People need to calm down about Vonleh

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    Except he had a game as a rookie where he dropped like 20 points, had 6-7 boards, and a couple blocks against Shawn Kemp and the Sonics up in Seattle. I knew then, he had some serious potential.
     
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    Why'd you have to go and overdo it?
     
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    My question is when are we going to finally have that game where Vonleh just has one hellofa night that makes us jump for joy? All I ask is for one

    Look at Julius Randall hes almost the same age as Vonleh, missed the whole season last yr Vonleh even played way more than he did. Yet this guy is almost a double double machine this yr
     
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    Because not all 20 year olds are made the same?

    We're not even 25 games into a season. lol.
     
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    Meh, you can't say a player was great just because of 1 or 2 games.
     
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    I love Ranall's game reminds me of young Barkley that dude is gunna be something runs the floor well, NBA handles, low center of gravity, rebounding maniac. I hear you tho, I want to see a couple games where he goes for 15-18 with 9-12 rebs and were like THIS IS WHAT WEVE BEEN WAITING FOR!!

    ......but it hasnt happened yet. What worries me is there hasnt even been a game close. He's gotta get lucky some time tho right?
     
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    For me Vonleh is like David West in his rookie year or even in his college years.
    A 6'9 PF who can rebound,tough enough,has a nice stroke, but not enough confidence in his moves yet.
    I'd say the only big difference is the competitive edge of West.

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    I never said he was "great". But as the youngest player in the league, he looked fantastic against Shawn Kemp, who was a force in the league. You could see that O'Neal was legit with that game.
     
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    Because I believe in him & see the same flashes/little things in guys I've been right about before in him; eventually (~2 years from now) what I said isn't overdoing it:wink:
     
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    Our goal for this year is to develop players and get a high lottery pick. Giving Noah 20 minutes a game should help on both of those goals.
     
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    Charlotte is 2nd in the East (.619) after Cleveland (.667). Last season they were .286 at this point (21 games), .402 after 82. The only real changes were adding Batum and subtracting Lance Stephenson.
     
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    The year before adding Lance, they were 43-39 (0.524). Lance caused them a lot of head ache.
     
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    It's hard to have a break-through game when Stotts is only playing him for two eight-minute stretches per game (the start of the 1st and 3rd quarters).
     
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    D. West may be a good player to model his game around. I always thought Bosh was his ceiling, but West is a more obtainable, if not still unrealistic peak.
     
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    So, you count yourself as a person who declares what a poster is before 10,000 posts.... I mean, just making sure I get this right. ;)
     
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    They signed Jeremy Lin, Jeremy Lamb and Spencer Hawes, and drafted Frank Kaminsky who's starting to produce...
     
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    I can't believe people are already re-hyping Batum, he sucked here for a long time, we know what's his story yet his myth lives on.

    Keep getting them checks Nicola!
     
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