Who deserves this year’s NBA rookie of the year award?
by Aran_Smith | April 21, 2010
21 Comments
Evans It’s Tyreke Evans and it isn’t even close. When you’re only the 4th rookie ever to average 20, 5, and 5 along with Lebron James, Michael Jordan, and Oscar Robertson it just speaks volumes to what Evans accomplished. I don’t want to discredit Curry b/c he had a great year as well, but Evans year was something special.
Evans It’s Tyreke Evans and it isn’t even close. When you’re only the 4th rookie ever to average 20, 5, and 5 along with Lebron James, Michael Jordan, and Oscar Robertson it just speaks volumes to what Evans accomplished. I don’t want to discredit Curry b/c he had a great year as well, but Evans year was something special.
Evans It’s Tyreke Evans and it isn’t even close. When you’re only the 4th rookie ever to average 20, 5, and 5 along with Lebron James, Michael Jordan, and Oscar Robertson it just speaks volumes to what Evans accomplished. I don’t want to discredit Curry b/c he had a great year as well, but Evans year was something special.
Curry is the only rookie Curry is the only rookie ever to average 17 points, 5 assists, 2 threes, 40% from 3 and 85% from the field. Combine that with the fact that he was mere percentage points from 2 steals, and you have a player that can very easily turn into the post skilled PG in the league. Is 21-4-8-2st, with superb percentages in a year or two far off? How better could his stats been if Ellis didnt dominate the ball? You could see his growth during the season, and I honestly see way more potential in Curry’s game. He played some of the best ball in the NBA at the end of the year. He averaged 30-8-8-3stl, shooting 50% from the field, 51% from three, and 93% from the line.
Ive seen great slashers in the league, but very few shooters of his caliber. By pure jump shot, he would be first team all NBA THIS YEAR if its wasnt for Nash being maybe the best shooter in NBA history, but he has unlimited potential.
Curry is the only rookie Curry is the only rookie ever to average 17 points, 5 assists, 2 threes, 40% from 3 and 85% from the field. Combine that with the fact that he was mere percentage points from 2 steals, and you have a player that can very easily turn into the post skilled PG in the league. Is 21-4-8-2st, with superb percentages in a year or two far off? How better could his stats been if Ellis didnt dominate the ball? You could see his growth during the season, and I honestly see way more potential in Curry’s game. He played some of the best ball in the NBA at the end of the year. He averaged 30-8-8-3stl, shooting 50% from the field, 51% from three, and 93% from the line.
Ive seen great slashers in the league, but very few shooters of his caliber. By pure jump shot, he would be first team all NBA THIS YEAR if its wasnt for Nash being maybe the best shooter in NBA history, but he has unlimited potential.
Curry is the only rookie Curry is the only rookie ever to average 17 points, 5 assists, 2 threes, 40% from 3 and 85% from the field. Combine that with the fact that he was mere percentage points from 2 steals, and you have a player that can very easily turn into the post skilled PG in the league. Is 21-4-8-2st, with superb percentages in a year or two far off? How better could his stats been if Ellis didnt dominate the ball? You could see his growth during the season, and I honestly see way more potential in Curry’s game. He played some of the best ball in the NBA at the end of the year. He averaged 30-8-8-3stl, shooting 50% from the field, 51% from three, and 93% from the line.
Ive seen great slashers in the league, but very few shooters of his caliber. By pure jump shot, he would be first team all NBA THIS YEAR if its wasnt for Nash being maybe the best shooter in NBA history, but he has unlimited potential.
wow, mkadoza. lol i too wow, mkadoza. lol i too voted for stephen curry, and im not going to lie, hes one of my favorite players, so i am being biased. but mkadoza, please inform me of what you are smoking!! first of all, with all the stats you just made for curry, im kind of thinking evans does deserve it. lol those stats would probably win rookie of the year in other classes, but now comparing that to tyrekes 20,5 and 5 is pretty tough. also if i am reading what you wrote correctly, you are saying nash is the best shooter of all time! lol to be honest again, nash is one of my top 5 favorite players as well (along w/ curry) and there is no way he is the best shooter of all time. possibly top 10, ill give you that. but best shooter of all time, no sir. and then saying curry is a close second, that just makes me lol. theyre both AMAZING shooters, or call it what ever u want, but the best – man, thats kind of crazy.
wow, mkadoza. lol i too wow, mkadoza. lol i too voted for stephen curry, and im not going to lie, hes one of my favorite players, so i am being biased. but mkadoza, please inform me of what you are smoking!! first of all, with all the stats you just made for curry, im kind of thinking evans does deserve it. lol those stats would probably win rookie of the year in other classes, but now comparing that to tyrekes 20,5 and 5 is pretty tough. also if i am reading what you wrote correctly, you are saying nash is the best shooter of all time! lol to be honest again, nash is one of my top 5 favorite players as well (along w/ curry) and there is no way he is the best shooter of all time. possibly top 10, ill give you that. but best shooter of all time, no sir. and then saying curry is a close second, that just makes me lol. theyre both AMAZING shooters, or call it what ever u want, but the best – man, thats kind of crazy.
wow, mkadoza. lol i too wow, mkadoza. lol i too voted for stephen curry, and im not going to lie, hes one of my favorite players, so i am being biased. but mkadoza, please inform me of what you are smoking!! first of all, with all the stats you just made for curry, im kind of thinking evans does deserve it. lol those stats would probably win rookie of the year in other classes, but now comparing that to tyrekes 20,5 and 5 is pretty tough. also if i am reading what you wrote correctly, you are saying nash is the best shooter of all time! lol to be honest again, nash is one of my top 5 favorite players as well (along w/ curry) and there is no way he is the best shooter of all time. possibly top 10, ill give you that. but best shooter of all time, no sir. and then saying curry is a close second, that just makes me lol. theyre both AMAZING shooters, or call it what ever u want, but the best – man, thats kind of crazy.
It’s so close… From Bill Simmons:
“Look, I wanted to pick Brandon Jennings because he started for a playoff team, but you can’t miss 65 percent of your shots for the last four months of the regular season and be my rookie of the year. Sorry. That leaves two guards (Curry and Evans) who put up gaudy stats on terrible teams. I just thought Curry had a higher degree of difficulty: crazy coaching situation, crazy ownership/front-office situation, super-crazy roster. He played with Ellis and Corey Maggette (two of the ultimate me-first guys), and a rotating cast of promoted D-Leaguers and bench guys. He didn’t have a decent low-post player or rebounder; you knew things were bad when someone said the words, “We really miss Ronny Turiaf right now.” And yet, he got better every month (check out his splits), and became the first rookie ever to average 17 points and two 3s per game and top 85 percent free throw shooting and 40 percent 3-point shooting (nobody even came close before).
Evans made history as well, joining the 20-5-5 Rookie Club along with MJ, Oscar Robertson and LeBron. Pretty good company. But he had better teammates, and if you want to get technical, I never watched a Warriors game without thinking, “Curry would be fun to play with” at least once. I can’t say the same about Evans. Curry gets my vote. By the way, I still want to know how Minnesota’s David Kahn had the fifth and sixth picks in the draft, took two point guards, and somehow missed Curry AND Jennings. He was like the kid with the gun in the Big Kahuna Burger apartment who fired 25 bullets at Jules and Vincent Vega, and somehow didn’t hit either of them. ”
It’s hard to argue with the sports guy and I am a Curry fan. Bottom line, these guys are gonna have great careers.
It’s so close… From Bill Simmons:
“Look, I wanted to pick Brandon Jennings because he started for a playoff team, but you can’t miss 65 percent of your shots for the last four months of the regular season and be my rookie of the year. Sorry. That leaves two guards (Curry and Evans) who put up gaudy stats on terrible teams. I just thought Curry had a higher degree of difficulty: crazy coaching situation, crazy ownership/front-office situation, super-crazy roster. He played with Ellis and Corey Maggette (two of the ultimate me-first guys), and a rotating cast of promoted D-Leaguers and bench guys. He didn’t have a decent low-post player or rebounder; you knew things were bad when someone said the words, “We really miss Ronny Turiaf right now.” And yet, he got better every month (check out his splits), and became the first rookie ever to average 17 points and two 3s per game and top 85 percent free throw shooting and 40 percent 3-point shooting (nobody even came close before).
Evans made history as well, joining the 20-5-5 Rookie Club along with MJ, Oscar Robertson and LeBron. Pretty good company. But he had better teammates, and if you want to get technical, I never watched a Warriors game without thinking, “Curry would be fun to play with” at least once. I can’t say the same about Evans. Curry gets my vote. By the way, I still want to know how Minnesota’s David Kahn had the fifth and sixth picks in the draft, took two point guards, and somehow missed Curry AND Jennings. He was like the kid with the gun in the Big Kahuna Burger apartment who fired 25 bullets at Jules and Vincent Vega, and somehow didn’t hit either of them. ”
It’s hard to argue with the sports guy and I am a Curry fan. Bottom line, these guys are gonna have great careers.
It’s so close… From Bill Simmons:
“Look, I wanted to pick Brandon Jennings because he started for a playoff team, but you can’t miss 65 percent of your shots for the last four months of the regular season and be my rookie of the year. Sorry. That leaves two guards (Curry and Evans) who put up gaudy stats on terrible teams. I just thought Curry had a higher degree of difficulty: crazy coaching situation, crazy ownership/front-office situation, super-crazy roster. He played with Ellis and Corey Maggette (two of the ultimate me-first guys), and a rotating cast of promoted D-Leaguers and bench guys. He didn’t have a decent low-post player or rebounder; you knew things were bad when someone said the words, “We really miss Ronny Turiaf right now.” And yet, he got better every month (check out his splits), and became the first rookie ever to average 17 points and two 3s per game and top 85 percent free throw shooting and 40 percent 3-point shooting (nobody even came close before).
Evans made history as well, joining the 20-5-5 Rookie Club along with MJ, Oscar Robertson and LeBron. Pretty good company. But he had better teammates, and if you want to get technical, I never watched a Warriors game without thinking, “Curry would be fun to play with” at least once. I can’t say the same about Evans. Curry gets my vote. By the way, I still want to know how Minnesota’s David Kahn had the fifth and sixth picks in the draft, took two point guards, and somehow missed Curry AND Jennings. He was like the kid with the gun in the Big Kahuna Burger apartment who fired 25 bullets at Jules and Vincent Vega, and somehow didn’t hit either of them. ”
It’s hard to argue with the sports guy and I am a Curry fan. Bottom line, these guys are gonna have great careers.
Hey, ballallday, who shoots Hey, ballallday, who shoots better than Nash? 6 players have shot 50-40-90 it at least once. Nash, Miller, Calderon, Nowitzki, Bird, and Price. 5 of them are very real candidates for best shooter in league history. Nash did it four times, the other five have five COMBINED. Again, 4 years of 50-40-90 is ridiculous. And I mean never-been-done-before, maybe-never-done-again ridiculous. His career percentages of 49% 43% and 90% is really unbelievable. Second best free throw percentage of all time, fifth best three point percentage of all time, and a top 15 true shooting and effective shooting percentage of all time. PLUS I said Nash is possibly the best of all time, and Curry was the second best shooting PG this year, and he only got better every game.
Can you give me someone else with a shooters resume better? Honestly? And tis guy is a point guard who takes 11 shots a game for his career. Just because hes a relatively low volume shooter doesnt mean theyre better shooters.
Its a toss up, but lets not let either season diminish the others. They were both fantastic rookies.
Hey, ballallday, who shoots Hey, ballallday, who shoots better than Nash? 6 players have shot 50-40-90 it at least once. Nash, Miller, Calderon, Nowitzki, Bird, and Price. 5 of them are very real candidates for best shooter in league history. Nash did it four times, the other five have five COMBINED. Again, 4 years of 50-40-90 is ridiculous. And I mean never-been-done-before, maybe-never-done-again ridiculous. His career percentages of 49% 43% and 90% is really unbelievable. Second best free throw percentage of all time, fifth best three point percentage of all time, and a top 15 true shooting and effective shooting percentage of all time. PLUS I said Nash is possibly the best of all time, and Curry was the second best shooting PG this year, and he only got better every game.
Can you give me someone else with a shooters resume better? Honestly? And tis guy is a point guard who takes 11 shots a game for his career. Just because hes a relatively low volume shooter doesnt mean theyre better shooters.
Its a toss up, but lets not let either season diminish the others. They were both fantastic rookies.
Hey, ballallday, who shoots Hey, ballallday, who shoots better than Nash? 6 players have shot 50-40-90 it at least once. Nash, Miller, Calderon, Nowitzki, Bird, and Price. 5 of them are very real candidates for best shooter in league history. Nash did it four times, the other five have five COMBINED. Again, 4 years of 50-40-90 is ridiculous. And I mean never-been-done-before, maybe-never-done-again ridiculous. His career percentages of 49% 43% and 90% is really unbelievable. Second best free throw percentage of all time, fifth best three point percentage of all time, and a top 15 true shooting and effective shooting percentage of all time. PLUS I said Nash is possibly the best of all time, and Curry was the second best shooting PG this year, and he only got better every game.
Can you give me someone else with a shooters resume better? Honestly? And tis guy is a point guard who takes 11 shots a game for his career. Just because hes a relatively low volume shooter doesnt mean theyre better shooters.
Its a toss up, but lets not let either season diminish the others. They were both fantastic rookies.
Curry is nice. But the Warriors just run up and down the court and don’t play defense at all.
That style led to inflated numbers.
What would Tyreke average playing for the Warriors. 25-28ppg.
Tyreke shot 228 more FT’s than Curry. Made 148 more. That’s controlling the game.
Last season the Kings were 29th in Opposition points. This year. 13th. The Warriors. 31st this year 32nd last year.
Again if Tyreke plays for the Warriors that defensive number improves. Curry had no effect on their defense.
Defense starts at the PG spot.
I love Curry but it’s not even close to me. I just think playing for the Warriors inflated his numbers and defensively he’s not Tyreke.
Defense is part of the game. No one seems to talk about that in regards to the ROY.
Curry is nice. But the Warriors just run up and down the court and don’t play defense at all.
That style led to inflated numbers.
What would Tyreke average playing for the Warriors. 25-28ppg.
Tyreke shot 228 more FT’s than Curry. Made 148 more. That’s controlling the game.
Last season the Kings were 29th in Opposition points. This year. 13th. The Warriors. 31st this year 32nd last year.
Again if Tyreke plays for the Warriors that defensive number improves. Curry had no effect on their defense.
Defense starts at the PG spot.
I love Curry but it’s not even close to me. I just think playing for the Warriors inflated his numbers and defensively he’s not Tyreke.
Defense is part of the game. No one seems to talk about that in regards to the ROY.
Curry is nice. But the Warriors just run up and down the court and don’t play defense at all.
That style led to inflated numbers.
What would Tyreke average playing for the Warriors. 25-28ppg.
Tyreke shot 228 more FT’s than Curry. Made 148 more. That’s controlling the game.
Last season the Kings were 29th in Opposition points. This year. 13th. The Warriors. 31st this year 32nd last year.
Again if Tyreke plays for the Warriors that defensive number improves. Curry had no effect on their defense.
Defense starts at the PG spot.
I love Curry but it’s not even close to me. I just think playing for the Warriors inflated his numbers and defensively he’s not Tyreke.
Defense is part of the game. No one seems to talk about that in regards to the ROY.
How would Tyreke average How would Tyreke average those number playing with Ellis, who put up 25-4-5 this year? Ellis need the ball to be an effective scorer, and he’s a turnover machine. As for the Warriors defense, you cant blame their 6’3 PG when their best post defender, Anthony Randolph, missed 49 games, and Anthony Tolliver was their most productive player above 6’7″. Biedrins was really bad for the time he was in, and they never had a consistant rotation. This team was way more dysfuctional than the Kings. Udrih, Thompson, Hawes, and even Landry are players that dont demand the ball much. Ellis and Maggette alone would take 20 touches away from Evans. Just because one still runs more doesnt mean a player is more likey to thrive in that position.
And defense may start with a PG, but there no doubt it ends in the post, which is why bigmen win defensive player of the year more. Because if you control the paint, you control bigman, slashers, attitude, and pace.
How would Tyreke average How would Tyreke average those number playing with Ellis, who put up 25-4-5 this year? Ellis need the ball to be an effective scorer, and he’s a turnover machine. As for the Warriors defense, you cant blame their 6’3 PG when their best post defender, Anthony Randolph, missed 49 games, and Anthony Tolliver was their most productive player above 6’7″. Biedrins was really bad for the time he was in, and they never had a consistant rotation. This team was way more dysfuctional than the Kings. Udrih, Thompson, Hawes, and even Landry are players that dont demand the ball much. Ellis and Maggette alone would take 20 touches away from Evans. Just because one still runs more doesnt mean a player is more likey to thrive in that position.
And defense may start with a PG, but there no doubt it ends in the post, which is why bigmen win defensive player of the year more. Because if you control the paint, you control bigman, slashers, attitude, and pace.
How would Tyreke average How would Tyreke average those number playing with Ellis, who put up 25-4-5 this year? Ellis need the ball to be an effective scorer, and he’s a turnover machine. As for the Warriors defense, you cant blame their 6’3 PG when their best post defender, Anthony Randolph, missed 49 games, and Anthony Tolliver was their most productive player above 6’7″. Biedrins was really bad for the time he was in, and they never had a consistant rotation. This team was way more dysfuctional than the Kings. Udrih, Thompson, Hawes, and even Landry are players that dont demand the ball much. Ellis and Maggette alone would take 20 touches away from Evans. Just because one still runs more doesnt mean a player is more likey to thrive in that position.
And defense may start with a PG, but there no doubt it ends in the post, which is why bigmen win defensive player of the year more. Because if you control the paint, you control bigman, slashers, attitude, and pace.
Evans
It’s Tyreke Evans and it isn’t even close. When you’re only the 4th rookie ever to average 20, 5, and 5 along with Lebron James, Michael Jordan, and Oscar Robertson it just speaks volumes to what Evans accomplished. I don’t want to discredit Curry b/c he had a great year as well, but Evans year was something special.
Evans
It’s Tyreke Evans and it isn’t even close. When you’re only the 4th rookie ever to average 20, 5, and 5 along with Lebron James, Michael Jordan, and Oscar Robertson it just speaks volumes to what Evans accomplished. I don’t want to discredit Curry b/c he had a great year as well, but Evans year was something special.
Evans
It’s Tyreke Evans and it isn’t even close. When you’re only the 4th rookie ever to average 20, 5, and 5 along with Lebron James, Michael Jordan, and Oscar Robertson it just speaks volumes to what Evans accomplished. I don’t want to discredit Curry b/c he had a great year as well, but Evans year was something special.
Curry is the only rookie
Curry is the only rookie ever to average 17 points, 5 assists, 2 threes, 40% from 3 and 85% from the field. Combine that with the fact that he was mere percentage points from 2 steals, and you have a player that can very easily turn into the post skilled PG in the league. Is 21-4-8-2st, with superb percentages in a year or two far off? How better could his stats been if Ellis didnt dominate the ball? You could see his growth during the season, and I honestly see way more potential in Curry’s game. He played some of the best ball in the NBA at the end of the year. He averaged 30-8-8-3stl, shooting 50% from the field, 51% from three, and 93% from the line.
Ive seen great slashers in the league, but very few shooters of his caliber. By pure jump shot, he would be first team all NBA THIS YEAR if its wasnt for Nash being maybe the best shooter in NBA history, but he has unlimited potential.
Curry is the only rookie
Curry is the only rookie ever to average 17 points, 5 assists, 2 threes, 40% from 3 and 85% from the field. Combine that with the fact that he was mere percentage points from 2 steals, and you have a player that can very easily turn into the post skilled PG in the league. Is 21-4-8-2st, with superb percentages in a year or two far off? How better could his stats been if Ellis didnt dominate the ball? You could see his growth during the season, and I honestly see way more potential in Curry’s game. He played some of the best ball in the NBA at the end of the year. He averaged 30-8-8-3stl, shooting 50% from the field, 51% from three, and 93% from the line.
Ive seen great slashers in the league, but very few shooters of his caliber. By pure jump shot, he would be first team all NBA THIS YEAR if its wasnt for Nash being maybe the best shooter in NBA history, but he has unlimited potential.
Curry is the only rookie
Curry is the only rookie ever to average 17 points, 5 assists, 2 threes, 40% from 3 and 85% from the field. Combine that with the fact that he was mere percentage points from 2 steals, and you have a player that can very easily turn into the post skilled PG in the league. Is 21-4-8-2st, with superb percentages in a year or two far off? How better could his stats been if Ellis didnt dominate the ball? You could see his growth during the season, and I honestly see way more potential in Curry’s game. He played some of the best ball in the NBA at the end of the year. He averaged 30-8-8-3stl, shooting 50% from the field, 51% from three, and 93% from the line.
Ive seen great slashers in the league, but very few shooters of his caliber. By pure jump shot, he would be first team all NBA THIS YEAR if its wasnt for Nash being maybe the best shooter in NBA history, but he has unlimited potential.
wow, mkadoza. lol i too
wow, mkadoza. lol i too voted for stephen curry, and im not going to lie, hes one of my favorite players, so i am being biased. but mkadoza, please inform me of what you are smoking!! first of all, with all the stats you just made for curry, im kind of thinking evans does deserve it. lol those stats would probably win rookie of the year in other classes, but now comparing that to tyrekes 20,5 and 5 is pretty tough. also if i am reading what you wrote correctly, you are saying nash is the best shooter of all time! lol to be honest again, nash is one of my top 5 favorite players as well (along w/ curry) and there is no way he is the best shooter of all time. possibly top 10, ill give you that. but best shooter of all time, no sir. and then saying curry is a close second, that just makes me lol. theyre both AMAZING shooters, or call it what ever u want, but the best – man, thats kind of crazy.
wow, mkadoza. lol i too
wow, mkadoza. lol i too voted for stephen curry, and im not going to lie, hes one of my favorite players, so i am being biased. but mkadoza, please inform me of what you are smoking!! first of all, with all the stats you just made for curry, im kind of thinking evans does deserve it. lol those stats would probably win rookie of the year in other classes, but now comparing that to tyrekes 20,5 and 5 is pretty tough. also if i am reading what you wrote correctly, you are saying nash is the best shooter of all time! lol to be honest again, nash is one of my top 5 favorite players as well (along w/ curry) and there is no way he is the best shooter of all time. possibly top 10, ill give you that. but best shooter of all time, no sir. and then saying curry is a close second, that just makes me lol. theyre both AMAZING shooters, or call it what ever u want, but the best – man, thats kind of crazy.
wow, mkadoza. lol i too
wow, mkadoza. lol i too voted for stephen curry, and im not going to lie, hes one of my favorite players, so i am being biased. but mkadoza, please inform me of what you are smoking!! first of all, with all the stats you just made for curry, im kind of thinking evans does deserve it. lol those stats would probably win rookie of the year in other classes, but now comparing that to tyrekes 20,5 and 5 is pretty tough. also if i am reading what you wrote correctly, you are saying nash is the best shooter of all time! lol to be honest again, nash is one of my top 5 favorite players as well (along w/ curry) and there is no way he is the best shooter of all time. possibly top 10, ill give you that. but best shooter of all time, no sir. and then saying curry is a close second, that just makes me lol. theyre both AMAZING shooters, or call it what ever u want, but the best – man, thats kind of crazy.
It’s so close…
From Bill Simmons:
“Look, I wanted to pick Brandon Jennings because he started for a playoff team, but you can’t miss 65 percent of your shots for the last four months of the regular season and be my rookie of the year. Sorry. That leaves two guards (Curry and Evans) who put up gaudy stats on terrible teams. I just thought Curry had a higher degree of difficulty: crazy coaching situation, crazy ownership/front-office situation, super-crazy roster. He played with Ellis and Corey Maggette (two of the ultimate me-first guys), and a rotating cast of promoted D-Leaguers and bench guys. He didn’t have a decent low-post player or rebounder; you knew things were bad when someone said the words, “We really miss Ronny Turiaf right now.” And yet, he got better every month (check out his splits), and became the first rookie ever to average 17 points and two 3s per game and top 85 percent free throw shooting and 40 percent 3-point shooting (nobody even came close before).
Evans made history as well, joining the 20-5-5 Rookie Club along with MJ, Oscar Robertson and LeBron. Pretty good company. But he had better teammates, and if you want to get technical, I never watched a Warriors game without thinking, “Curry would be fun to play with” at least once. I can’t say the same about Evans. Curry gets my vote. By the way, I still want to know how Minnesota’s David Kahn had the fifth and sixth picks in the draft, took two point guards, and somehow missed Curry AND Jennings. He was like the kid with the gun in the Big Kahuna Burger apartment who fired 25 bullets at Jules and Vincent Vega, and somehow didn’t hit either of them. ”
It’s hard to argue with the sports guy and I am a Curry fan. Bottom line, these guys are gonna have great careers.
It’s so close…
From Bill Simmons:
“Look, I wanted to pick Brandon Jennings because he started for a playoff team, but you can’t miss 65 percent of your shots for the last four months of the regular season and be my rookie of the year. Sorry. That leaves two guards (Curry and Evans) who put up gaudy stats on terrible teams. I just thought Curry had a higher degree of difficulty: crazy coaching situation, crazy ownership/front-office situation, super-crazy roster. He played with Ellis and Corey Maggette (two of the ultimate me-first guys), and a rotating cast of promoted D-Leaguers and bench guys. He didn’t have a decent low-post player or rebounder; you knew things were bad when someone said the words, “We really miss Ronny Turiaf right now.” And yet, he got better every month (check out his splits), and became the first rookie ever to average 17 points and two 3s per game and top 85 percent free throw shooting and 40 percent 3-point shooting (nobody even came close before).
Evans made history as well, joining the 20-5-5 Rookie Club along with MJ, Oscar Robertson and LeBron. Pretty good company. But he had better teammates, and if you want to get technical, I never watched a Warriors game without thinking, “Curry would be fun to play with” at least once. I can’t say the same about Evans. Curry gets my vote. By the way, I still want to know how Minnesota’s David Kahn had the fifth and sixth picks in the draft, took two point guards, and somehow missed Curry AND Jennings. He was like the kid with the gun in the Big Kahuna Burger apartment who fired 25 bullets at Jules and Vincent Vega, and somehow didn’t hit either of them. ”
It’s hard to argue with the sports guy and I am a Curry fan. Bottom line, these guys are gonna have great careers.
It’s so close…
From Bill Simmons:
“Look, I wanted to pick Brandon Jennings because he started for a playoff team, but you can’t miss 65 percent of your shots for the last four months of the regular season and be my rookie of the year. Sorry. That leaves two guards (Curry and Evans) who put up gaudy stats on terrible teams. I just thought Curry had a higher degree of difficulty: crazy coaching situation, crazy ownership/front-office situation, super-crazy roster. He played with Ellis and Corey Maggette (two of the ultimate me-first guys), and a rotating cast of promoted D-Leaguers and bench guys. He didn’t have a decent low-post player or rebounder; you knew things were bad when someone said the words, “We really miss Ronny Turiaf right now.” And yet, he got better every month (check out his splits), and became the first rookie ever to average 17 points and two 3s per game and top 85 percent free throw shooting and 40 percent 3-point shooting (nobody even came close before).
Evans made history as well, joining the 20-5-5 Rookie Club along with MJ, Oscar Robertson and LeBron. Pretty good company. But he had better teammates, and if you want to get technical, I never watched a Warriors game without thinking, “Curry would be fun to play with” at least once. I can’t say the same about Evans. Curry gets my vote. By the way, I still want to know how Minnesota’s David Kahn had the fifth and sixth picks in the draft, took two point guards, and somehow missed Curry AND Jennings. He was like the kid with the gun in the Big Kahuna Burger apartment who fired 25 bullets at Jules and Vincent Vega, and somehow didn’t hit either of them. ”
It’s hard to argue with the sports guy and I am a Curry fan. Bottom line, these guys are gonna have great careers.
Hey, ballallday, who shoots
Hey, ballallday, who shoots better than Nash? 6 players have shot 50-40-90 it at least once. Nash, Miller, Calderon, Nowitzki, Bird, and Price. 5 of them are very real candidates for best shooter in league history. Nash did it four times, the other five have five COMBINED. Again, 4 years of 50-40-90 is ridiculous. And I mean never-been-done-before, maybe-never-done-again ridiculous. His career percentages of 49% 43% and 90% is really unbelievable. Second best free throw percentage of all time, fifth best three point percentage of all time, and a top 15 true shooting and effective shooting percentage of all time. PLUS I said Nash is possibly the best of all time, and Curry was the second best shooting PG this year, and he only got better every game.
Can you give me someone else with a shooters resume better? Honestly? And tis guy is a point guard who takes 11 shots a game for his career. Just because hes a relatively low volume shooter doesnt mean theyre better shooters.
Here’s a comparison of both players during 2010.
Evans- 20.0 pts, 5.4 reb, 6,3 ast, 1.5 stls, .3 blk, 45.5 FG%, 25.9 3PT%, 73.2 FT%
Curry- 21.1 pts, 4.9 reb, 6.8 ast, 1.9 stl, .2 blk, 46.9 FG%, 45.2 3PT%, 90.2 FT%
Its a toss up, but lets not let either season diminish the others. They were both fantastic rookies.
Hey, ballallday, who shoots
Hey, ballallday, who shoots better than Nash? 6 players have shot 50-40-90 it at least once. Nash, Miller, Calderon, Nowitzki, Bird, and Price. 5 of them are very real candidates for best shooter in league history. Nash did it four times, the other five have five COMBINED. Again, 4 years of 50-40-90 is ridiculous. And I mean never-been-done-before, maybe-never-done-again ridiculous. His career percentages of 49% 43% and 90% is really unbelievable. Second best free throw percentage of all time, fifth best three point percentage of all time, and a top 15 true shooting and effective shooting percentage of all time. PLUS I said Nash is possibly the best of all time, and Curry was the second best shooting PG this year, and he only got better every game.
Can you give me someone else with a shooters resume better? Honestly? And tis guy is a point guard who takes 11 shots a game for his career. Just because hes a relatively low volume shooter doesnt mean theyre better shooters.
Here’s a comparison of both players during 2010.
Evans- 20.0 pts, 5.4 reb, 6,3 ast, 1.5 stls, .3 blk, 45.5 FG%, 25.9 3PT%, 73.2 FT%
Curry- 21.1 pts, 4.9 reb, 6.8 ast, 1.9 stl, .2 blk, 46.9 FG%, 45.2 3PT%, 90.2 FT%
Its a toss up, but lets not let either season diminish the others. They were both fantastic rookies.
Hey, ballallday, who shoots
Hey, ballallday, who shoots better than Nash? 6 players have shot 50-40-90 it at least once. Nash, Miller, Calderon, Nowitzki, Bird, and Price. 5 of them are very real candidates for best shooter in league history. Nash did it four times, the other five have five COMBINED. Again, 4 years of 50-40-90 is ridiculous. And I mean never-been-done-before, maybe-never-done-again ridiculous. His career percentages of 49% 43% and 90% is really unbelievable. Second best free throw percentage of all time, fifth best three point percentage of all time, and a top 15 true shooting and effective shooting percentage of all time. PLUS I said Nash is possibly the best of all time, and Curry was the second best shooting PG this year, and he only got better every game.
Can you give me someone else with a shooters resume better? Honestly? And tis guy is a point guard who takes 11 shots a game for his career. Just because hes a relatively low volume shooter doesnt mean theyre better shooters.
Here’s a comparison of both players during 2010.
Evans- 20.0 pts, 5.4 reb, 6,3 ast, 1.5 stls, .3 blk, 45.5 FG%, 25.9 3PT%, 73.2 FT%
Curry- 21.1 pts, 4.9 reb, 6.8 ast, 1.9 stl, .2 blk, 46.9 FG%, 45.2 3PT%, 90.2 FT%
Its a toss up, but lets not let either season diminish the others. They were both fantastic rookies.
Curry is nice.
But the Warriors just run up and down the court and don’t play defense at all.
That style led to inflated numbers.
What would Tyreke average playing for the Warriors. 25-28ppg.
Tyreke shot 228 more FT’s than Curry. Made 148 more. That’s controlling the game.
Last season the Kings were 29th in Opposition points.
This year. 13th.
The Warriors. 31st this year 32nd last year.
Again if Tyreke plays for the Warriors that defensive number improves. Curry had no effect on their defense.
Defense starts at the PG spot.
I love Curry but it’s not even close to me. I just think playing for the Warriors inflated his numbers and defensively he’s not Tyreke.
Defense is part of the game. No one seems to talk about that in regards to the ROY.
Curry is nice.
But the Warriors just run up and down the court and don’t play defense at all.
That style led to inflated numbers.
What would Tyreke average playing for the Warriors. 25-28ppg.
Tyreke shot 228 more FT’s than Curry. Made 148 more. That’s controlling the game.
Last season the Kings were 29th in Opposition points.
This year. 13th.
The Warriors. 31st this year 32nd last year.
Again if Tyreke plays for the Warriors that defensive number improves. Curry had no effect on their defense.
Defense starts at the PG spot.
I love Curry but it’s not even close to me. I just think playing for the Warriors inflated his numbers and defensively he’s not Tyreke.
Defense is part of the game. No one seems to talk about that in regards to the ROY.
Curry is nice.
But the Warriors just run up and down the court and don’t play defense at all.
That style led to inflated numbers.
What would Tyreke average playing for the Warriors. 25-28ppg.
Tyreke shot 228 more FT’s than Curry. Made 148 more. That’s controlling the game.
Last season the Kings were 29th in Opposition points.
This year. 13th.
The Warriors. 31st this year 32nd last year.
Again if Tyreke plays for the Warriors that defensive number improves. Curry had no effect on their defense.
Defense starts at the PG spot.
I love Curry but it’s not even close to me. I just think playing for the Warriors inflated his numbers and defensively he’s not Tyreke.
Defense is part of the game. No one seems to talk about that in regards to the ROY.
How would Tyreke average
How would Tyreke average those number playing with Ellis, who put up 25-4-5 this year? Ellis need the ball to be an effective scorer, and he’s a turnover machine. As for the Warriors defense, you cant blame their 6’3 PG when their best post defender, Anthony Randolph, missed 49 games, and Anthony Tolliver was their most productive player above 6’7″. Biedrins was really bad for the time he was in, and they never had a consistant rotation. This team was way more dysfuctional than the Kings. Udrih, Thompson, Hawes, and even Landry are players that dont demand the ball much. Ellis and Maggette alone would take 20 touches away from Evans. Just because one still runs more doesnt mean a player is more likey to thrive in that position.
And defense may start with a PG, but there no doubt it ends in the post, which is why bigmen win defensive player of the year more. Because if you control the paint, you control bigman, slashers, attitude, and pace.
How would Tyreke average
How would Tyreke average those number playing with Ellis, who put up 25-4-5 this year? Ellis need the ball to be an effective scorer, and he’s a turnover machine. As for the Warriors defense, you cant blame their 6’3 PG when their best post defender, Anthony Randolph, missed 49 games, and Anthony Tolliver was their most productive player above 6’7″. Biedrins was really bad for the time he was in, and they never had a consistant rotation. This team was way more dysfuctional than the Kings. Udrih, Thompson, Hawes, and even Landry are players that dont demand the ball much. Ellis and Maggette alone would take 20 touches away from Evans. Just because one still runs more doesnt mean a player is more likey to thrive in that position.
And defense may start with a PG, but there no doubt it ends in the post, which is why bigmen win defensive player of the year more. Because if you control the paint, you control bigman, slashers, attitude, and pace.
How would Tyreke average
How would Tyreke average those number playing with Ellis, who put up 25-4-5 this year? Ellis need the ball to be an effective scorer, and he’s a turnover machine. As for the Warriors defense, you cant blame their 6’3 PG when their best post defender, Anthony Randolph, missed 49 games, and Anthony Tolliver was their most productive player above 6’7″. Biedrins was really bad for the time he was in, and they never had a consistant rotation. This team was way more dysfuctional than the Kings. Udrih, Thompson, Hawes, and even Landry are players that dont demand the ball much. Ellis and Maggette alone would take 20 touches away from Evans. Just because one still runs more doesnt mean a player is more likey to thrive in that position.
And defense may start with a PG, but there no doubt it ends in the post, which is why bigmen win defensive player of the year more. Because if you control the paint, you control bigman, slashers, attitude, and pace.