Anthony Bennett has yet to score a basket

[Shooter]

Yikes. The guy has got to be feeling the pressure. Is this the first time a #1 pick has gone scoreless in his first three games?

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/no-1-pick-nba-draft-191302291.html

 

[Yoda_of_the_MODA]

Yikes. The guy has got to be feeling the pressure. Is this the first time a #1 pick has gone scoreless in his first three games?

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/no-1-pick-nba-draft-191302291.html

Greg Oden and Blake Griffin both went scoreless their entire first year under contract.

 

[Shooter]

Greg Oden and Blake Griffin both went scoreless their entire first year under contract.

Good point. Of course they were on the bench and Bennett isn't (although maybe he should be)

 

[Yoda_of_the_MODA]

Good point. Of course they were on the bench and Bennett isn't (although maybe he should be)

Just having some fun. Bennett was a head-scratching #1 pick in the first place. Oden and Griffin were both solid picks, based on talent.

 

[Rhal]

Just having some fun. Bennett was a head-scratching #1 pick in the first place. Oden and Griffin were both solid picks, based on talent.

Cleveland has made head scratching picks with 3 of their last 4 high lotto picks (Waiters 4, Thompson, 4, Bennett 1).

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

He's 0-2 tonight.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Don't think they looked into him too much if they really were surprised about his asthma. The local guys talked about it all last year. I went to a few games and didn't think he was that great.

 

[jlprk]

Is this the first time a #1 pick has gone scoreless in his first three games?

This shows no other Very 1st Pick having done it.

http://bkref.com/tiny/TK4hE

Look only at the players with a Count of 3. "Count" is the number of games, out of the 1st 3 career games, in which a player had 0 FGs.

 

[jlprk]

Your Yahoo Finance (??) article says that Bennett went FG-less, not scoreless, since he made 2 FTs.

 

[Shooter]

Your Yahoo Finance (??) article says that Bennett went FG-less, not scoreless, since he made 2 FTs.

You're right. I meant to say he hasn't scored a field goal yet.

 

[Yoda_of_the_MODA]

You're right. I meant to say he hasn't scored a field goal yet.

I assumed that's what you meant, since it was very easy to check his stats and see that he made a FT in his first game.

 

[santeesioux]

I haven't watched the guy play, but i saw people saying he looked like rookie Trob, pretty rough for a number one draft pick.

 

[jlprk]

He's from UNLV, the Syracuse of the West.

 

[jlprk]

Anthony Bennett made his money, so he's cruising.

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[Fez Hammersticks]

He hangs out by the three-point line a lot!

Why are the Cavs trying to turn him into Draymond Greene?

 

[jlprk]

The Cavs had rookie Hickson doing the same, making him into a shooter.

 

[speeds]

AB's nine or ten kilos overweight and has come back from shoulder surgery looking pretty rusty aside from one game in Orlando. Might take him the better part of the season to get going especially since he's not playing much right now behind TT.

 

[dviss1]

AB's nine or ten kilos overweight and has come back from shoulder surgery looking pretty rusty aside from one game in Orlando. Might take him the better part of the season to get going especially since he's not playing much right now behind TT.

Kilos? Wat?

 

[BigGameDamian]

He should have been pick 3 or 4 in a weak draft.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Kilos? Wat?

2.2lbs

 

[FromWayDownTownBang]

Kilo=Kilometer, right?

 

[speeds]

Kilos? Wat?

Sorry, 1.4-1.6 stone.

 

[FromWayDownTownBang]

Bennett is simply a horrible number 1 pick.

 

[Natebishop3]

Bennett is simply a horrible number 1 pick.

So are you rookie.

 

[jlprk]

Sorry, 1.4-1.6 stone.

Pebble or boulder?

 

[maxiep]

Perhaps he's focusing on his defense.

 

[MARIS61]

Sly dude already in the record book.

 

[HailBlazers]

He should have been pick 3 or 4 in a weak draft.

Never seen the guy play college or otherwise. Can somebody help me understand what he was sought after for?

 

[santeesioux]

Obviously nbadraft.net isn't the best draft site, but they compared him to Jason Maxiell, not good for a top ten pick, let alone the number one pick.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I really don't understand what Cleveland was thinking when they spent their first pick on this guy. I'm guessing he'll score some points eventually, but I don't think anybody had him rated in the top five of a piss-poor draft class.