Comments on: Brandon Knight, Kemba Walker tie for 267th in the ESPN #NBARank

By: oats

oats — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 05:03:03 +0000

I’ve read a few opinions that has Knight already well ahead of Walker. Walker is a high volume shooter, but he just isn’t that good at it. While his turnovers aren’t as bad, Walker hasn’t exactly shown himself to be a talented facilitator. Plus, Walker is really short. Walker does have the fact that he won as an X-factor, but Knight is a Calipari guy and Calipari point guards have been effective lately. There are people that wonder if Walker can do anything better in the NBA than Knight right now. Both of these guys have a huge in discrepancy in their various talent evaluations, so it kind of makes sense that it averages out to the same score.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:10:31 +0000

And I think we have a winner for worst comment of the post. Patrick and Jacob pointed out the most glaring flaws in the comment. And then there’s the fact that half the sentences have to be reread to figure out what they are saying because of missing/incorrect words.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:06:17 +0000

That’s funny that they ended up tied given how few ties there have been and how connected their names were in this year’s draft. But I am kinda surprised. I would have expected Walker to handily beat out Knight. I thought it was a general consensus that Walker is the better player now but lacks Knight’s upside. To me, this is like if Okafor and Howard were tied in ranking immediately prior to their rookie year. Apparently, I was wrong (not necessarily about how good they are–maybe that–but definitely about the general consensus of opinion).

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:42:54 +0000

Personally I think Knight should start, and get starters minutes. Tell Hamilton to go home and not expect to play again until he is traded. Then play bynum 10 to 15 minutes a night and spilt up the rest of the time between knight and stuckey at 1 and 2 and the stuckey and gordon at the 2.

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:02:16 +0000

Who said Charlotte expects Walker to play shooting guard?

By: Jacob

Jacob — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:55:23 +0000

Yeah and at 6’10″ Brandan Wright needs to take on the role of a…..wait what?

By: JT's Hoops Blog

JT's Hoops Blog — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:48:04 +0000

Peronally, I don’t think Brandon Wright can the answer at the point. He needs to be less of a scorer and more of a facilitator. There are enough combo-guards making as point guards on that team. I don’t know wtf Michael Jordan was thinking picking Kemba Walker either. The guy’s 6 foot 1, that’s even short for a point guard and they’ll expect him to play at the two spot. He has BUST written all over him.