Out of all the rookies this year...

[BenDavis503x]

You gotta admit. Our guy is doing pretty darn good compared to the draft picks before him!!

1. Derrick Rose - Wont be starting. Reports of struggling.
2. Micheal Beasley - Wont be starting. Reports of TERRIBLE defense. Haslam to start over him. Sad.
3. O.J. Mayo - Ok, he is killing it!!! I am kinda surprised he is doing so well.
4. Russel Westbrook - Honestly, I haven't really heard anything good or bad about him.
5. Kevin Love - I hear he is doing OK.
6. Danillo Gallinari - Reports say he will start the season in the D-League.
7. Eric Gordon - He is doing OK.. streaky shooter though. Not starting.
8. Joe Alexander - Have not heard one word about him. That can't be good.
9. DJ Augustine - Have not heard a word about him either. But I don't think he is starting.
10. Brook Lopez - Not starting

Then we got our boy!!! He will be in the rotation, he will get minutes this year. He will not start in the D-League. he PROBABLY could start if we needed him to. He seems to be playing just as well as any of the above players (except Mayo). I am happy we got him

 

[drexlersdad]

yeah batum is doing pretty well

 

[MARIS61]

Uh, Oden was picked before those clowns.

A whole year before.

 

[andalusian]

I will be shocked if Rose is not starting. I saw last night's Bulls/Jazz game and Rose went toe to toe with Deron Williams with no problems.

Rose is the real thing.

 

[anonymous gambler]

I have to admit that I am a little disappointed in Bayless- after a good Vegas league performance- he hasn't looked too sharp in the exhibition season. don't get me wrong- he's still a bargain considering where we picked him, but I was expecting him to eventually win the starting position this year and it looks like he's our third string point guard.

 

[Nikolokolus]

You gotta admit. Our guy is doing pretty darn good compared to the draft picks before him!!

1. Derrick Rose - Wont be starting. Reports of struggling.
2. Micheal Beasley - Wont be starting. Reports of TERRIBLE defense. Haslam to start over him. Sad.
3. O.J. Mayo - Ok, he is killing it!!! I am kinda surprised he is doing so well.
4. Russel Westbrook - Honestly, I haven't really heard anything good or bad about him.
5. Kevin Love - I hear he is doing OK.
6. Danillo Gallinari - Reports say he will start the season in the D-League.
7. Eric Gordon - He is doing OK.. streaky shooter though. Not starting.
8. Joe Alexander - Have not heard one word about him. That can't be good.
9. DJ Augustine - Have not heard a word about him either. But I don't think he is starting.
10. Brook Lopez - Not starting

Then we got our boy!!! He will be in the rotation, he will get minutes this year. He will not start in the D-League. he PROBABLY could start if we needed him to. He seems to be playing just as well as any of the above players (except Mayo). I am happy we got him

I'm a little bit confused, which "our guy" or "him" are you talking about?

Batum, Fernandez, Oden or Bayless?

 

[Minstrel]

I'm a little bit confused, which "our guy" or "him" are you talking about?

Batum, Fernandez, Oden or Bayless?

I'm pretty sure he means Bayless. Oden and Fernandez weren't in this draft, and he went exactly 10 deep before saying "And then we got our boy!"

 

[Nikolokolus]

I'm pretty sure he means Bayless. Oden and Fernandez weren't in this draft, and he went exactly 10 deep before saying "And then we got our boy!"

Ah, you're right ... I'd kind of already forgotten about draft order.

 

[MrJayremmie]

I have to admit that I am a little disappointed in Bayless- after a good Vegas league performance- he hasn't looked too sharp in the exhibition season. don't get me wrong- he's still a bargain considering where we picked him, but I was expecting him to eventually win the starting position this year and it looks like he's our third string point guard.

Give him time. He just turned 20 years old, and is def. not a pure PG. As a PG, Sergio and Blake are both better than him which is why he is the 3rd string. He is doing fine in pre-season (better than a lot of the 1st round picks)...

10.3ppg | 3apg | 3rpg | 26.5mpg

He has looked good alongside Roy also.... (10ppg | 5apg | 5rpg | 26.5mpg in the games Roy played w/ him).

Its pretty tough to expect more than 10, 3 and 3 from Bayless's rookie year, imo. He is only going to get better w/ his work ethic as he understands what he has to do to get on the floor (defense and PG skills).

Compare his stats to...

Westbrook (#4 pick) - 11ppg | 2.4apg | 3rpg | 24.6mpg
Augustin (#9 pick) - 7ppg | 3.5apg | 2rpg | 20mpg

...and it's not very dissappointing, imo. I think we are just holding him to higher standards.

Personally, I think Rudy has looked great in the 2 games he has played, and he is gettin' 10.5ppg | 6apg | 3rpg | 28mpg w/ more TOs than JB. Just give the kid time.

I put this info out there because I was doin' this research the past couple days of similar type players to Jerryd picked ahead of him; and how they are doing in Pre-Season. Just thought it was interesting and wanted to share.

 

[MAS RipCity]

I must be the only one who is impressed with Bayless. The 2 games I saw, in person, his jumper was cash and he got to the rim at will. What, you didn't except any turnovers? C'mon! Bayless will go down as a top 5 player from this class.

 

[drexlersdad]

If Bayless is our third string pg, we have an awesome problem. the best problem ever.

 

[Minstrel]

I haven't been that impressed by Bayless' play in pre-season but...who cares? He's extremely young, only played one year of college ball and has a ton of talent. As far as I'm concerned, we have really no more data on him than when Portland drafted him. A few pre-season games in his rookie year don't really tell us anything substantial about what sort of career he'll have.

 

[THE HCP]

Watched the Bulls game last night and Rose looked very nice. He's got game and will start!

 

[MrJayremmie]

Rose is special.

 

[crowTrobot]

You gotta admit. Our guy is doing pretty darn good compared to the draft picks before him!!

1. Derrick Rose - Wont be starting. Reports of struggling.
2. Micheal Beasley - Wont be starting. Reports of TERRIBLE defense. Haslam to start over him. Sad.
3. O.J. Mayo - Ok, he is killing it!!! I am kinda surprised he is doing so well.
4. Russel Westbrook - Honestly, I haven't really heard anything good or bad about him.
5. Kevin Love - I hear he is doing OK.
6. Danillo Gallinari - Reports say he will start the season in the D-League.
7. Eric Gordon - He is doing OK.. streaky shooter though. Not starting.
8. Joe Alexander - Have not heard one word about him. That can't be good.
9. DJ Augustine - Have not heard a word about him either. But I don't think he is starting.
10. Brook Lopez - Not starting

Then we got our boy!!! He will be in the rotation, he will get minutes this year. He will not start in the D-League. he PROBABLY could start if we needed him to. He seems to be playing just as well as any of the above players (except Mayo). I am happy we got him

rose may not earn the starting spot right away but is looking a lot better than bayless.
beasely was just reprimanded for lack of effort on D, not skill. still a future star IMO.
gallinari hasn't played a minute due to back troubles.
gordon has played exactly one game - and scored 33. could easily win starting 2.
alexander started slow, but then had consecutive very good games. looks very skilled.
b.lopez has been great and is likely to be starting sooner than later.
augustine wouldn't be expected to start unless they trade felton.
..and then there's rush, who has looked like one of indian's best players so far.



it could easily change, but so far at least "our guy" has been one of the bottom
3 or 4 least impressive lottery picks.

 

[BenDavis503x]

Oh, well thats good to hear Rose is the real deal!!! I like him a lot. I just have only heard bad news about him.

I still think Bayless is a top 5 player in the draft.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Oh, well thats good to hear Rose is the real deal!!! I like him a lot. I just have only heard bad news about him.

I still think Bayless is a top 5 player in the draft.

It's no big deal, I was just thinking of rookies as a whole; the draft and draft order are so far out of my mind right now ... and I'm looking forward to not getting excited about the draft lottery for a good long while (hopefully).

 

[Pinwheel1]

I am not sure why some are surprised about Bayless. He has only been a part time PG in summer league and in college. No way was he going to start his first year in the NBA. PG is the toughest position to learn. Personally he has looked better than I expected from what little I have seen. I think he just needs to slow down. He seems to be going full speed every play. Sergio and Steve have way more experience at this point. It shows.

 

[THE HCP]

It's no big deal, I was just thinking of rookies as a whole; the draft and draft order are so far out of my mind right now ... and I'm looking forward to not getting excited about the draft lottery for a good long while (hopefully).

Hell Yeah! No more draft lottery parties!

 

[MAS RipCity]

With Marty out and having one of our great bench players move up to the starting lineup, I really hope Nate lets Bayless loose on the white unit to score and attack the hoop.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

None of those players may be starting when the season kicks off, but I fully expect almost all of them to get heavy minutes once their coaches figure out how to use them and the players learn a bit more.

 

[Entity]

I'm surprised OJ Mayo's not getting as much attention as the other top candidates. I really think he'll be one of the best picks by the end of the season.

 

[BalancedMan]

Lets not forget that until the day of the draft, 90% of mocks had Bayless going top-4. He's a very good player.

I remember watching the draft. When Seattle/OKC drafted Westbrook I looked at the draft order and thought we would try to move up (ahead of Sacramento) to grab Bayless. When Indiana took him, I had a gut feeling that we got our guy. And it turned out to be right (I didn't buy us drafting Brandon Rush for one second).

But it's still too early to call any of the players busts or sure things. It's a pretty easy statement to say that Bayless will end up top-5 in his draft though. That seems pretty likely so far. We're so loaded.

 

[anonymous gambler]

Give him time. He just turned 20 years old, and is def. not a pure PG. As a PG, Sergio and Blake are both better than him which is why he is the 3rd string. He is doing fine in pre-season (better than a lot of the 1st round picks)...

10.3ppg | 3apg | 3rpg | 26.5mpg

He has looked good alongside Roy also.... (10ppg | 5apg | 5rpg | 26.5mpg in the games Roy played w/ him).

Its pretty tough to expect more than 10, 3 and 3 from Bayless's rookie year, imo. He is only going to get better w/ his work ethic as he understands what he has to do to get on the floor (defense and PG skills).

Compare his stats to...

Westbrook (#4 pick) - 11ppg | 2.4apg | 3rpg | 24.6mpg
Augustin (#9 pick) - 7ppg | 3.5apg | 2rpg | 20mpg

...and it's not very dissappointing, imo. I think we are just holding him to higher standards.

Personally, I think Rudy has looked great in the 2 games he has played, and he is gettin' 10.5ppg | 6apg | 3rpg | 28mpg w/ more TOs than JB. Just give the kid time.

I put this info out there because I was doin' this research the past couple days of similar type players to Jerryd picked ahead of him; and how they are doing in Pre-Season. Just thought it was interesting and wanted to share.

Thanks- that makes me feel a little better- to see him in comparison to Westbrook and Augustin. I guess I was hoping for another ROY candidacy out of Bayless. But, point is supposed to be the hardest position to learn.

 

[Natebishop3]

... and everyone thought Randy Foye was going to be hot shit in his rookie year, but how did that turn out?

 

[crowTrobot]

Lets not forget that until the day of the draft, 90% of mocks had Bayless going top-4.

not quite lol. a few had him top 4 through may, but after workouts and leading up to the draft most mocks had dropped him to the 6-9 range.

 

[THE HCP]

I just watched Augustin play last night and he showed NO game.

 

[MARIS61]

Bayless will be a regular starter in the NBA only when and if an NBA team is willing to start him at his only realistic position, which is SG.

He will never be a starting PG for a full season in this league, nor do I think he would want to be.

 

[THE HCP]

He will be a Monta Ellis without the moped!

 

[MrJayremmie]

He isn't a pure PG, and i don't think he will ever be. But i think he is very likely what this team needs next to Roy for sure (and Rudy actually), and i've thought this for a while. a Roy/Rudy/Bayless backcourt rotation would be the best in the NBA in a couple years without a doubt, imo.

A Bayless/Roy Bayless/Rudy backcourt would be amazing with Roy and Rudy being playmakers anyway, and they WILL have the ball in their hands (roy being the first priority). I think that Bayless is the best compliment to them because he does bring D, shooting, dribbling, etc..

He will have growing pains. I hope ppl don't give up on him and want him traded for this...