Is Nick Van Exel a Good Comparison for Isaiah Thomas?

[Spicoli]

Van Exel was taller but they are both lefties and i see a lot of similarities. Is this a good comparison? If so, we have ourselves a player because Van Exel was awesome back in the day.

[Tr1boy]

Van Exel was taller but they are both lefties and i see a lot of similarities. Is this a good comparison? If so, we have ourselves a player because Van Exel was awesome back in the day.

Lefty and quick release similarities but thats it

IT imo is more like a lefty version of Iverson. Can score from anywhere on the court. Also has the ability to get to the line several times in a game. Pesky defender

We got oursleves a steal here.

[Kane3387]

Van Exel was taller but they are both lefties and i see a lot of similarities. Is this a good comparison? If so, we have ourselves a player because Van Exel was awesome back in the day.

Lefty and quick release similarities but thats it

IT imo is more like a lefty version of Iverson. Can score from anywhere on the court. Also has the ability to get to the line several times in a game. Pesky defender

We got oursleves a steal here.

Loved Nick the Quick. I think Van Exel was better but I see the comparison a bit.

As for AI, wrong Answer, please don't insult Allen Iverson with that comparison.

[Lucky17]

A better version of Earl Boykins.

[Tr1boy]

Van Exel was taller but they are both lefties and i see a lot of similarities. Is this a good comparison? If so, we have ourselves a player because Van Exel was awesome back in the day.

Lefty and quick release similarities but thats it

IT imo is more like a lefty version of Iverson. Can score from anywhere on the court. Also has the ability to get to the line several times in a game. Pesky defender

We got oursleves a steal here.

Loved Nick the Quick. I think Van Exel was better but I see the comparison a bit.

As for AI, wrong Answer, please don't insult Allen Iverson with that comparison.

How am i insulting AI?

If anything IT is a better and more willing passing pg.

AI would get double teamed and he would still try to score on his own

[Who]

A better version of Earl Boykins.

Agreed

[PickNRoll]

Van Exel is a good comp.  Van Exel was a little more reliant on his jump shot and consequently didn't draw free throws as well as IT.  I enjoyed how he shot his free throws from a foot and a half behind the FT line.  Maybe DeAndre Jordan should give it a try.   

Iverson was a once-in-a-generation talent, whether you liked his flopping or not.  Iverson had a season where he averaged 33 points, 7 assists, 2 steals and 11.5 FTA's.

[Lucky17]

A better version of Earl Boykins.

Agreed

And before anyone jumps all over this, note that Boykins enjoyed a 14-year career in the league.

I think Thomas' basement should be right around Boykins' best years in Denver and Milwaukee: 14 points and 5 assists a game, with shooting percentages around 42%/90%/38%. Thomas should be able to produce above those numbers (although perhaps not as efficiently).

[pearljammer10]

A better version of Earl Boykins.

Agreed

And before anyone jumps all over this, note that Boykins enjoyed a 14-year career in the league.

I think Thomas' basement should be right around Boykins' best years in Denver and Milwaukee: 14 points and 5 assists a game, with shooting percentages around 42%/90%/38%. Thomas should be able to produce above those numbers (although perhaps not as efficiently).

Wow. Was he really in the league 14 years?

[slamtheking]

I was thinking Spud Webb with a better shot and less hang time.

[Donoghus]

Van Exel was taller but they are both lefties and i see a lot of similarities. Is this a good comparison? If so, we have ourselves a player because Van Exel was awesome back in the day.

Lefty and quick release similarities but thats it

IT imo is more like a lefty version of Iverson. Can score from anywhere on the court. Also has the ability to get to the line several times in a game. Pesky defender

We got oursleves a steal here.

Loved Nick the Quick. I think Van Exel was better but I see the comparison a bit.

As for AI, wrong Answer, please don't insult Allen Iverson with that comparison.

I second that. Thomas is a nice pickup but let's not go overboard here.   

[D.o.s.]

Van Exel was taller but they are both lefties and i see a lot of similarities. Is this a good comparison? If so, we have ourselves a player because Van Exel was awesome back in the day.

Lefty and quick release similarities but thats it

IT imo is more like a lefty version of Iverson. Can score from anywhere on the court. Also has the ability to get to the line several times in a game. Pesky defender

We got oursleves a steal here.

Loved Nick the Quick. I think Van Exel was better but I see the comparison a bit.

As for AI, wrong Answer, please don't insult Allen Iverson with that comparison.

How am i insulting AI?

If anything IT is a better and more willing passing pg.

AI would get double teamed and he would still try to score on his own

Iverson is to Isaiah Thomas what  Michael Jackson is to Justin Beiber

[Lucky17]

A better version of Earl Boykins.

Agreed

And before anyone jumps all over this, note that Boykins enjoyed a 14-year career in the league.

I think Thomas' basement should be right around Boykins' best years in Denver and Milwaukee: 14 points and 5 assists a game, with shooting percentages around 42%/90%/38%. Thomas should be able to produce above those numbers (although perhaps not as efficiently).

Wow. Was he really in the league 14 years?

I suppose you can throw out his first two and his final year, and he only appeared in 10 games in his fourth season:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Boykins

Still, he was in the league that whole time, save for an Italian sabbatical in 2008-09.

[Celtics4ever]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMtdrKIdDgE

Not even close Spicoli.

[Who]

Calvin Murphy?