Bradley has been a Top 20 player through 5 games

[LarBrd33]

Don't want to jinx him.  It's super early.  But I've been curious what Bradley might do with additional minutes and we might be getting a taste.   Through 5 games, he's 16th in the league in EFF.

Averaging 20.6 points, 8.2 rebounds, 4 assists with 51%/48%/75% shooting in 37.6mpg.  That's all-star numbers.

Should go down as his minutes and shooting percentages drop.  Still, it's great to see his hot start.

[KG Living Legend]

 Yeah I know right. Some guy in another thread was saying he's been the same player since his fourth year.

 Hogwash. Dude Avgs 2.7 Rpg for his career. A Below avg number. This year he's Avg 7.8 rpg, a ridiculous number for Avery. To his credit he's been skying for Boards like Rozier does.

 His assists are up from a career 1.7 apg to 4.5apg. he's now a very good passer and playmaker. Something In shocked I'm saying today.

[BASS_THUMPER]

My boy brad  been tbru hell n back with is shoulders

Still always gave 100

 My boy will be one of the greats next to

Scalabrine
Leon "po pimpin" Powe
And
Wally Szerberack

Spell check wally last name



*sippin*

[Moranis]

Yeah I know right. Some guy in another thread was saying he's been the same player since his fourth year.

 Hogwash. Dude Avgs 2.7 Rpg for his career. A Below avg number. This year he's Avg 7.8 rpg, a ridiculous number for Avery. To his credit he's been skying for Boards like Rozier does.

 His assists are up from a career 1.7 apg to 4.5apg. he's now a very good passer and playmaker. Something In shocked I'm saying today.

What I said was the sample size was too small to count this year, but his 4th through 6th years he was basically the same player both in per 36 numbers and actual rates (i.e. RB%, AST%, etc.).  The numbers are what they are.  Bradley has slowly became a better defender, but his numbers overall were basically the same from his 4th to 6th year.  It is incredibly rare for a player to all of a sudden make a jump in play 7 years in when said player hadn't made much improvement in the prior three years.  I absolutely expect Bradley to regress back to the norm and be around the same player he has been for the prior 3 years, these 5 games not with standing.

[Daddy Pinto]

Is it safe to say  AB is the 4th best SG right now?

Behind only Harden, DeRozan and Butler.

[BitterJim]

Is it safe to say  AB is the 4th best SG right now?

Behind only Harden, DeRozan and Butler.

Klay is better, but I'd say Butler is a SF (since Wade takes all the SG minutes) s 4th best sounds about right

[Daddy Pinto]

Is it safe to say  AB is the 4th best SG right now?

Behind only Harden, DeRozan and Butler.

Klay is better, but I'd say Butler is a SF (since Wade takes all the SG minutes) s 4th best sounds about right

While I do agree overall Klay > AB. At this current point in the season AB is playing much better than Klay.

Link to player comparison: http://stats.nba.com/vs/#!/?PlayerID=202340&VsPlayerID=202691

[PhoSita]

The three point shooting and rebounding can't possibly be anything close to sustainable.

The newfound playmaking could very well be, though, and he might settle in to averaging 4-5 rebounds and shooting around 40% from three.  If he keeps his scoring in the high teens that could give him a shot at the All-Star game.

[alldaboston]

Is it safe to say  AB is the 4th best SG right now?

Behind only Harden, DeRozan and Butler.

Butler is playing the 3 this year

I'd probably rank Harden, derozan, Thompson, Wade, maybe McCollum over him. A healthy Middleton is also pretty good. So right in that 5-7 range.

[footey]

Yeah I know right. Some guy in another thread was saying he's been the same player since his fourth year.

 Hogwash. Dude Avgs 2.7 Rpg for his career. A Below avg number. This year he's Avg 7.8 rpg, a ridiculous number for Avery. To his credit he's been skying for Boards like Rozier does.

 His assists are up from a career 1.7 apg to 4.5apg. he's now a very good passer and playmaker. Something In shocked I'm saying today.

What I said was the sample size was too small to count this year, but his 4th through 6th years he was basically the same player both in per 36 numbers and actual rates (i.e. RB%, AST%, etc.).  The numbers are what they are.  Bradley has slowly became a better defender, but his numbers overall were basically the same from his 4th to 6th year.  It is incredibly rare for a player to all of a sudden make a jump in play 7 years in when said player hadn't made much improvement in the prior three years.  I absolutely expect Bradley to regress back to the norm and be around the same player he has been for the prior 3 years, these 5 games not with standing.

Man, talk about throwing a wet blanket on our AB parade, ouch...

[tankcity!]

Yeah I know right. Some guy in another thread was saying he's been the same player since his fourth year.

 Hogwash. Dude Avgs 2.7 Rpg for his career. A Below avg number. This year he's Avg 7.8 rpg, a ridiculous number for Avery. To his credit he's been skying for Boards like Rozier does.

 His assists are up from a career 1.7 apg to 4.5apg. he's now a very good passer and playmaker. Something In shocked I'm saying today.

What I said was the sample size was too small to count this year, but his 4th through 6th years he was basically the same player both in per 36 numbers and actual rates (i.e. RB%, AST%, etc.).  The numbers are what they are.  Bradley has slowly became a better defender, but his numbers overall were basically the same from his 4th to 6th year.  It is incredibly rare for a player to all of a sudden make a jump in play 7 years in when said player hadn't made much improvement in the prior three years.  I absolutely expect Bradley to regress back to the norm and be around the same player he has been for the prior 3 years, these 5 games not with standing.

Man, talk about throwing a wet blanket on our AB parade, ouch...

Who cares. Let him enjoy the Sixers lose for the next two years while we sip on our kool aid.

[tankcity!]

The three point shooting and rebounding can't possibly be anything close to sustainable.

The newfound playmaking could very well be, though, and he might settle in to averaging 4-5 rebounds and shooting around 40% from three.  If he keeps his scoring in the high teens that could give him a shot at the All-Star game.

This. I think he might shoot 40% from three too and that should improve his stats. I can't imagine him continuing to go on this tear.

[Daddy Pinto]

Is it safe to say  AB is the 4th best SG right now?

Behind only Harden, DeRozan and Butler.

Butler is playing the 3 this year

I'd probably rank Harden, derozan, Thompson, Wade, maybe McCollum over him. A healthy Middleton is also pretty good. So right in that 5-7 range.

To be fair AB is outplaying everyone that was mentioned besides Harden and DeRozan.

[tankcity!]

Jimmy Butler seems really overrated to me in this board. Although he is better than Bradley, but that's solely because of height. And I think Butler's defense is overrated too. He's shooting a high 3pt% this year, let's see if he can keep it up. I have my doubts.