Comments on: Kim English cleans up on NBA Rookie Survey ballot

By: tarsier

tarsier — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:34:53 +0000

It doesn’t matter that he hadn’t played an NBA game. Team USA’s staff had seen him play, just like Monroe et al. And he had to play his way onto the team still after being put in the mix. Besides, Monroe’s skill set would not have been nearly as useful to Team USA. They had tons of offense. Defense was where they were lacking–somewhat.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:30:29 +0000

If he can consistently keep his man shooting 10% below his average, English will be one of the greatest wing defenders of all time.

By: danny

danny — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:28:16 +0000

The reason why a good attitude would be a steal is how he affects others in the lockers room. Look at AI had a lot of talent and made his teammates go to night clubs and bars all the time. The fact that his attitude is focused on playing ball his what amazes me. He also very well spoken which to me shows that he is smart and capable of understanding things.

By: RyanK

RyanK — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:33:59 +0000

I hope Kim English proves them right, but thus far there’s not really much to go off of. He speaks well and says the right things: the kid’s handlers have done their job. I just don’t see how a positive attitude is going to make him the steal of the draft.

If Kim can become a starter, shoot for high percentages, while keeping the man he guards shooting 10% lower than his average, then we have a steal.

By: Brandow

Brandow — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:41:02 +0000

not to mention davis made it to the US olympic team without playing his first nba game, now thats not fair to the other young bigs drafted before davis such as monroe

By: tarsier

tarsier — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 03:49:15 +0000

“all these bums”
Only a handful of rookies, Like Beal, got votes in several categories. By getting votes in multiple, Drummond was clearly considered in the upper echelon and not under the radar at all.

“top talent like Drummond”
He certainly has a ton of upside. But the reason he was available at 9 was because he has a really low floor.

“this seems to happen every year”
Right, another homer who thinks his team gets no respect. Poll the fans of every team. They all think their guys get overlooked. The fact of the matter is that rookies are something of a crapshoot. Every team is excited about theirs. Only a few of them are still excited four years later. I can’t be bothered to get excited about every Jan Vesely or Dion Waiters or whatever. But if I was rooting for their teams, you better believe I would be. And then it would feel like a slight when the media doesn’t seem so enthralled.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 03:41:52 +0000

Quincy Acy, Perry Jones, Terrence Ross

By: tarsier

tarsier — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 03:40:24 +0000

Don’t forget, 6 guys weren’t allowed to pick Davis. Yeah, he should have gotten the majority of the votes. But there are a number of rookies who could easily end up better than Davis without it being a shocker. It’s just impossible to predict which of them might actually end up doing so. I’m guessing the far-fetched votes like English came from among those 6 who had limited options.

By: Max

Max — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:28:53 +0000

It’s a travesty that Davis only got 40 percent of the vote. Jealousy is a bitch. For English to have a better career than Davis, Davis would have to pull an Oden or a Bias or English would have to pull a Ray Allen or Reggie Miller. I wonder who actually picked English. One thing we do know, Drummond and Lamb didn’t name each other.

By: Vic

Vic — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:47:46 +0000

Right… Good thing he has 82 games to prove how athletic he is…