From Basketball Prospectus
http://www.basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=868
Against the Bulls/Derrick Rose, Jennings looked like he shouldn't even be starting...although Bogut looked like an All Star.
A good read, and about how I feel about him... He could be really good if he can get his shot down. And he seems to be working REALLY hard at it.
Bogut is ALMOST a really good player... he is pretty good right now... just needs to be consistantly better... definitely underperforming for an overall #1 pick.
Quote from: Hards_Alumni on January 15, 2010, 10:20:52 AM
A good read, and about how I feel about him... He could be really good if he can get his shot down. And he seems to be working REALLY hard at it.
Bogut is ALMOST a really good player... he is pretty good right now... just needs to be consistantly better... definitely underperforming for an overall #1 pick.
Lew Alcindor he is not.
We'll see how Jennings' body holds up in the second half of the season as opposing coaches get more physical defending him.
Nonetheless, he'd look really good as a sophomore guard in college ball. Passes very well, has excellent court vision, and is mercury bringing the ball up the court.
Quote from: Hards_Alumni on January 15, 2010, 10:20:52 AM
A good read, and about how I feel about him... He could be really good if he can get his shot down. And he seems to be working REALLY hard at it.
Bogut is ALMOST a really good player... he is pretty good right now... just needs to be consistantly better... definitely underperforming for an overall #1 pick.
Maybe not under performing that much...looking back at the last 20 #1's, I would throw him somewhere in the middle of this group based on results thus far. Put him ahead of Griffin (gimmie I know), Oden, Bargnani, Kwame, & the Kandy Man. With potential to be as good as, or better than Joe Smith, Derrick Coleman, Larry Johnson, & the Big Dog.
Year Name Team School/Country
2009 Blake Griffin LA Clippers Oklahoma
2008 Derrick Rose Chicago Memphis
2007 Greg Oden Portland Ohio State
2006 Andrea Bargnani Toronto Italy
2005 Andrew Bogut Milwaukee Utah
2004 Dwight Howard Orlando SW Atlanta Christian Academy (GA)
2003 LeBron James Cleveland St. Vincent-St. Mary HS (OH)
2002 Yao Ming Houston China
2001 Kwame Brown Washington Glynn Academy
2000 Kenyon Martin New Jersey Nets Cincinnati
1999 Elton Brand Chicago Bulls Duke
1998 Michael Olowokandi Los Angeles Clippers Pacific (Cal.)
1997 Tim Duncan San Antonio Wake Forest
1996 Allen Iverson Philadelphia Georgetown
1995 Joe Smith Golden State Maryland
1994 Glenn Robinson Milwaukee Purdue
1993 Chris Webber Orlando Michigan
1992 Shaquille O'Neal Orlando Louisiana State
1991 Larry Johnson Charlotte Nevada-Las Vegas
1990 Derrick Coleman New Jersey Syracuse
Quote from: reinko on January 15, 2010, 11:11:06 AM
Maybe not under performing that much...looking back at the last 20 #1's, I would throw him somewhere in the middle of this group based on results thus far. Put him ahead of Griffin (gimmie I know), Oden, Bargnani, Kwame, & the Kandy Man. With potential to be as good as, or better than Joe Smith, Derrick Coleman, Larry Johnson, & the Big Dog.
Year Name Team School/Country
2009 Blake Griffin LA Clippers Oklahoma
2008 Derrick Rose Chicago Memphis
2007 Greg Oden Portland Ohio State
2006 Andrea Bargnani Toronto Italy
2005 Andrew Bogut Milwaukee Utah
2004 Dwight Howard Orlando SW Atlanta Christian Academy (GA)
2003 LeBron James Cleveland St. Vincent-St. Mary HS (OH)
2002 Yao Ming Houston China
2001 Kwame Brown Washington Glynn Academy
2000 Kenyon Martin New Jersey Nets Cincinnati
1999 Elton Brand Chicago Bulls Duke
1998 Michael Olowokandi Los Angeles Clippers Pacific (Cal.)
1997 Tim Duncan San Antonio Wake Forest
1996 Allen Iverson Philadelphia Georgetown
1995 Joe Smith Golden State Maryland
1994 Glenn Robinson Milwaukee Purdue
1993 Chris Webber Orlando Michigan
1992 Shaquille O'Neal Orlando Louisiana State
1991 Larry Johnson Charlotte Nevada-Las Vegas
1990 Derrick Coleman New Jersey Syracuse
Certainly better than Blake Griffin...
God surely does despise the Clip-show
Portland made a big mistake drafting a 32 year old Oden. Oden got his birth certificate from the same place as US soccer player Freddy Adu.
Quote from: LancesOtherNut on January 15, 2010, 10:32:01 AM
Lew Alcindor he is not.
No, but if you look at the draft that year, it is hard to say the Bucks made a mistake. Bogut is arguably the fourth best player to come out of that draft behind Chris Paul, Deron Williams and Danny Granger.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_NBA_Draft
Yeah, if you do it over you pick Paul, but that wasn't a good draft and the Bucks picked a solid guy.