26 points and 15 rebounds for James Young??

[max215]

Lol Young gets so much hate. If he struggles he is a bust if he balls it's only the d league. Dude can't win.

He should be dominating with ease though, it's the D League. Crowder played 2 D League games, I'm 90% sure he averaged a triple double.

[Big333223]

I'm willing to be patient with Young. If we can hang on to him for a while, I can see a JJ Redick-type of career. And Redick was already 22 when he was a rookie. Young will only be 21 at the start of next season. There's so much time left for him to improve.

I wonder if the coaching staff might need to change tactics with him a little. I know how bad his defense was (and how far away he still is) but I keep reading Celtic people saying that they're focusing on his defense and the offense will come. But maybe he needs to be coached more on his offensive game, get him some confidence, and that'll help the work on defense. Because so far, his offense at the NBA level has been really inconsistent.

[hpantazo]

D-Leagues all-time leading scorer wasn´t good enough in here. In a nation of 5 million people. In a city of 50.000 people. In a country that couldn´t care less about basketball.

That should tell you all about the level of competition in D-League.

that is not the best example. If you are the D-league all-time leading scorer , then you've been in the D-league a very long time, which automatically means you have a very low probability for success anywhere else.

[Rosco917]

Judging by the results players have by going to the D league, I'd have to say D League is equal to Division ll college ball.

[sahara]

D-Leagues all-time leading scorer wasn´t good enough in here. In a nation of 5 million people. In a city of 50.000 people. In a country that couldn´t care less about basketball.

That should tell you all about the level of competition in D-League.

that is not the best example. If you are the D-league all-time leading scorer , then you've been in the D-league a very long time, which automatically means you have a very low probability for success anywhere else.

Yeah I agree. I was wondering when we signed him and still am, why he didn´t just sign somewhere in EU or China earlier on and he just kept on playing for 8 years for peanuts in the developement league.

[hwangjini_1]

But how was his defense?

better, but he still has trouble with rotations and isnt physical enough. but baby steps can lead to better things......on occasion.

[hwangjini_1]

Lol Young gets so much hate. If he struggles he is a bust if he balls it's only the d league. Dude can't win.

He should be dominating with ease though, it's the D League. Crowder played 2 D League games, I'm 90% sure he averaged a triple double.

and a quick check of actual stats shows that you win a cigar! in two games jae averaged:

22.5 points
16 rebounds
10 assists

[SHAQATTACK]

That translates into real NBA game stats 6 points 2 rebounds .


He'll need 40 and 25 to make me a believer

[LarBrd33]

Lol Young gets so much hate. If he struggles he is a bust if he balls it's only the d league. Dude can't win.

He should be dominating with ease though, it's the D League. Crowder played 2 D League games, I'm 90% sure he averaged a triple double.

That's basically right.  If a top drafted player plays well in summer league and d league it just proves why he was selected high to begin with... He was better than other amateurs.

But if a player struggles... Really bad sign considering it's a league filled primarily with undrafted nobodies who weren't as good as amateurs.

[Tr1boy]

argh. We could of had hood

[__ramonezy__]

D League James Young is exactly the piece the NBA Celtics is missing.

Since we know he's this talented I would be tempted to force feed him minutes just to continue his development in the pros... say 15 mins guaranteed. RJ is a nice player, but he's nowhere close to the shooter Young is.

[Big333223]

argh. We could of had hood

On the day I was really conflicted about which one to select. I thought Young was going to be as good of a choice as Hood would be. So far, not so good.

But I still think it's important that Young is younger today than Hood was when drafted.

[Vermont Green]

Judging by the results players have by going to the D league, I'd have to say D League is equal to Division ll college ball.

I don't think this is true at all.  Only the top 1% of Division 1 College basketball players (this is a guess) get drafted.  D-Leaguers are probably equivalent to the top 5% of Div 1 NCAA.  The talent level is certainly much higher than Division II but of course also well below NBA.

I think the difference is the pressure.  In the NBDL, every game is more like a scrimmage.  Nobody even cares if you win.  College basketball has intense pressure to win.  And of course the NBA has intense pressure as well.

With Young, I think it is the pressure, not the talent level or athletic ability that is the problem.  I think Young does well in the NBDL because there is less pressure, not because there is less talent.  Someone else said this above but Young seems to freeze up when he is on the court with the Celtics.  Bradley was very nervous his rookie year too but he figured it out.  Young probably will figure it out too but the question is how long will it take.

[guava_wrench]

D league is better than D1, but it lacks all the best players from D1.

The reason Young is now with the team is not due to his shooting or rebounding. It is more due to his general basketball IQ. He can go crazy in dleague but still be a minus for the team if our amazing defensive rotations disappear.

[Ilikesports17]

Judging by the results players have by going to the D league, I'd have to say D League is equal to Division ll college ball.

I don't think this is true at all.  Only the top 1% of Division 1 College basketball players (this is a guess) get drafted.  D-Leaguers are probably equivalent to the top 5% of Div 1 NCAA.  The talent level is certainly much higher than Division II but of course also well below NBA.

I think the difference is the pressure.  In the NBDL, every game is more like a scrimmage.  Nobody even cares if you win.  College basketball has intense pressure to win.  And of course the NBA has intense pressure as well.

With Young, I think it is the pressure, not the talent level or athletic ability that is the problem.  I think Young does well in the NBDL because there is less pressure, not because there is less talent.  Someone else said this above but Young seems to freeze up when he is on the court with the Celtics.  Bradley was very nervous his rookie year too but he figured it out.  Young probably will figure it out too but the question is how long will it take.

I think it's confidence more than nerves I think it's a little different.