Comments on: Rondo for ROY

By: Motivating Morrison « The Wages of Wins Journal

Motivating Morrison « The Wages of Wins Journal — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:24:17 +0000

[...] not clear from Dillman’s article if Morrison was referencing this forum, although I did note in May of 2007 that Morrison was the least productive player in 2006-07. John Hollinger, though, also said at that time that Morrison was “quite possibly the single [...]

By: Mr. Morrison Comes to LA « The Wages of Wins Journal

Mr. Morrison Comes to LA « The Wages of Wins Journal — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:21:57 +0000

[...] The third choice in the 2006 draft finished his first season as the second leading rookie scorer. He was also named by the NBA coaches to the All-Rookie second team, finishing just shy of a first team selection. People who looked past scoring (and by people I mean John Hollinger and myself), though, noted that Morrison was extremely unproductive as a rookie. His WP48 was -0.137 and he finished last in the league in Wins Produced. After this less than auspicious debut, I made the following observation: [...]

By: An Expected Leap in Charlotte that Never Happened « The Wages of Wins Journal

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:34:24 +0000

[...] Bobcats in 2006-07 employed Adam Morrison at small forward, who managed to be the least productive player in the league. When the season was over Morrison had produced -6.7 [...]

By: Top Posts « WordPress.com

Top Posts « WordPress.com — Sat, 19 May 2007 00:00:17 +0000

[...] Rondo for ROY The choice for best rookie was pretty easy last year. Chris Paul was easily the top rookie in 2006, leading rookies in […] [...]

By: dberri

dberri — Fri, 18 May 2007 23:04:20 +0000

A quick comment on what TK said. I need to post on this in more detail, but for now I will simply note that the average rookie has a WP48 below 0.050. Second year players are better. But it is not until a player reaches his third year that on average he can produce at the NBA average. In sum, it is generally the case that few rookies get over the 0.100 mark.

By: TK

TK — Fri, 18 May 2007 21:41:33 +0000

Re: the T-Wolves

As db has pointed out in previous posts, this is an amazingly weak year for rookies. Yes, Minnesota has 2 of the top 10 rookies. But Craig Smith is a barely above average player (0.113) and Randy Foye is a substantially below-average player (0.053). I’m not sure this qualifies as “ironic” juxtaposed with the claim that the GM hasn’t assembled a very good cast for Garnett .

In fact, it looks like there are only 5 rookies in the entire league producing notably more than an average player… astonishing!

By: MT

MT — Fri, 18 May 2007 18:12:04 +0000

I’ve seen all the rooks in the eastern conf play, not too much Western Conf, and I have to say that Bargnani is a far superior player to Shelden Williams. Not even close. Bargnani can catch and shoot like Bird or Dirk. Great court sense on offense. Shelden Williams’ season was about equal to Josh Boone’s in terms of the principal boxscore statistics, on a per minute basis.

Also, putting 2 Twolves in the top ten is pretty ironic considering your other posts saying that KG’s lack of a ring is largely attributable to his teammates’ lack of production.

But Morrison didn’t belong on any award list, I tend to agree with Hollinger on that one.

By: The Franchise

The Franchise — Fri, 18 May 2007 16:08:01 +0000

Kevin Durant.

Of course, I’m a UT guy, so I may be slightly biased.

By: Steve Walters

Steve Walters — Fri, 18 May 2007 15:06:27 +0000

Very gratifying to think that Mr. Ainge might actually have made a savvy acquisition here, Dave. Thanks for the encouraging evaluation.

It’s also encouraging that the kid’s shooting improved as his PT went up late in the season: 47% as a starter, and 55% in April. Also, he wears #9 in Beantown–what’s not to like?

Now, who should the Celts draft once they win the lottery…?