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AbeVigodaLive wrote:

TeamRicky wrote:No way do I do that. Rubio is much better than D'Angelo. If you look at RPM, Ricky is ranked 27th best player and Russell is 395th. I know Russell is a rookie, but I don't think Russell will ever be as good as Ricky or LaVine as an all around player. I bet Lakers fans sure wish they drafted Porzingis.

Careful which stats you use...

RPM has Andrew Wiggins ranked #408 with only 16 NBA players behind him.

So if we used the same logic, the Wolves should trade him for Marvin Williams... after all, he's ranked #44.



[Note: The Wolves have 3 players in the bottom 17. Wiggins. Muhammad. Jones.]

I never like using one stat to evaluate a player and RPM is no different. However, we're once again one of the lower tier teams in the league and on pace to win less than 30 games, so it should be no surprise we see a number of Wolves near the bottom of this stat. Wiggins has played more minutes than anyone else on the roster and contributes greatly to our inefficiency since his points to shots ratio is quite poor, so I get why he's ranked slightly negative offensively. Why on earth he's ranked so low defensively is a mystery to me. While I don't think he's a very good all-around defensive player, he's certainly not bad either.

I am going to leave this here.

http://www.lakersnation.com/karl-anthony-towns-predicts-dangelo-russell-will-be-an-all-star/2016/02/12/

39 points last night.

http://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2016/3/1/11144848/la-lakers-score-brooklyn-nets-dangelo-russell-career-night

bleedspeed177 wrote:39 points last night.

http://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2016/3/1/11144848/la-lakers-score-brooklyn-nets-dangelo-russell-career-night

Yeah he's been coming into his own. I waited on commenting on this kid because I really liked him coming out and knew it wasn't going to be easy for him playing with Kobe. He has a lot of great tools, hope he keeps improving.

Jabari Parker:

2/29 vs HOU: 36 pts (16-25 FG, 1-1 3P, 3-3 FT), 4 reb, 5 ast in 40 mins.

Last 10 games: 17.2 PPG (51.4 FG%), 6.5 RPG, 2.5 APG in 37.3 MPG

Looks like he's starting to get over that post-injury/rookie hump. I was in favor of him over Wiggins two years ago. Would be nice to see Bari close the gap.

Camden wrote:Jabari Parker:

2/29 vs HOU: 36 pts (16-25 FG, 1-1 3P, 3-3 FT), 4 reb, 5 ast in 40 mins.

Last 10 games: 17.2 PPG (51.4 FG%), 6.5 RPG, 2.5 APG in 37.3 MPG

Looks like he's starting to get over that post-injury/rookie hump. I was in favor of him over Wiggins two years ago. Would be nice to see Bari close the gap.

As a Wolves fan, I'd rather see Wiggins separate himself from Parker than tout my own prognostications on a random message board.


[Note: As for Parker, that uptick seems to trend with Giannis handling the ball more. I think the biggest problem with Parker was finding where he fit. I assume he's playing more at the 4 now?]

Camden0916 wrote:Jabari Parker:

2/29 vs HOU: 36 pts (16-25 FG, 1-1 3P, 3-3 FT), 4 reb, 5 ast in 40 mins.

Last 10 games: 17.2 PPG (51.4 FG%), 6.5 RPG, 2.5 APG in 37.3 MPG

Looks like he's starting to get over that post-injury/rookie hump. I was in favor of him over Wiggins two years ago. Would be nice to see Bari close the gap.

The other night when I was playing ball I was talking NBA with one of the guys and he asked me how good Parker was. I said I really don't know. He was having a decent rookie season and then got hurt and I have a hard time really saying how good he is based on his first chunk of games back from a major injury. There have been a number of young teams the past 10 years that have had problems building because players kept having problems staying healthy. The Wolves Portland and GS were all teams that struggled with that with multiple young talented players struggling to stay on the floor and therefore not knowing what to do to go forward. So really I think the Jury is out on Parker and I mean that more in a positive way than a negative one.

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

Camden wrote:Jabari Parker:

2/29 vs HOU: 36 pts (16-25 FG, 1-1 3P, 3-3 FT), 4 reb, 5 ast in 40 mins.

Last 10 games: 17.2 PPG (51.4 FG%), 6.5 RPG, 2.5 APG in 37.3 MPG

Looks like he's starting to get over that post-injury/rookie hump. I was in favor of him over Wiggins two years ago. Would be nice to see Bari close the gap.

As a Wolves fan, I'd rather see Wiggins separate himself from Parker than tout my own prognostications on a random message board.


[Note: As for Parker, that uptick seems to trend with Giannis handling the ball more. I think the biggest problem with Parker was finding where he fit. I assume he's playing more at the 4 now?]

...It wasn't really about touting myself and more so about seeing a good young player come back from an ACL injury he suffered in his rookie year. Parker and Wiggins were set up to have a fun ROY race until Parker went down. Personally, I'd like to see them both succeed.

Camden wrote:

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

Camden wrote:Jabari Parker:

2/29 vs HOU: 36 pts (16-25 FG, 1-1 3P, 3-3 FT), 4 reb, 5 ast in 40 mins.

Last 10 games: 17.2 PPG (51.4 FG%), 6.5 RPG, 2.5 APG in 37.3 MPG

Looks like he's starting to get over that post-injury/rookie hump. I was in favor of him over Wiggins two years ago. Would be nice to see Bari close the gap.

As a Wolves fan, I'd rather see Wiggins separate himself from Parker than tout my own prognostications on a random message board.


[Note: As for Parker, that uptick seems to trend with Giannis handling the ball more. I think the biggest problem with Parker was finding where he fit. I assume he's playing more at the 4 now?]

...It wasn't really about touting myself and more so about seeing a good young player come back from an ACL injury he suffered in his rookie year. Parker and Wiggins were set up to have a fun ROY race until Parker went down. Personally, I'd like to see them both succeed.

Gotcha. Fair enough.

Last year really would have been an interesting ROY race had Parker stayed healthy. It was already a bit of a hot-button issue around these parts. Efficiency on a decent team vs. Volume on a crappy one.

He looks healthy, and good. Has that burst back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnYKO1sf9EE