Will this be Avery Bradley's breakout year?

[Eja117]

Magic 8 ball says.....not likely

[EJPLAYA]

I sure hope I am wrong, but Avery Bradley seems a lot closer to a Gabe Pruitt than he does a star PG in this league. Not good enough decision making or handles to be a PG, and not big enough to be a SG. I think he’s at best a bench scorer for his career. I’d like to see that production this year though. Something at least.

[Eja117]

But if Gabe Pruitt were coming out in this draft he'd be the #1 pick.  Right Mr. Ainge?

[CelticG1]

I sure hope I am wrong, but Avery Bradley seems a lot closer to a Gabe Pruitt than he does a star PG in this league. Not good enough decision making or handles to be a PG, and not big enough to be a SG. I think he’s at best a bench scorer for his career. I’d like to see that production this year though. Something at least.

People are completely forgetting the defensive side of the ball. Even in limited action I think you can say he is pretty impressive on that side of the ball.

I don't see why he couldn't have a Tony Allen type role for this team as a Defensive stopper on PG's and some SG's for 15 20 min a game.

Throw him on Rose, Westbrook, Nelson, Wall, Jennings, etc like we did with TA on Kobe, James, Wade, Carter etc.

He probably isn't as good running the break as TA on offense but he seems like he is at least a better shooter on offense so not a complete liability.

[Chris]

I sure hope I am wrong, but Avery Bradley seems a lot closer to a Gabe Pruitt than he does a star PG in this league. Not good enough decision making or handles to be a PG, and not big enough to be a SG. I think he’s at best a bench scorer for his career. I’d like to see that production this year though. Something at least.

People are completely forgetting the defensive side of the ball. Even in limited action I think you can say he is pretty impressive on that side of the ball.

I don't see why he couldn't have a Tony Allen type role for this team as a Defensive stopper on PG's and some SG's for 15 20 min a game.

Throw him on Rose, Westbrook, Nelson, Wall, Jennings, etc like we did with TA on Kobe, James, Wade, Carter etc.

He probably isn't as good running the break as TA on offense but he seems like he is at least a better shooter on offense so not a complete liability.

While he absolutely has the tools, he still has a long way to go defensively.  Even at the end of the year, he still was having a very difficult time overplaying guys, and he got burned way too many times.

I can't deny that the talent is there, but this kid has a ton to learn, on both sides of the ball, before he is even a useful NBA player, let alone any more than that.

[CelticG1]

I sure hope I am wrong, but Avery Bradley seems a lot closer to a Gabe Pruitt than he does a star PG in this league. Not good enough decision making or handles to be a PG, and not big enough to be a SG. I think he’s at best a bench scorer for his career. I’d like to see that production this year though. Something at least.

People are completely forgetting the defensive side of the ball. Even in limited action I think you can say he is pretty impressive on that side of the ball.

I don't see why he couldn't have a Tony Allen type role for this team as a Defensive stopper on PG's and some SG's for 15 20 min a game.

Throw him on Rose, Westbrook, Nelson, Wall, Jennings, etc like we did with TA on Kobe, James, Wade, Carter etc.

He probably isn't as good running the break as TA on offense but he seems like he is at least a better shooter on offense so not a complete liability.

While he absolutely has the tools, he still has a long way to go defensively.  Even at the end of the year, he still was having a very difficult time overplaying guys, and he got burned way too many times.

I can't deny that the talent is there, but this kid has a ton to learn, on both sides of the ball, before he is even a useful NBA player, let alone any more than that.

Yeah I think 15 minutes a game and he can learn a lot. I mean it took TA 4 years to not bite on a pump fake and he still got decent PT.

Give Bradley minutes and I think he will become a lot better/more consistently defensively. I wouldn't bet on his offense right away but I think defense is a lot more easy to get acclimated to especially when you possess the tools he has.

[Spilling Green Dye]

I sure hope I am wrong, but Avery Bradley seems a lot closer to a Gabe Pruitt than he does a star PG in this league. Not good enough decision making or handles to be a PG, and not big enough to be a SG. I think he’s at best a bench scorer for his career. I’d like to see that production this year though. Something at least.

Unfortunately this is what I see too.  He just doesn't strike me as a PG with a brain.

[PortCelt]

Danny says if AB didn't come out he'd be a top five pick in this years draft. As painful as it was to watch him clank shots there's no denying the kid has some alpha-dog in him cause he never stopped shooting. Could he be the type of talent who can handle crunch time moments? Will Doc have the patience to ever find out?

[Celtic#9]

If he can improve his ballhandling, he can play. For the offseason. I would hand this kid a ball and tell him to driblle it everywhere. I can't remember trhe movie but the coach handed the college player a football and told him to always take it with him. If another player returned with it, he was running till he was dead. Same concept. But seriously, he needs to improve his ballhandling tremendously.

[Boris Badenov]

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this is what people could look foward to next season.

Playing in the NBDL?

[Chris]

I sure hope I am wrong, but Avery Bradley seems a lot closer to a Gabe Pruitt than he does a star PG in this league. Not good enough decision making or handles to be a PG, and not big enough to be a SG. I think he’s at best a bench scorer for his career. I’d like to see that production this year though. Something at least.

People are completely forgetting the defensive side of the ball. Even in limited action I think you can say he is pretty impressive on that side of the ball.

I don't see why he couldn't have a Tony Allen type role for this team as a Defensive stopper on PG's and some SG's for 15 20 min a game.

Throw him on Rose, Westbrook, Nelson, Wall, Jennings, etc like we did with TA on Kobe, James, Wade, Carter etc.

He probably isn't as good running the break as TA on offense but he seems like he is at least a better shooter on offense so not a complete liability.

While he absolutely has the tools, he still has a long way to go defensively.  Even at the end of the year, he still was having a very difficult time overplaying guys, and he got burned way too many times.

I can't deny that the talent is there, but this kid has a ton to learn, on both sides of the ball, before he is even a useful NBA player, let alone any more than that.

Yeah I think 15 minutes a game and he can learn a lot. I mean it took TA 4 years to not bite on a pump fake and he still got decent PT.

Give Bradley minutes and I think he will become a lot better/more consistently defensively. I wouldn't bet on his offense right away but I think defense is a lot more easy to get acclimated to especially when you possess the tools he has.

Woah woah woah.  He is a long way away from being able to play 15 minutes per game in the NBA.  If they just throw him out there right now, they could do more damage, because instead of learning and working on his fundamentals, he will be trying to win games, and will just be reinforcing his bad habits.

Until he builds up that base of fundamentals, he needs to be staying, for the most part in lower pressure situations, such as practice and the D-League.  That way he can concentrate on building up that foundation. 

It is one thing to throw a player who already has that foundation in there, so he can work out the kinks, but Bradley just has too far to go to be forcefed minutes right now. 

[Celtics18]

I think if all goes well, we might see him get closer to Von Wafer type minutes next season.
I'd take that.  

It seems like a lot of people feel like there's no in between complete wash out and all-star.  Of course, most NBA players fall into a category somewhere between those two extremes.  

I think Avery Bradley will stick around, if not in Boston, then somewhere and have himself a serviceable NBA career.  

[Evantime34]

I am a big Avery Bradley fan but next year will not be his breakout year.

In my opinion for a player to break out he needs to see a lot of time. I would be happy this year if he was able to play 15 minutes a game backing up the 1 and 2. For him to truly breakout he would need to be the first man off the bench. It is unlikely he even gets the opportunity to do this.

[kozlodoev]

I sure hope I am wrong, but Avery Bradley seems a lot closer to a Gabe Pruitt than he does a star PG in this league. Not good enough decision making or handles to be a PG, and not big enough to be a SG. I think he’s at best a bench scorer for his career. I’d like to see that production this year though. Something at least.

People are completely forgetting the defensive side of the ball. Even in limited action I think you can say he is pretty impressive on that side of the ball.

I don't see why he couldn't have a Tony Allen type role for this team as a Defensive stopper on PG's and some SG's for 15 20 min a game.

Throw him on Rose, Westbrook, Nelson, Wall, Jennings, etc like we did with TA on Kobe, James, Wade, Carter etc.

He probably isn't as good running the break as TA on offense but he seems like he is at least a better shooter on offense so not a complete liability.

No, we're not. While he's physically pretty impressive in terms of his ability to move on the defensive end, there is more than that where defending in the framework of an NBA team is concerned.

[wiley]

I realize he's got a ways to go, but I actually think he's ready to create some problems for opposing defenses out of the, are you listening Celtics, 2-GUARD SPOT!