Interestingly enough, Boss is getting some media hype in the US.
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story...players-age-25
ESPN Top 25 Players Under the Age of 25 - Guess which Raptor made it?!
Interestingly enough, Boss is getting some media hype in the US.
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story...players-age-25
for those that can't read it...
he has a terrible WARP, though i have no idea what it measures exactly.Current: Davis is finally seeing his production match his potential, and the Raptors are now one of the NBA's hottest teams since he has moved into the starting lineup. Davis has real talent to "feel" out a defense's weaknesses and earn easy baskets by moving to the perfect spot on the floor. He gets a lot of dunks this way, and he finishes a high rate of his non-dunks too. Davis works at rebounding every shot, and does so effectively, while making very few mistakes with the ball. -- Thorpe
Future: With his performance over the past month, Davis has earned the right to stay in the starting lineup after Andrea Bargnani returns, and he might not give up that role for years. Strength remains an issue for the rail-thin Davis, especially in terms of defending the post. MySynergySports.com ranks him 124th out of 152 qualified players in points allowed per post-up. -- Pelton
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Glad he made the list. Can't read the whole thing but THUMBS UP! I guess...
Last edited by mike, prague; Tue Jan 22nd, 2013 at 02:17 PM.
Cool, where did he place out of those 25 players? The article (insider) only shows the top 3.
He placed 24th
1. Durant
2. Westbrook
3. Griffin
4. Harden
5. Rose
6. Irving
7. Ibaka
8. Love
9. Lopez
10. Curry
11. Faried
12. Holiday
13. Anthony Davis
14. Monroe
15. Ryan Anderson
16. Batum
17. Thad Young
18. George
19. Cousins
20. Jennings
21. Lillard
22. Sanders
23. DeAndre Jordan
24. Boss Davis
25. Eric Bledsoe
Good company for Davis.
"When Life gives you lemons, you clone those Lemons to make super lemons!"
-Scudworth
Interestingly
Jeff Teague
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
Kemba Walker
Tristan Thompson
Dion Waiters
Danilo Gallinari
Andre Drummond
Brandon Knight
Klay Thompson
Chandler Parsons
Ricky Rubio
Al-Farouq Aminu
Eric Gordon
Evan Turner
Tyreke Evans
Kawhi Leonard
DeMar DeRozan
Jonas Valanciunas
Derrick Favors
Gordon Hayward
Bradley Beal
John Wall
did not make the list.
I am sure there are PLENTY of GMs (read 0) that would draft Ed Davis before John Wall and Ricky Rubio if there were to start a new franchise today...
cousins should be top 5. i like kevin love but i get sick of the media blowing him. zach randolph use to put up some phenominal numers as a blazer, but the media dismissed it and said, "he's just a guy padding hi stats on a bad team." has kevin love ever made the playoffs?pesterm1 wrote:
"the raptors were my fav team growing up"-kevin durant
the same thing can be said about jamal crawford also, seems people only give you ratings if you are on a good team or not
"the raptors were my fav team growing up"-kevin durant
I seriously hope you're being sarcastic.
You can trade Ed Davis for anyone on the 2nd list
Surprised John Wall didn't make it. He's single-handedly revitalized a horrific Wizards team.
Twitter - @thekid_IT
he's fast, but i'm not sold on wall
"the raptors were my fav team growing up"-kevin durant
Not sold on Wall either, but on what planet is Larry Sanders a better player?
Larry Sanders has had a very good season so far this year.
That said, I think that he is a great example of how fantasy basketball (and perhaps short term results in general) has poisoned how people view basketball players and talent.
I love some of the guys on that list but if you can see the whole article, it is based on this year. If you look hard at those players, very few have had such an immediate impact on their team just simply due to increased playing time like ED has....
Of course ESPN doesn't connect that just removing Bargnani from the starting lineup in itself is a plus but we don't have to go there.....
If it's based on this year, then how did Rose make that list?
If the list is based on this year's stats only, it still does not address the issue that many players from the second list are having a better year than Ed Davis, DeAndre Jordan, and Eric Bledsoe to name a few.
Eric Bledsoe is averaging 8.7 ppg and 2.9 apg, and I would argue he is having very little impact on his team Win-Loss record.
I do like Ed Davis' trajectory but unless he gains a lot of strength, he'll continue to be a severe liability against power forwards who can post him up.
Or KLove?
Twitter - @thekid_IT
This list has a lot of flaws to it. Looks to me like an internet piece meant to stir traffic. (folks at RR should know how that works)
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