Comments on: Brandon Knight’s trademark maturity on display during interview at basketball camp

By: Scott Free

Scott Free — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:55:57 +0000

My mistake for not clarifying, I’m not saying the writers of DBB are ‘piling on’ Knight, I meant the commenting community. And they HAVE been pretty harsh on him.

By: Mel

Mel — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:23:54 +0000

You guys really can’t get a good look at Bk’s game until this season. Knight last year was thrown into a blazing fire and did very well considering. Chauncey is my man ( met him once “Great Guy) but he had chances in boston and denver before landing in Minnesota before Flip gave him the chance to play his game. Then it wasn’t til Brown got a hold to him that he became the Pg that he is now. BK will have less time to be a better PG because he has a better group of coaches to mentor him along the way. Plus Stuck will give him pointers too. Knight has the chance to be better than Billups. IMHO
Plus he was the youngest on the team, coming into this season look for a more vocal and steady leader on the court.
Give him till next year to be an all star.

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:25:30 +0000

Fair enough.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:32:12 +0000

That’s fair. I guess different people see different things when looking at a player. Knight does kinda remind me of Billups just because besides being big and shooting threes, he tends to slow the game down, he seems be thinking and reading the situation a lot out there, he doesn’t rely on incredible athleticism, he shoots free throws well, and he is surprisingly bad at putting in two-pointers in spite of usually getting pretty good looks. Those all remind me of Chauncey. But I can see your point that the biggest things Billups brought to the table, Knight is lacking, at least so far.

By: Rodman4Life

Rodman4Life — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:40:10 +0000

Love that last paragraph, Patrick. Sometimes we get so much more appreciation for a player if we just enjoy them for what they are and not what they aren’t. However, I think advanced statistics can support Knight, but we may have to break it down even further. I don’t know if I’m just overly optimistic, but it is my perception that Knight’s performance takes a sharp uptick later in games that the Pistons are close in. I may be wrong, but I feel his “killer instinct” is something we should measure if available. (and if true, it’s a good indicator of what one of his strengths really is)
Also, like Billups, Knight and his impact may be far more important to the team in the way he makes other teammates better. Billups was so impressive in the way he knew his teammates, what they needed, and how to make them better. I think Knight has the acumen and smarts to figure that out about his teammates, and it won’t always show up in a measure-able statistic like assists. There’s another Billups comparison for you Patrick! :-)

By: bugsygod

bugsygod — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 03:23:58 +0000

If you go to the orginal comment i compare the two as knight being too smart to fail, with his intangibles. which i said wall does not have. If wall reaches his full maturity i think he will be better than wall even if Knight maximizes his full potential. But because of knights intangibles, work ethic, maturity, etc. He has a higher success rate than someone like wall who we HOPE gains those intangibles! Again the intangibles you state in your article…BOOM!

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 03:16:06 +0000

"Its a projection of where knights game will be at its peak! A low TO, 3pt shooting, team leading, coach on the floor pg."

Fine. I just don't agree with that projection. So far, the only thing in that group of traits you mention that Knight has shown an ability to do is shoot the three. He's not a low TO player, he's not a leader yet, he's not a coach on the floor, he doesn't excel in a halfcourt offense. Yes, I certainly think he can get better in some of those areas, but I just don't ever see him as being a classical halfcourt point guard who stylistically will look anything like Billups. I just don't think they have similar styles.

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 03:14:03 +0000

"Wall is obviouly the better player now and better long term prospect. However i would rather have knights intangibles."

Sorry, I was reading that original point as you saying you would rather have Knight over Wall just because of Knight's intangibles. My fault for misinterpreting if that's not what you were saying.

By: bugsygod

bugsygod — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 03:02:23 +0000

I dont understand why you keep comparing who is the better player today or tomorrow??? There are qualities that Wall has that are better than knight, there are qualites that knight have that are better than Wall! Walls talents/qualities far outweigh knights! But from your article above knights best qualites are his intagibles! That is my only point, knights intangibles are better than walls. Wall is obviouly the better player now and better long term prospect. However i would rather have knights intangibles.

By: bugsygod

bugsygod — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 02:55:26 +0000

Where not talking what they are today!!! Its a projection of where knights game will be at its peak! A low TO, 3pt shooting, team leading, coach on the floor pg. That is his projection, that is billups TO ME! An you just stated you dont think knight will always be a high TO guy! Its the same projection you just gave in this article!??