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khans2k5 wrote:

lipoli390 wrote:

Camden wrote:

But Patton can't even get on the court and when he did he didn't even shine at the G-League level.

Ehh, he did shine, just perhaps not as much defensively as some had hoped. However, I understand that until he plays consistently for the NBA team he's not going to get the benefit of the doubt around here because of the perception that he's soft, broken, and one of Thibs' choices -- which automatically puts you in the doghouse on this forum.

Patton in the G-League: 12.7 PPG (.526 TS%), 5.4 RPG, 1.6 APG, 1.0 SPG, 1.3 BPG in 23.1 MPG.

Extrapolating that to 36 minutes: 19.8 PPG (.526 TS%), 8.4 RPG, 2.5 APG, 1.6 SPG, 2.1 BPG.

He's uber-talented and I'd even say Karl-Anthony lite in that he has a similar set of tools and skills that he possesses. He has to get healthy, that's understood, but writing him off after he's really done nothing to deserve that is jumping the gun excessively.

Those are pretty good numbers when you extrapolate to 36 minutes. But even then, I'm not too impressed by 8.4 rebounds by a 7'0 center at the G-League level. Then again, maybe my John Collins bias is clouding my judgment on this. :)

KAT's gonna grab all the rebounds anyways so it's a match made in heaven.