Can Pressey be a starter in the NBA?

[Atzar]

He can be close to.  .......JJ. Berea


He amazingly brings out some good play from KO .....both coached right from the start and understand team work

I think Berea has more of a scorer's mentality and pretty adept at scoring near the rim.  Pressey is more of a pure PG.

Pressey is a pretty impressive passer.

Agree.  Aside from size, I don't see that Pressey has many similarities with Barea.  Or Nate Robinson either, for that matter.

[LooseCannon]

He might develop into the kind of player that a team would be willing to bring in to start for a year as a stop-gap measure, but I doubt he will be the guy that a team will hand a decent three-year contract with the intention of handing him the starting role.

[celticslove]

i'm guessing he will have a tyronn lue like career.

[NikoZea]

If he plays like he did tonight, absolutely.

However, that's just not sustainable.  I think his upside is a career rotation player, which wouldn't be bad at all.

you sure? If he played a nobody pg, then i would think tonight is just one of the games. But he was playing against John Wall. He is a good player in the nba and has 5 inches height adv. Against Toronto again against a good pg in Lowry

It's not sustainable in that he shot 70% from the floor, and 83% from 3PT.

If he has even a "good" shooting night, instead of a great one, the Celts lose, and people focus on his 5 turnovers (to 4 assists) and his 6 fouls.

The fouls were laughable. And some of the TO's were right after a TO he created, kind of a double stat. With Green having his game, and then Johnson, Sullinger, Humph and Bass creating their own shots not many assists to be had.

[tstorey_97]

If you were able to see him play at Mizzou he had a quick dominant style. He ran the guys on the floor and was good at it. He played very well in big games at college...liked the pressure. Above would be why Ainge signed him (along with a friendship with Phil's father).

He was an average shooter in college and I assume he'll remain that way in the pros.

Solid back up point guard. I will say this, he plays much better when he gets longer shifts. This was observed earlier in the season when he led the bench. Perhaps he needs to warm up.

We have our back up point guard. He does make some ugly passes, but, he is only now playing with the starters.

[D.o.s.]

Probably not a starter, but that turnover>forced jumpball>winning the jumped ball was one of the most satisfying transitions I've seen this year that didn't happen in a jazz club.

[vjcsmoke]

If he plays like he did tonight, absolutely.

However, that's just not sustainable.  I think his upside is a career rotation player, which wouldn't be bad at all.

Well people come out from nowhere all the time.  I agree it's unlikely but it would be sweet if Pressey gave us that type of predicament to seriously talk about.  Let him repeat that performance maybe 4-5 more times and I'll actually give a hard think about it.

[tarheelsxxiii]

i'm guessing he will have a tyronn lue like career.

Yeah that seems to be a good comparison. Perhaps max.

I'd say long-term starter in the NBA if both a GM and head coach of some organization find themselves heavily involved in extracurricular substances.

[crimson_stallion]

If he develops an ability to score with some efficiency,   then sure.

Peoplecriticise all the turnovers today, but throughouttheseason his t turnover numbershave been very goodrelative to his assists.  He's had an ass:to ratioof around 4 askseason, which is exceptiona.  Impressive thing is he plays defense to. 

He reminds me a little of a smaller Andre Miller.  Add decent scoring ability to his currentskill set and I definitely think he could be ashort league   

[RRNoLookPass]

i'm guessing he will have a tyronn lue like career.

Yeah that seems to be a good comparison. Perhaps max.

I'd say long-term starter in the NBA if both a GM and head coach of some organization find themselves heavily involved in extracurricular substances.

Similar careers in length/role? Yeah, I can see that maybe happening. But I don't think they're very similar as players. Pressey is already a much better passer than T-Lue ever was, and if Pressey is ever given the chance to play starter mins Like Lue did at a few points in his career, I'm sure he will average 6or8assists per game. Lue, on the other hand, always had great numbers from 3p range (.39% on his career), and Pressey hasn't showed off any type of effectiveness from 3p range until tonight. They are both very solid defenders though, and both are undersized, although Lue was an inch or two taller.

I'm not sure if you guys were just comparing Pressey's career outlook to Lue's career, or comparing them as players, so I figured I'd just compare their playing styles a bit.

It's tough to make predictions on Pressey though, when he's only played starter-type mins 4or5 times tops.

I think the Nate Robinson / JJ Barea comparisons are forced though...that's just comparing short guys lol. Neither of them have Pressey's passing potential.

I'd love to seem him turn out like Ty Lawson (another lil guy) or Andre Miller though. If he has a career similar to either of theirs, than Danny struck Gold signing him as an undrafted FA for 3yrs at the minimum. I believe the next 2yrs are Team Options, which is nice...that could turn out to be a bargain to say the least.

[guava_wrench]

If he plays like he did tonight, absolutely.

However, that's just not sustainable.  I think his upside is a career rotation player, which wouldn't be bad at all.

Well people come out from nowhere all the time.  I agree it's unlikely but it would be sweet if Pressey gave us that type of predicament to seriously talk about.  Let him repeat that performance maybe 4-5 more times and I'll actually give a hard think about it.

If you are going to use the 'people come out from nowhere all the time' argument, then we might as well wonder if Justin Bieber could be a starter in the NBA.

Instead of pursuing the pointless 'anything can happen' line of reasoning, how about we stick to reasonable predictions based on what we already see.

All sorts of borderline NBA players have had excellent games at one point or another. Pressey needs to show a lot more to establish that he should remain in an NBA rotation long term.

[kozlodoev]

After yesterday's heroic shooting effort, Pressey's season line is now 27% from the field, and 25% from three. Oh, and 56% from the line, for a good measure.

That is all.

[manl_lui]

If he plays like he did tonight, absolutely.

However, that's just not sustainable.  I think his upside is a career rotation player, which wouldn't be bad at all.

being undrafted and producing like he did - I see some JJ Barea in him. If he can be more consistent, I see him as a great backup to Rondo.

[kozlodoev]

If he plays like he did tonight, absolutely.

However, that's just not sustainable.  I think his upside is a career rotation player, which wouldn't be bad at all.

being undrafted and producing like he did - I see some JJ Barea in him. If he can be more consistent, I see him as a great backup to Rondo.

He will be out of the league the second when the Celtics decide they want to actually compete for something. The nifty passes are nifty, but on the balance, he hasn't looked like an NBA player to me.

[YoungOne87]

maybe we finally found a legit back up point guard, who is cheap aswell