I think comparing Evans with the other draftees of the decade at this point ( 30 games into the season ), no one can deny Tyreke Evans the ranking as high as TOP THREE.
First, as pointed out only Lebron James rookie stat is better than Evans. That tells you that compared to the other rookies of this decade, stat-wise our rooky Evans is already performing better than anyone out there not named Lebron.
Second, impact-wise it is apparent Evans probably is comparable with the best rooky in this decade. The complete turn around of the team from being the worst to a team not that far from being a playoff contending team is a very clear testament. Especially true if you'll consider his clutch plays, and again his stats.
Third, being a rooky and one of only four active players playing with an awesome stat of 20/5/5 tells you Evans is a once in a blue moon kind of player who can just get better as he puts more experience in his belt. Your very own Evans in his rookie year is performing like the seasoned Superstars named Lebron, Kobe, and Wade at this point in time. You Evans deniers and haters better wake-up to reality if you cannot swallow this fact.
Now, to those people who are professing to be Kings fans, and yet who still deny Evans' accomplishments as AWESOME and worth considering on the TOP THREE ROOKIE performance of this decade - I consider as either not too knowledgeable about the NBA, or Evans haters.
We drafted a 19 year-old player who performs better than the rest of the rookies from this decade, and actually performing like the phenomenal player Lebron James in his rookie year ( stat-wise ). Actually, you can argue that Lebron is only better than Evans because of media over-hyping. Stat-wise and impact-wise, they are very similar.
Please do not deny the fans from enjoying Evans by dicounting the above mentioned reasons and by distorting REALITY.
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If he winds up that caliber player he'd be considered to be second only to MJ in many a Kings fan's eye.It almost sounds as if people will be disappointed if he ends up the exact same caliber player as Chris Paul, Danny Granger or Deron Williams? That is not being fair to Tyreke.
okay...
Won 4 Catalan Championships: (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Won the FIBA EuroCup Championship: (2006)
Led the Spanish ACB League in steals: (2007, 2009)
Won the Spanish ACB League Rising Star Award: (2007)
2× FIBA European Young Player of the Year: (2007, 2008)
Won the Spanish King's Cup: (2008)
Won the ULEB Cup Championship: (2008)
All-Spanish ACB League Team: (2008)
Voted the Spanish ACB League's Best Point Guard: (2008)
Mr. Europa European Player of the Year: (2008)
Spanish ACB League Defensive Player of the Year: (2009)
Catalan League MVP: (2009)
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship: Bronze Medal (2005)
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship: Gold Medal (2006)
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship: MVP (2006)
2008 Olympics Basketball Tournament: Silver Medal
2009 FIBA European Championship: Gold Medal
not too shabby for a 19 year old guy that hasnt played a nba game...![]()
Tyreke Evans, he's great, incredible, amazing, etc., and so on, obviously the best active player in the NBA. But we need to get to the bottom of the more important question: is he the best NBA player of all time? And, is it even possible for a better player to ever exist?
Do you know where LA gets its water?![]()
And none of those have the acronym NBA on them, which means all of those awards mean absolutely squat in this conversation. NEXT!
Your top notch wit and analysis notwithstanding, Brandon Jennings put up similar pedestrian numbers in Europe, and is now putting up 20/4/6.
Now I'm not saying Rubio > Tyreke at this point. What I am saying is that your statement (after I paraphrase for myself, editing all the aforementioned wit you seem to possess) means nothing as well b/c stats in Europe are not a perfect correlation to success in the NBA, with exhibit A squarely in your face at this time.
Saying Ricky Rubio and Blake Griffin are better than Evans would require some proof. You have nothing. Nothing. Thats like saying that Shaun Livingston is a perennial all star and Jay Williams is a top 5 point guard, based on the potential they showed in college. Insanity.
Insanity is only seen by others, not by the insane one.![]()
Saying Ricky Rubio and Blake Griffin are better than Evans would require some proof. You have nothing. Nothing. Thats like saying that Shaun Livingston is a perennial all star and Jay Williams is a top 5 point guard, based on the potential they showed in college. Insanity.
Shaun Livingston didn't show any potential in college...he didn't even go!![]()
Look, if he keeps this pace up the rest of the season, he is one of the Top 5 rookies of the last decade. Once upon a time when kids actually used to go to shcool for 4 years rookies came out at 22 and could be firing right from day 1. But since the dawn of the diaper brigade NOBODY puts up these kind of numbers. Basically in the last 10 years Reke and LeBron, and LeBron shot like crap and played bad defense to boot.
Now if the question is where is he going to end up vs. the other players, well there are basically trhree possibilities at this point, assuming no career changing injury
1) 22 5 and 5 guy. Joe Johnson, Brandon Roy. Its virtually impossible he turns out to be anything less than that. He's 20. The second youngest player in the league. And he's already averaging those numbers. If he is the first 20 year old in history to never improve a lick he's this.
2) 25 6 and 6 guy. Pierce or Mcgrady in their primes. One could argue his lack of hops will relegate him to this level, but given that he has every other atheltic ability in spades -- size, speed, strength, incredible reach etc. -- its hardly guaranteed.
3) 28 7 and 7 guy. Wade, LeBron, Kobe.
Take your pick.
And here are the numbers from each person's first year in the league and how they stack up to Tyreke:i knew this was gonna happen.
lebron
wade
yao
pau gasol
chris paul
dwight howard
kevin durant
brandon roy
he who shall remain nameless...
blake griffin
gilbert arenas
joe johnson
amare
boozer
al jefferson
rajon rondo
greg oden(sucks that he's injured)
derrick rose
oj mayo
how many is that? to be honest i wouldve added martin but i decided not to do it. wait i just said his name so yeah... our very own kevin martin.
And here are the numbers from each person's first year in the league and how they stack up to Tyreke:
PTS REB AST ST BLK TO FG%
LBJ 20.9 /5.5/ 5.9/ 1.7/ 0.7/ 3.5 /41.7
Wade 16.9/ 4.1/ 4.5/ 1.4/ 0.6/ 3.2/46.5
Yao 13.5/ 8.2/ 1.7/ 0.4/ 1.8/ 2.1/49.8
Pau 17.6/ 8.9/ 2.7/ 0.5/ 2.1/ 2.7/51.8
CP3 16.1/ 5.1/ 7.8/ 2.2/ 0.1/ 2.4/43.0
DHow 12.0/ 10.0/ 0.9/ 0.9/ 1.7/ 2.0/52.0
KD 20.3/ 4.4/ 2.4/ 1.0/ 0.9/ 2.9/43.0
Roy 16.8/ 4.4/ 4.0/ 1.2/ 0.2/ 2.0/45.6
Ricky Rubio 00000000000000000000000 (These two killed your argument
Blake Griffin 0000000000000000000000 and made you look stupid)
Agt 0 10.9/ 2.8/ 3.7/ 1.5/ 0.2/ 2.1/45.3
JJ 6.3/ 2.9/ 1.5/ 0.7/ 0.2/ 0.6/43.9
Amare13.5/ 8.8/ 1.0/ 0.8/ 1.1/ 2.3/47.2
Booze10.0/ 7.5/ 1.3/ 0.7/ 0.6/ 1.3/53.6
Al Jeff 6.7/ 4.4/ 0.3/ 0.3/ 0.8/ 0.9/52.9
Rondo 6.4/ 3.7/ 3.8/ 1.6/ 0.1/ 1.8/41.6
Oden 8.9/ 7.0/ 0.5/ 0.4/ 1.1/ 1.4/56.4
Rose 16.8/ 3.9/ 6.3/ 0.8/ 0.2/ 2.5/47.5
Mayo 18.5/ 3.8/ 3.2/ 1.1/ 0.2/ 2.8/43.8
So in all honesty, the only players to put up #'s as good or almost as good as Reke is are CP3, LBJ, and Durant with Wade close behind as well as Pau, but not quite on the same level of overall dominance. So what is that, top 3-4 of your list? Pathetic. How do you ignore someone?
Woah...You don't have to be an Evans hater to advocate just a smidge of moderation when it comes to annointing him as a cross between Lebron and Wade just quite yet. This is not Evans-hate. It is possible to be really excited... to even proclaim him the gem of the draft and the cornerstone for the Kings future - without going quite that far (until he has a season under his belt).
It almost sounds as if people will be disappointed if he ends up the exact same caliber player as Chris Paul, Danny Granger or Deron Williams? That is not being fair to Tyreke.
I think comparing Evans with the other draftees of the decade
at this point ( 30 games into the season ), no one can deny Tyreke Evans the ranking as high as TOP THREE.
First, as pointed out only Lebron James rookie stat is better than Evans'. That tells you that compared to the other rookies of this decade, stat-wise our rooky Evans is already performing better than anyone out there not named Lebron.
Second, impact-wise it is apparent Evans probably is comparable with the best rooky in this decade. The complete turn around of the team from being the worst to a team not that far from being a playoff contending team is a very clear testament. Especially true if you'll consider his clutch plays, and again his stats.
Third, being a rooky and one of only four active players playing with an awesome stat of 20/5/5 tells you Evans is a once in a blue moon kind of player who can just get better as he puts more experience in his belt. Your very own Evans in his rookie year is performing like the seasoned Superstars named Lebron, Kobe, and Wade at this point in time. You Evans deniers and haters better wake-up to reality if you cannot swallow this fact.
Now, to those people who are professing to be Kings fans, and yet who still deny Evans' accomplishments as AWESOME and worth considering on the TOP THREE ROOKIE performance of this decade - I consider as either not too knowledgeable about the NBA, or Evans haters.
We drafted a 19 year-old player who performs better than the rest of the rookies from this decade, and actually performing like the phenomenal player Lebron James in his rookie year ( stat-wise ). Actually, you can argue that Lebron is only better than Evans because of media over-hyping. Stat-wise and impact-wise, they are very similar.
Please do not deny the fans from enjoying Evans by dicounting the above mentioned reasons and by distorting REALITY.
time to put AM on the ignore list folks...
I have him on a different list actually