ROY: "The stats scream Davis over Lillard"

[BallSoHard]

I was like, who is this FlyGirl... A/S/L then the post count, oh wow...

All makes sense now. haha

FIFY

[Inner_GI]

FIFY

I love the high post count. Totally a turn on.

[IamQuailman]

[MonsterMash]

Davis is a better player and will be a better player, and Portland would snap trade Lillard for Davis and laugh that we made such an offer.

But Rookie of the Year is an award for who had the better rookie season, and you can't ignore that Lillard made a bigger impact just by the massive disparity in minutes with Davis. Lillard played alot more, and while that boils down to an organizational decision more than how talented a particular player is, the end result is that Lillard had the more impactful season.

I'd vote Lillard for the ROY, but the Hornets have the guy who still goes first if they redrafted 10 out of 10 times.

[MonsterMash]

Well, it's subjective IMO. I wouldn't say it's a factor of rookie of the year, but it certainly plays a role in the notion that Davis has a MUCH higher ceiling. More so, it's a testament to how well Davis is doing his rookie year despite his severe physical limitations.

Yeah, absolutely. If the goal were to pump him up for ROY, all the Hornets had to do was let him play 32 mpg and he'd win it in a landslide.

But the goal is to pump him up to be a true franchise player, and not hanging his slight frame out to get abused every single night was the right call.

[FlyGirl]

Davis is a better player and will be a better player, and Portland would snap trade Lillard for Davis and laugh that we made such an offer.

But Rookie of the Year is an award for who had the better rookie season, and you can't ignore that Lillard made a bigger impact just by the massive disparity in minutes with Davis. Lillard played alot more, and while that boils down to an organizational decision more than how talented a particular player is, the end result is that Lillard had the more impactful season.

I'd vote Lillard for the ROY, but the Hornets have the guy who still goes first if they redrafted 10 out of 10 times.

Speaking of minutes, right now, going into tonight's games, Lillard is second in the entire league in MPG, first in minutes total. The entire league. When was the last time a rookie led the league in mpg? HAS a rookie even ever lead the league in mpg?

Lillard will be rewarded for the minutes, the points, and likely the amount of games he's played this season. Hats off to him.

[Inner_GI]

Never. But Lillard will probably be the first rookie to do so.

[Snarly]

A very underrated feat. It's unheard of for a rookie to be able to play that kind of minutes, stay healthy, and produce relatively consistently. I know a lot of people give him a hard time due to his age but it's still very impressive.

[MonsterMash]

A very underrated feat. It's unheard of for a rookie to be able to play that kind of minutes, stay healthy, and produce relatively consistently. I know a lot of people give him a hard time due to his age but it's still very impressive.

Yeah, most definitely. He was definitely a steal.

This was a pretty strong draft, at least as far as the top 10. Aside from Davis and Lillard, Beal and Waiters looked like real gems after they adjusted to the NBA. Drummond is a beast as well.

[Inner_GI]

The biggest disappointment has to be Robinson and MKG. Just bleh seasons.

[cgrand]

The biggest disappointment has to be Robinson and MKG. Just bleh seasons.

plenty of folks would find the biggest top10 disappointment a little...closer to home

[FlyGirl]

3. Who was the biggest disappointment of the 2012 rookie class?


Gerrity: Royce White. Rarely does a man come into existence with both the skill set and size of Mr. White. It's really too bad that he and the Rockets weren't able to make it work this season, because I wanted to watch.

Gordon: Royce White. Not to pick on a guy who's clearly got a lot of stuff to sort out -- if we can trust the interviews he's done, he seems like a thoughtful person who knows exactly what he's giving up by being so insistent regarding his anxiety problems. But White flashed underrated potential as a hyper-athletic big with playmaking potential, only to basically get an "incomplete" mark on the season for his well-publicized back-and-forth with the Rockets.

Mason: Alexey Shved. Fun name, fun game. But Shved is a 24-year-old rookie who looked inexperienced and wild in his rookie season. Though there were some memorable flourishes, I personally hoped for more reliable contributions. Perhaps that was too much to ask, but his performance in the Olympics earned our attention.

Nowell: Austin Rivers. Rivers always had warts as a prospect, but I don't think many people foresaw his historically bad season. Without drastic improvements, the question isn't whether Rivers can live up to his stratospheric prep hype -- it's whether he's even worthy of a rotation spot.

Winter: Thomas Robinson. A hat tip to New Orleans' Austin Rivers and his 5.94 PER. But expectations of Rivers were low compared to those of Robinson, widely considered one of the draft's few impact players and a steal at fifth overall. After showing less in his first few games with Houston than he did in half a season with Sacramento, Robinson was recently replaced in Kevin McHale's rotation by fellow rookie and D-League call-up Terrence Jones.

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