/4/5 would be more realistic.
So we have Finley, Stackhouse, Daniels and Howard sharing 96 minutes at primarily the 2,3 positions... I expect Finley to play 33 minutes, which BTW is much less than he has been playing as a Mav. If Daniels plays 32 minutes, to get the numbers, it leaves 31 minutes for Stack and Howard!!! Which wont keep Stack or Howard happy. So here's my breakdown Finley 33 min Daniels 26 min (40% over last year) Stack 22 min Howard 15 min If he plays as well as last year, with 40% more playing time, I expect 8.5 + 3.4 (40%) = 11.9 Points 2.6 + 1.04 (40%) = 3.64 Rebounds 2.1 + 0.84 (40%) = 2.94 Assists His rebounds may go down a bit with Dampier joining Nowitzki in grabbing them. Anything over these numbers will be great..But I dont see them happening. There are a lot of other factors that affecting these numbers for m calculations, but it gives an idea of what to expect!!
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Trip:</div><div class="quote_post">Daniels will probably be the third or fourth leading scorer on the Mavs, so he most likely won't average as many as the 20 that some predicted he would. I think 12/4/5 would be more realistic.</div> Theres so many other options for the Mavs to go to, he's going to have a hard enough time scoring for himself. Something along the lines of what Trip said or about 11/4/3. Regardless, he's going to play an important role for the Mavs - key word being role.
What are you talking about? Didnt you see daniels ball hogging last year? trust me, hes gonna get his. thats why i say he will get 20 ppg.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting magicman01:</div><div class="quote_post">defender? we all know he's lazy on defense dont fool yourself. and 7 rebounds? i say he will average around 4 or 5, because he is going to be playing point guard(atleast i think)</div> You're assumptions are 'coz he's gonna play point guard? What roles will Jason Terry and Devin Harris have in the team then? Center perhaps? He'll primarily be playing shooting guard for 26-28 mins a game with stackhouse sharing the remaining. He maybe capable of scoring 20 ppg, but not on this team, where you have too many options to go to. 11.9 ppg, 3.64 rebs, 2.94 assists per game as I had indicated in my previous post.
OK, ya'll have convinced me. I still think he'll have a little more playing time. There will be times he plays point, and there will be times that Dirk slides to center and Stackhouse plays power forward. Someone will get hurt at some point in the season (Howard seems to be a little fragile). Hopefully, he'll be able to get 30 minutes. He also scored 30 points or more 3 times and 16 points or more 12 times in the 15 games he started last year. He was 16th in the league in steals per 48 minutes, and 14th in the NBA with a .494 field goal percentage. So if he's hogging the ball, good, I want a guy that shoots 49 percent taking shots (hell of a lot better than Antwon Walker hogging the ball). Hopefully, maturity will teach him to use his ability to beat his defender to setup his teammates. His statistics last year were a little skewed, since he played about 15 games early in the season where he only scored a couple points. His late season performances, especially in the absence of Nash, should be more what we expect. But I hope he chooses to pattern his game after a guy like Ron Artest, rather that Stephan Marbury.
