JJ Hickson to SAC? I like this guy and wish

[huevonkiller]

That quote is beyond idiotic. He was drafted onto a contending team as a 19 year old rookie. He still got 10 mpg his first year, upped it to 20 mpg his second year, and even last season he only averaged 28 mpg overall but if you look more closely he earned a starting job and 30+ mpg to go along with his 15+/10+ statline by the last few months of the season. Apparently this writer expected him to come in as a 19th overall pick, 19 year old on a Eastern Conference Finals team and start dropping 20/10 on bitches.

Maybe he develops into the player you stated (that changes things), but Run you need to look at efficiency more. He had a nice April, 8 games. You can't look at the rest of his season and say he was useful at all. Not trying to single you out either.

Allen Iverson has better shot selection, at least his jumper isn't pitiful. Hickson is a bad offensive player when he uses the most possessions. And no one on that team defends.


http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hicksjj01.html

 

[Run BJM]

Yeah I don't think hes a world beater by any means but he still did well for a 22 y/o big man. He could be a solid starter at some point. Definitely needs to improve his defense and on a good team he'd take fewer shots and probably shoot and play much more efficiently. None the less, big men are hard to come by and he looks like a pretty decent one. Hes 22 now. If things go well just imagine him in 6 years when he hits his prime.

 

[PapaG]

I would have gladly taken hickson for batum and a future first rounder. We'd have a solid lineup

...but would you sign Hickson off of waivers less than a year later?

 

[jlprk]

Here's some stuff from an Ohio sports writer at Ohio.com:
"But it was also about consistency, the hallmark of NBA professionalism. The quintessential Hickson might have come in last season’s stunning opening victory over the Boston Celtics. Hickson poured in 10 first-quarter points, went scoreless in the second quarter and finished with 21.

At the time, it seemed like a promising effort from Hickson. By the end of the season, nights like those had to be maddening. It practically became his M.O. — go crazy in the first quarter, finish with laudable halftime totals, then fade into oblivion. When he played well in the fourth quarter, it seemed like a bonus.

Short of a heart transplant, Scott might have run out of ways to motivate Hickson. The fact that Scott had to do that on more than one occasion defies logic. A coach has to try to make a professional player try? How laughable does that sound?

2 teams have mysteriously given up on him. I'm guessing that the reason is that teammates can't communicate with the unsmiling hard guy, and coaches can't get through his tough outer crust to teach him anything.