Comparing the PG's
by johnm7 on May 21, 2011 4:08 AM MDT
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PrintBrandon Knight with the 3rd pick? Thankfully many of the best "guards" today share something in common, they either went to UK or were coached by Calipari. Look at the list
Rajon Rondo (UK)
Derrick Rose (Memphis)
Tyreke Evans (Memphis)
John Wall (UK)
All of the above are a little different but I felt a worthwhile exercise would be to compare them all in their last season in college with Knight:
| Player | Games | Minutes | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Reb | Asst | Stl | T/O | A/TO | PPG |
| Rondo | 34 | 31 | 48% | 27% | 57% | 6.10 | 4.90 | 2.00 | 2.30 | 2.11 | 11.20 |
| Rose | 40 | 29 | 48% | 33% | 71% | 4.50 | 4.70 | 1.20 | 2.70 | 1.77 | 14.90 |
| Evans | 37 | 29 | 45% | 27% | 71% | 5.40 | 3.90 | 2.10 | 3.60 | 1.08 | 17.10 |
| Wall | 37 | 34 | 46% | 33% | 75% | 4.30 | 6.50 | 1.80 | 4.00 | 1.62 | 16.60 |
| Knight | 38 | 36 | 42% | 38% | 79% | 4.00 | 4.20 | 0.70 | 3.20 | 1.33 | 17.30 |
| Average | 37.2 | 31.8 | 46% | 32% | 71% | 4.86 | 4.84 | 1.56 | 3.16 | 1.582 | 15.42 |
It's fair to say that Knight stacks up with this group and all four guards detailed above are on the path to stardom or are already there. Not quite as good a distributor as Wall or Rondo but probably the best shooter amongst them which could make his transition to the pros easier.
I can live with drafting Knight definitely, if we do, the front office needs to be real and rebuild. He needs court time and the opportunities which were afforded to the others.
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Good job
Kinda puts it into prospective that Knight could be special.
I think Wall’s assist numbers are better because he was passing to DeMarcus Cousins, Patrick Patterson, Daniel Orton, and Eric Bledsoe…all first round draft picks last year.
I could live with Knight or Kanter…
"Nobody scares us," Dion Gales said. "Where I’m from, it ain’t how big or small a man is, it’s the size of the fight in them.
"I’ll be doggone if I let another man beat me, that’s just my attitude. I’m not scared of another man."
by Matt_Grbac on May 21, 2011 9:31 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
Hey now
He was good for, what, 2 or 3 points a game? Lol
"Nobody scares us," Dion Gales said. "Where I’m from, it ain’t how big or small a man is, it’s the size of the fight in them.
"I’ll be doggone if I let another man beat me, that’s just my attitude. I’m not scared of another man."
by Matt_Grbac on May 24, 2011 7:29 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
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