If Donte reaches his prime could he be close to form of Rashard Lewis in his prime?

BDIZZNOT

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If Donte reaches his potential could he be a Rashard Lewis in his prime?

Ever since his days at syracuse and his Kings games i've always associated Donte's potential to Rashard Lewis. They are both gifted athletes and have a very tall and lengthy frame. Also they are natural oversized 3
s where every now and then they can play the hybrid 4 spot. If Donte can consistently hit his outside shot I honestly believe he can be a rashard lewis in his prime.
 
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he is going to be better than lewis... he is going to be better defensively

id say a poor man's durant.... cause donte can take it inside shoot the long ball and has quickness for his size
 
Also in the camp that thinks he can be better than Rashard.

I think he's just a little bit more atheletic.....and I also think he will be a better passer in his prime
 
Aenadin said:
he is going to be better than lewis... he is going to be better defensively

id say a poor man's durant.... cause donte can take it inside shoot the long ball and has quickness for his size
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Yea my friend actually came up with the same comparison. Its crazy when you think of how Donte could potentially be one of the hardest players to match up with defensively
 
Dante can be special. I love his play making ability. If he can improve even more he can be that guy people want next to Tyreke. I'd prefer having Omri at 2 and Dante at 3.

Like Omri his only big weakness that i see is his ball handling.
 
Aenadin said:
he is going to be better than lewis... he is going to be better defensively

id say a poor man's durant.... cause donte can take it inside shoot the long ball and has quickness for his size
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I see him as a better defender than Durant. Obviously he is not going to be as great an offensive player (Durant is already elite), but he can still be great offensively as well as defensively.
 
He's probably going to be a lot better defensively and off the bounce than Rashard ever was. On the ohter hand I doubt he is as solid in the post or prolific from outside -- which is largely a good thing. Rashard is a wuss and one of the most overpaid players in the game. That's also why, Jerry Reynolds' smallball loving descent into senility aside, I hope we keep Donte outside at the 3, or even the 2 -- this guy has been showing he can hang with 2s at 6'11". And his advantages offensively when on the perimeter could quickly become overwhelming. He's already shown more than just a willingness, but pretty much an eagerness to take guards down into the post. As he gets more efficient at that I could imagine, in the best case scenario that the thread title implies, an almost unprecedented PG/SG combo with Reke and Donte, or a less unprecedented but still nasty PG/SF combo with Reke and Donte punishing any scrawny little weakling that an opposing team might be trying to sneak into its lineup at the 1/2/3.
 
he's already got the shot blocking down for him his shooting is coming along and his drive is pretty good also he has displayed good passing skills pretty much all around

i dont even understand why he fell so far down in the draft, right now he's being treated like a rook being called for silly fouls but when the time comes he's going to be a lock down defender if he keeps it up... that block on kobe was awesome too... i like his passion

i noticed eversince he stopped doing the donte greene show he's been improving... finally work on it boy!
 
I think its more him reaching is max potential. If he does, he will be better than Lewis. Greene is quicker and more athletic. A better defender already.
 
I hope all of you are right about Donte's potential. Since he has been playing a lot more he does improve. My concern has been about his very low basketball maturity ( which has improved lately ). In Nov and early Dec I was ready to sign hit ticket for the D league. I think he still gets yanked because of making those kinds of mistakes, and is the explanation, often, why he doesn't get the minutes our posters think he deserves. I'm beginning to think you guys are right.
 
pshn80 said:
I hope all of you are right about Donte's potential. Since he has been playing a lot more he does improve. My concern has been about his very low basketball maturity ( which has improved lately ). In Nov and early Dec I was ready to sign hit ticket for the D league. I think he still gets yanked because of making those kinds of mistakes, and is the explanation, often, why he doesn't get the minutes our posters think he deserves. I'm beginning to think you guys are right.
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He's young and he likes to have fun. He will get it. Westphal and his staff are doing a PHENOMENAL job with him. I mean seriously, he's only 20 years old! Cut him some slack, at 20 I was as immature as they come.
 
I do not think donte will reach rashards caliber.... Ever, they are completly different styles of form. I think greene in his prime will average 15 and 7 rebounds at best. With Omri here donte will not even come close to those averages.
 
but he will be a force in the defensive end compared to lewis... numbers wont matter its the effect he will have on the team and the game

it will be interesting on who will start in the future greene or casspi
 
Aenadin said:
but he will be a force in the defensive end compared to lewis... numbers wont matter its the effect he will have on the team and the game

it will be interesting on who will start in the future greene or casspi
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There's already a thread going about that very topic.

:)
 
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Dante upside is much higher then Omri's... he has superior length, athleticism, vision, post game, and handles.

Omri has a superior outside shot and rebounding... the latter being correctable by Dante.
Dante will be the better player of the two by far...
 
maybe a gerald wallace type or a trevor ariza.... the only thing he has in common with lewis is the height. it would be awesome if he could play like lamar odom.... but he isnt that good of a rebounder.
 
Donte's potential at the moment is far above Rashard just due to his defense. His mentality has completely changed this year. You can see that he gets more excited and pumped up after making a defensive play than he does after making an offensive play.

Last year Donte sat at the 3pt line and missed shot after shot. He always said when interviewed that he saw himself in the mold of Rashard but with more of a 'to-the-bucket' mentality. The problem is that we never saw that on the court.

This season, he's taking defense first, then offense. And to be honest some of his takes to the basket are things that no other player in the Kings uniform can accomplish due to his length and athleticism.

I'm completely in agreement that in order to reach his potential he needs to become consistent with his outside shot. But that doesn't necessarily mean it has to be a 3pt shot. I know out of college he was a 3pt gunner, but he can easily reach his potential if he plays with-in the 3pt line and spends more time in the post and at the rim.

One other thing:

Look at his statline in Today's game against the Suns:

2 points
5 rebounds
4 assists
2 steals
2 blocks
1 turn-over
Oh, and that's just in 17 minutes of play.

I'm going to be honest here. I don't need him to be a 20 PPG scorer. If he can consistently bring lock-down defense, aggression towards the rim, some passing and rebounding, he will be a major asset.

What is difficult is that he's a completely new player this season. Had he played like this last season, I'd say that his potential is just as high as Tyreke's.

I think that Tyreke will be the better player because he seems to be the far steadier player, and I have doubts that Donte will ever reach his full potential, but if he can show the same growth he's shown us this season and build on that for the next couple of years the Kings are in very, very good shape.
 
Uncia03 said:
Donte's potential at the moment is far above Rashard just due to his defense. His mentality has completely changed this year. You can see that he gets more excited and pumped up after making a defensive play than he does after making an offensive play.

Last year Donte sat at the 3pt line and missed shot after shot. He always said when interviewed that he saw himself in the mold of Rashard but with more of a 'to-the-bucket' mentality. The problem is that we never saw that on the court.

This season, he's taking defense first, then offense. And to be honest some of his takes to the basket are things that no other player in the Kings uniform can accomplish due to his length and athleticism.

I'm completely in agreement that in order to reach his potential he needs to become consistent with his outside shot. But that doesn't necessarily mean it has to be a 3pt shot. I know out of college he was a 3pt gunner, but he can easily reach his potential if he plays with-in the 3pt line and spends more time in the post and at the rim.

One other thing:

Look at his statline in Today's game against the Suns:

2 points
5 rebounds
4 assists
2 steals
2 blocks
1 turn-over
Oh, and that's just in 17 minutes of play.

I'm going to be honest here. I don't need him to be a 20 PPG scorer. If he can consistently bring lock-down defense, aggression towards the rim, some passing and rebounding, he will be a major asset.

What is difficult is that he's a completely new player this season. Had he played like this last season, I'd say that his potential is just as high as Tyreke's.

I think that Tyreke will be the better player because he seems to be the far steadier player, and I have doubts that Donte will ever reach his full potential, but if he can show the same growth he's shown us this season and build on that for the next couple of years the Kings are in very, very good shape.
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i agree with everything that you said in this post.... but the bolded part takes the cake, it made me think of something that i hadnt thought about with donte. darius miles.... he never reached his full potential but if he did he wouldve been a great player. donte is the same way, he could be better than miles was supposed to be. if he had played this way last season i wouldve thought that donte had a higher potential than tyreke due to dontes defense.


i was so happy when we got donte, i thought that he could be a bigger version of gerald wallace or ariza with a better offensive game. thats also why i hated the nocioni trade.... we traded salmons but got another sf...

he has the height, speed and strength to check odom in one game, carmelo one game later only to play lebron the next game... tyreke is good but he is average height/size at sg, he is much better than most sg's. but his defense at sg wouldnt be as good as donte's. watching wallace this year is what makes dontes season so great, once he learns the value that rebounding brings to defense he will be a special player. gerald is maxing out his athleticism on the court, if greene could do that he would be a freak of nature on the court.

at 6'11, he could easily average 10 rebounds a game. 15 points, 10 rebounds, a few assists here, a few steals there and you have your very own defensive stopper. kobe, melo, lebron, granger, gay, whoever... locked down. even at pg tyreke isnt gonna shut down paul, deron, rondo, nash...
 
BDIZZNOT said:
Ever since his days at syracuse and his Kings games i've always associated Donte's potential to Rashard Lewis. They are both gifted athletes and have a very tall and lengthy frame. Also they are natural oversized 3
s where every now and then they can play the hybrid 4 spot. If Donte can consistently hit his outside shot I honestly believe he can be a rashard lewis in his prime.
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I think he's will be better at driving the ball and finishing inside than Lewis. I don't think he will be nearly as pure of a shooter. But he can be a much better defender. Potentially a rich man's Lamar Odom, as a super long SF who can clog the lane, block shots and guard those versatile players who give team's fits by driving on their bigs or posting their smalls. In terms of being a shut down defender, there's potential, I'll be intrigued to see how committed he stays to it.
 
I'll be honest. I wasn't that high on Donte coming out of college. I thought he should have stayed in college.. But he didn't, and we ended up with him. I never doubted his potential, but I did doubt his dedication, and he validated everything I feared about him last year. This year, somehow, Westphal has managed to turn on the light in his head. He's working hard and its starting to show.

I think he has a chance to be a very good player in this league. Maybe even a star. But its to early to anoint him just yet. He still has a lot of holes in his game, and thats to be expected from a player his age. Thats the problem with a lot of the players on the team. They're all young and all prone to make mistakes. And thats why we lose more than we win. But back to Greene.

I really don't see any resemblence between Lewis and Greene. Lewis is an outstanding three point shooter. Greene is extremely inconsistant from out there. Lewis hates contact and Greene seems to like mixing it up. Lewis is a fair defender at best, and Greene is showing that he can become a very good defender. Their about equal at handling the ball, which means neither is a great ballhandler. Greene has shown to be a pretty good passer. One might even say a creative passer. Sometimes too creative, but thats OK. I'll give the edge to Lewis in the post, whenever he decides to post up. But Greene seems to be a quick study and really shows promise there. This is an area where he can really be effective. So I hope he continues to work on that part of his game. I would also like Greene to work on his midrange game.

One of the things that makes Casspi so effective on offense is that your never sure where or how he's going to attack. He has more crap in his bag of tricks than you can shake a stick at. If you haven't noticed, Casspi is a very good offensive player. He's also a very good rebounder for a SF. And his defense isn't bad either. Greene may eventually be the better player, but I wouldn't bet my house on it. I'll bet yours, but not mine. Personally, I'll be happy if they end up being equal. I just hope that the two of them push each other to be the best they can be.
 
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