Jaylen Brown the right choice at #3

[moiso]

Bender was sand bagging the preseason.  10 points in 12 minutes with 2 boards. 

Wade Baldwin played well: 7 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists.  And how about Pascal Siakam 9 rebounds in 22 minutes, just 4 points but he didn't miss a shot. 

Of course the clear front runner for ROY was drafted 3 drafts ago as Embiid continued his stellar scoring from the preseason.

As you know I love Embiid. But at least keep in mind he shot atrocious last night. Okafor was better offensively last year. Embiid has the potential to be better on both ends though.

Every time I check out an Embiid boxscore he takes a ton of shots in limited minutes and hits a poor percentage of them.

[Tr1boy]

Can we get a nickname for Jaylen? After watching almost posterize Hamilton last night, I say "Throw it down, Jaylen Brown" should be in the running.

Jaylen reminds me of a cobra lol...

[SHAQATTACK]

Brown s game reminds me of Kobe in his early years.  Smooth and confident beyond his years. Some of his fakes and twists are remind me so much of Kobe.

He fills the need for the athletic small forward .....like Pierce ...someone who can go get a bucket at the end of a game.  Crowder is a great defender , but not a go to type guy.

In a couple years Brown may well be our go to guy the last minute of the game .  IT is overwhelmed by size in those situations .  Brown can go under or over the top to get his bucket or foul shots .  He just s needs a decent outside shot to really put the pressure on his defender.   

[Moranis]

Bender was sand bagging the preseason.  10 points in 12 minutes with 2 boards. 

Wade Baldwin played well: 7 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists.  And how about Pascal Siakam 9 rebounds in 22 minutes, just 4 points but he didn't miss a shot. 

Of course the clear front runner for ROY was drafted 3 drafts ago as Embiid continued his stellar scoring from the preseason.

As you know I love Embiid. But at least keep in mind he shot atrocious last night. Okafor was better offensively last year. Embiid has the potential to be better on both ends though.

Every time I check out an Embiid boxscore he takes a ton of shots in limited minutes and hits a poor percentage of them.

He is rusty sure, but even last night he scored 1.25 points per shot, which isn't great, but isn't terrible either, as he went to the line 8 times hitting 7 of them.

[BlackCeltic]

Can we get a nickname for Jaylen? After watching almost posterize Hamilton last night, I say "Throw it down, Jaylen Brown" should be in the running.

The Future

[clevelandceltic]

I think one of the things that we have to remember when scouting players like Brown and other freshmen is that many scouts have been looking at these kids for years while the general public bases their opinion largely on what they have seen at the college level.

Jaylen is a classic example of that. Having seen him in HS and in College I can certainly say that some of the things he is doing now never showed up in college such as his passing and baseline post up which were things you saw at the HS level. I cant speak for his Team USA experience.

Anyways, I guess my point of this post is guys like Jay Bilas are always stuck on what they saw in college because they have never seen the guy in HS. That's not to say discard what you saw at college but only to say that many of the pundits can lead us wrong in determining the value of a player because its only on what they have seen in college and then group think kicks in.

[BlackCeltic]

I think one of the things that we have to remember when scouting players like Brown and other freshmen is that many scouts have been looking at these kids for years while the general public bases their opinion largely on what they have seen at the college level.

Jaylen is a classic example of that. Having seen him in HS and in College I can certainly say that some of the things he is doing now never showed up in college such as his passing and baseline post up which were things you saw at the HS level. I cant speak for his Team USA experience.

Anyways, I guess my point of this post is guys like Jay Bilas are always stuck on what they saw in college because they have never seen the guy in HS. That's not to say discard what you saw at college but only to say that many of the pundits can lead us wrong in determining the value of a player because its only on what they have seen in college and then group think kicks in.

I really think JBs game suffers when he plays with bums, so to speak. His best percentages have come when he isnt forcing the action, which he did a lot at Cal and somewhat during summer league. If Jaylen played for Duke or Kentucky, Im willing to bet his Freshman year would have gone much differently.

[moiso]

Can we get a nickname for Jaylen? After watching almost posterize Hamilton last night, I say "Throw it down, Jaylen Brown" should be in the running.

The Future

What will we call him when he's old?  The Past?

[Tr1boy]

Can we get a nickname for Jaylen? After watching almost posterize Hamilton last night, I say "Throw it down, Jaylen Brown" should be in the running.

The Future

What will we call him when he's old?  The Past?

[manl_lui]

Can we get a nickname for Jaylen? After watching almost posterize Hamilton last night, I say "Throw it down, Jaylen Brown" should be in the running.

The Future

What will we call him when he's old?  The Past?

LOL

to be fair KG was the kid before he was the big ticket

[Tr1boy]

I think one of the things that we have to remember when scouting players like Brown and other freshmen is that many scouts have been looking at these kids for years while the general public bases their opinion largely on what they have seen at the college level.

Jaylen is a classic example of that. Having seen him in HS and in College I can certainly say that some of the things he is doing now never showed up in college such as his passing and baseline post up which were things you saw at the HS level. I cant speak for his Team USA experience.

Anyways, I guess my point of this post is guys like Jay Bilas are always stuck on what they saw in college because they have never seen the guy in HS. That's not to say discard what you saw at college but only to say that many of the pundits can lead us wrong in determining the value of a player because its only on what they have seen in college and then group think kicks in.

Good for Danny to understand (like you stated) that Brown was forcing the issue playing with a bad team. Surrounded by similar talent he is playing "naturally"... he was also good during the mcdonalds all star game

[greece66]

Can we get a nickname for Jaylen? After watching almost posterize Hamilton last night, I say "Throw it down, Jaylen Brown" should be in the running.

The Future

What will we call him when he's old?  The Past?

*Past Perfect

[BlackCeltic]

Watching "The Future" never gets old 

[showtime]

Brown s game reminds me of Kobe in his early years.  Smooth and confident beyond his years. Some of his fakes and twists are remind me so much of Kobe.

He fills the need for the athletic small forward .....like Pierce ...someone who can go get a bucket at the end of a game.  Crowder is a great defender , but not a go to type guy.

In a couple years Brown may well be our go to guy the last minute of the game .  IT is overwhelmed by size in those situations .  Brown can go under or over the top to get his bucket or foul shots .  He just s needs a decent outside shot to really put the pressure on his defender.

  From the first time I saw him play, Kobe jumped out to me. Once he starts hitting his outside shots, the sky is the limit for JB!!

[BlackCeltic]

Brown s game reminds me of Kobe in his early years.  Smooth and confident beyond his years. Some of his fakes and twists are remind me so much of Kobe.

He fills the need for the athletic small forward .....like Pierce ...someone who can go get a bucket at the end of a game.  Crowder is a great defender , but not a go to type guy.

In a couple years Brown may well be our go to guy the last minute of the game .  IT is overwhelmed by size in those situations .  Brown can go under or over the top to get his bucket or foul shots .  He just s needs a decent outside shot to really put the pressure on his defender.

  From the first time I saw him play, Kobe jumped out to me. Once he starts hitting his outside shots, the sky is the limit for JB!!

I see flashes in play style, but I dont see JB as the volume scorer Kobe was. I peg JB as a Scottie Pippen type, with Kobes signature flair.