I like me some Armon Johnson.

[alex42083]

http://blogs.thescore.com/tbj/2010/10/27/ep-595-lukewarm-debut/

these guys loved johnson too

Pretty amazing that casual observers of the team also picked out Armon as being an impressive player, and being 'fun to watch'. Good stuff.

 

[zeded]

I don't recall any of Armon's makes that didn't hit the rim, but that arc and soft touch got it through.

I'm not saying Armon's the glove, but Gary Payton came out of Oregon State very raw on his shot, but he killed himself in the offseason and became a solid shooter. Armon's upside is looking great if he keeps working hard. The tools look like they are all there, it's just a matter or putting in the work.

 

[andalusian]

Armon is the new CP3. Leading the NBA in PER for point-guards.



BTW - When Rudy Fernandez is ahead of LeBron James you just now it's going to be a PERfect season.

 

[Natebishop3]

I really liked what I saw from Johnson, but Miller had 9 assists so I don't think it's time to start bagging on him yet. He had 10 points on 4-8 shooting, 9 assists, and 2 boards. I thought that was exactly the kind of game that Kingspeed and Bgrantfan wanted. Low shot attempts, high assists, and not dominating the ball.

I think Johnson is a great change of pace though with the second unit.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I really liked what I saw from Johnson, but Miller had 9 assists so I don't think it's time to start bagging on him yet. He had 10 points on 4-8 shooting, 9 assists, and 2 boards. I thought that was exactly the kind of game that Kingspeed and Bgrantfan wanted. Low shot attempts, high assists, and not dominating the ball.

I think Johnson is a great change of pace though with the second unit.

Precisely.

I imagine he gave Nate exactly the kind of play he was hoping first Jack, then Sergio, then Jerryd tried but couldn't quite muster -- coming off the bench in a sparkplug role to defend, set teammates up and generally put the opposition's reserves on their heels a little bit.

The real trick of course is making adjustments when defenses finally start accounting for him and scouting him. Everyone of those guys I mentioned above put one or two brilliant games together, the real issue was that their floor was never consistently high enough.

 

[andalusian]

The real trick of course is making adjustments when defenses finally start accounting for him and scouting him. Everyone of those guys I mentioned above put one or two brilliant games together, the real issue was that their floor was never consistently high enough.

That's the trick for every rookie that sees any kind of success. The nice thing about AJ, it seems, that his PG defense is already one of the strongest on the roster, so even if he struggles a bit offensively, he is not a liability on defense as Sergio and to a lesser degree Jack and JB were.

 

[Nikolokolus]

That's the trick for every rookie that sees any kind of success. The nice thing about AJ, it seems, that his PG defense is already one of the strongest on the roster, so even if he struggles a bit offensively, he is not a liability on defense as Sergio and to a lesser degree Jack and JB were.

I agree, that's a helluva nice fallback when your offense isn't going.

Even though I grew to despise Sergio's game (aided by Maris shamelessly and incessantly pimping him) I did always think that if Sergio had displayed enough defense or the ability to finish (a two tool player) then he would have been fine as this team's point guard moving forward. Now hopefully after years of throwing mud at the wall to see what will stick, maybe they've found the long term answer or at least part of the answer.