People lament how the 'big man is fading' from basketball. Quick, try and name 30 players in the NBA you'd feel comfortable starting for your NBA franchise at the 2.
There are like..not a whole ton of good 2's in basketball. I'm sitting here fwus****ed that I can't improve my position with Brandon Rush, but there seriously aren't that many feasible 2's in basketball. Who are the mid-tier guys, the Tayshaun Prince's and Carlos Delfino's?
Just aren't very many diamonds in the rough at the 2. Frustrating. You could easily name 30 starting caliber PG's, or PF's, but SG's and C's are hard to come by.
Pietrus? Here is what Hollinger says about Pietrus:
+ Talented wing who can shoot, defend and finish. Has skills to be great defender.
+ Held back by mental game and poor handle. Turnover- and mistake-prone.
+ Gaining a rep for selfish play. Will take poor shots. Rarely passes.
After showing so much promise as a two-way threat in the 2009 playoffs, Pietrus has regressed to the point where he's barely playable. Last season he did little but launch 3s, and not terribly accurately.
Pietrus took two-thirds of his shots from beyond the arc but made only 34.2 percent. That might have been survivable had he contributed otherwise, but he almost never passed; he had the second-lowest assist ratio among shooting guards; he didn't draw fouls; and he wasn't even active enough to score at a high rate. The latter part is particularly disappointing because Pietrus can get out on the break and is athletic enough to finish in close. Alas, he's a terrible ball handler and has a poor feel for the game.
Defensively, Pietrus has long arms and good feet and could be outstanding if he applied himself. He ranked sixth among shooting guards in blocks per minute and, even being more concerned with his points than his opponent's, he's still a decent defender. He loses focus at times and fouls too much (only seven shooting guards were whistled more), but he's often athletic enough to make up for his mistakes. His advanced defensive stats were solid, but it's disappointing because he could be an all-defense performer and he's clearly not.
His shooting numbers are expected to recover a bit from last year's catastrophe, which would make him an acceptable rotation player. His presence, however, mostly serves to saddle the Suns with yet another low-value midlevel contract.
Its frustrating to try to gain an angle there.
Topic: 2012 'Pick Two' Draft Board (Read 592605 times)