Jeremy Lamb to the Hornets

[RipCity]

Wow Lamb and Batum will be two extremely helpful additions for Kemba. I think with those guys on the wing, Kemba could shoot a much higher percentage and grab some extra dimes on the perimeter.

 

[JSM1970]

I disagree. If you think Green is a max. player as a 4 I'd argue you know nothing about basketball.

On Lamb, gosh, be objective. He's a bust. Charlotte has zero expectations, it's a flyer at this point. They are 100% on Booker tomorrow.

Dude, you're picking a fight with someone who has forgotten more about basketball than you will ever know. You're doing even worse in this thread than you did in the NBA finals thread, embarrassing.

 

[UConnSwag11]

HFD has so many accounts

 

[UConn17]

UConn in the NBA... (from Basketball Reference)
Player From To G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS ▾ TRB AST
1 Ray Allen 1997 2014 1300 46344 8567 18955 2973 7429 4398 4920 1230 5272 4361 1451 244 2709 2858 24505 .452 .400 .894 35.6 18.9 4.1 3.4
2 Rudy Gay 2007 2015 653 23423 4578 10149 676 1968 2262 2848 979 3806 1507 863 539 1603 1623 12094 .451 .343 .794 35.9 18.5 5.8 2.3
3 Richard Hamilton 2000 2013 921 29559 5969 13288 530 1530 3240 3805 794 2852 3125 714 131 1977 2329 15708 .449 .346 .852 32.1 17.1 3.1 3.4
4 Kemba Walker 2012 2015 283 9384 1634 4135 370 1165 980 1204 164 1043 1525 395 114 588 452 4618 .395 .318 .814 33.2 16.3 3.7 5.4
5 Ben Gordon 2005 2015 744 20366 3931 9092 1171 2921 2051 2394 333 1851 1868 508 114 1551 1720 11084 .432 .401 .857 27.4 14.9 2.5 2.5
6 Caron Butler 2003 2015 864 28157 4571 10533 743 2126 2482 2930 1098 4365 1997 1154 215 1591 2110 12367 .434 .349 .847 32.6 14.3 5.1 2.3
7 Clifford Robinson 1990 2007 1380 42561 7389 16875 1253 3515 3560 5165 1852 6306 3094 1402 1390 2502 4175 19591 .438 .356 .689 30.8 14.2 4.6 2.2
8 Emeka Okafor 2005 2013 590 18702 2956 5772 0 2 1344 2303 1907 5847 512 406 978 971 1666 7256 .512 .000 .584 31.7 12.3 9.9 0.9
9 Andre Drummond 2013 2015 223 6364 1181 2072 1 6 338 852 1046 2632 120 233 379 287 702 2701 .570 .167 .397 28.5 12.1 11.8 0.5
10 Donyell Marshall 1995 2009 957 25027 4096 9410 902 2578 1622 2219 1898 6376 1305 790 848 1292 2173 10716 .435 .350 .731 26.2 11.2 6.7 1.4
11 Charlie Villanueva 2006 2015 594 12913 2527 5770 669 1929 766 997 771 2867 525 311 334 619 1382 6489 .438 .347 .768 21.7 10.9 4.8 0.9
12 Wesley Bialosuknia 1968 1968 70 1224 238 570 29 73 103 132 89 57 62 101 608 .418 .397 .780 17.5 8.7 1.3 0.8
13 Jeremy Lamb 2013 2015 148 2318 391 927 135 388 114 133 40 314 164 79 34 94 208 1031 .422 .348 .857 15.7 7.0 2.1 1.1
14 Scott Burrell 1994 2001 383 7592 971 2321 339 909 366 506 395 1332 527 341 180 337 865 2647 .418 .373 .723 19.8 6.9 3.5 1.4
15 Khalid El-Amin 2001 2001 50 936 115 311 28 84 56 72 21 81 145 48 2 54 99 314 .370 .333 .778 18.7 6.3 1.6 2.9
16 Toby Kimball 1967 1975 571 10439 1383 3251 704 1229 193 3870 571 51 23 1280 3470 .425 .573 18.3 6.1 6.8 1.0
17 A.J. Price 2010 2015 261 3929 549 1444 218 690 207 279 68 377 567 125 9 229 237 1523 .380 .316 .742 15.1 5.8 1.4 2.2
18 Marcus Williams 2007 2010 203 3095 427 1107 126 392 148 193 56 361 574 87 7 295 197 1128 .386 .321 .767 15.2 5.6 1.8 2.8
19 Josh Boone 2007 2010 256 4482 567 1042 0 0 206 463 484 1258 125 99 178 169 466 1340 .544 .445 17.5 5.2 4.9 0.5
20 Chuck Aleksinas 1985 1985 74 1114 161 337 0 1 55 75 87 270 36 15 15 72 171 377 .478 .000 .733 15.1 5.1 3.6 0.5
21 Shabazz Napier 2015 2015 51 1012 87 228 43 118 44 56 17 113 130 40 4 81 76 261 .382 .364 .786 19.8 5.1 2.2 2.5
22 Chris Smith 1993 1995 224 3956 425 976 59 161 231 324 61 291 627 118 56 219 346 1140 .435 .366 .713 17.7 5.1 1.3 2.8
23 Tate George 1991 1995 177 2019 297 717 1 14 141 172 65 180 325 76 11 157 182 736 .414 .071 .820 11.4 4.2 1.0 1.8
24 Jake Voskuhl 2001 2009 450 6443 673 1381 1 3 467 654 562 1539 237 148 166 340 1166 1814 .487 .333 .714 14.3 4.0 3.4 0.5
25 James Foster 1975 1976 89 1158 132 354 1 14 66 98 38 117 190 58 9 151 196 331 .373 .071 .673 13.0 3.7 1.3 2.1
26 Travis Knight 1997 2003 371 4566 522 1192 15 58 217 312 441 1160 224 136 220 244 805 1276 .438 .259 .696 12.3 3.4 3.1 0.6
27 Hilton Armstrong 2007 2014 292 3378 347 693 2 7 184 316 292 766 102 90 142 230 544 880 .501 .286 .582 11.6 3.0 2.6 0.3
28 Corny Thompson 1983 1983 44 520 43 137 0 0 36 46 41 120 34 12 7 31 92 122 .314 .783 11.8 2.8 2.7 0.8
29 Donny Marshall 1996 2003 119 919 87 271 42 125 77 113 39 121 36 37 5 45 107 293 .321 .336 .681 7.7 2.5 1.0 0.3
30 Hasheem Thabeet 2010 2014 224 2357 182 321 0 0 119 206 203 595 27 59 184 123 453 483 .567 .578 10.5 2.2 2.7 0.1
31 Bruce Kuczenski 1984 1984 15 119 10 37 0 0 8 12 7 23 8 1 1 15 18 28 .270 .667 7.9 1.9 1.5 0.5
32 Jim Abromaitis
33 Jim Ahearn
34 Denham Brown
35 Burr Carlson
36 Bill Corley
37 DeAndre Daniels
38 Walt Dropo
39 Tony Hanson
40 Earl Kelley
41 Mike McKay
42 Art Quimby
43 Stanley Robinson
44 Doron Sheffer
45 John Thomas

 

[superjohn]

Hornets are starting to look pretty damn good in the East, Batum is a fantastic addition. Spencer Hawes was a solid addition last week, Lamb has the talent and he will get a good opportunity with the Hornets because shooting guard is their weakest position. With Kemba, Big Al, and Batum you have a really good core, MKG has improved, Think they are shopping Zeller and Biyombo and they can get somebody good with the #9 pick, this draft is better than many realize. Hornets were showing signs last year before Kemba went down, could be a big season for them.

 

[Huskies4ever]

Hasn't UK been to the last 5 or so?

Hasn't UConn won 2 NCAA championships in that span?

 

[Huskies4ever]

thabeet yes, lamb never played so you can't judge him, napier was injured and they just traded/are going to trade chalmers so that will help him, emeka was constantly injured and ben gordon was one of the top scorers in the league until the bulls fked up and didnt sign him he then went to the pistons which never panned out, daniels still has a shot also

I agree, except BG's decline is all on him, and because of his start in the league, makes him a bust.

 

[gtcam]

Criminal? No, thug yes. He's unlikeable. He was worked by Thompson and Mozgov. He's be good as long as he plays along with Steph and Klay. That is what I said.

Just this comment shows how little you know about the league or even a hint of talent appraisal
Do us all a favor and visit another board where you can appear relevant
I don't normally tear people down but you say some outlandish things and have me thinking you are looking for attention

Good Luck J Lamb in your new situation

 

[Brochacho]

he wasnt terrible, he was a freshman and almost had a double double... he was too big for college... so uk should get credit for all their draft picks when those kids would be lottery picks out of high school?

Dammit, you guys have me defending idiots again. Conversion rate for top ten players (RSCI Composite) into lottery picks after freshman year for Calipari (UK era) vs rest of college basketball: Calipari (53%) Field (48%)

So yes, Calipari deserves credit.

 

[4in16]

Hasn't UK been to the last 5 or so?

That wasn't his point, you said why count Drummond for UConn because he didn't have the greatest season and played for only one year. Uconnswag11 was just pointing out that UK shouldn't get credit for all these one and done lotto picks that would've been 1st round or lottery picks straight out of high school using your pointless logic.

Jsm1970
"I added AD, who basically was terrible at UConn, but sure we'll take credit for him."

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I disagree. If you think Green is a max. player as a 4 I'd argue you know nothing about basketball.

I guess your point is that most people who write about basketball know nothing about the sport, given that you can google "Draymond Green max deal" and come up with a litany of professional sportswriters debating the topic.

But you're probably right, those professional writers know far less than the guy who'd take Jared Sullinger over Draymond Green.

 

[Matt1010]

We're in 2015. Name the 9 lottery.

Thabeet = major bust
Lamb = bust
Kemba = solid player, can't shoot so will never be an elite PG
Rudy = got max. deal at one point
Hilton = bust
AD = my bad, will be max. player, was awful at UConn, good that we can even be associated with him
CV = journeyman, made good $$ and loves UConn, a good ambassador. A bust as a 7 pick.

So out of the guys you mentioned we have 4 guys with very good NBA careers, 1 who has started rough but is still very young, and 2 "busts".

 

[B1GEast]

Good for him, but not UConn.

In the last 10 years UConn has not been relevant with getting guys to the NBA, a big factor for recruits.

Basically Rudy & Kemba. Beyond that not much to point to. Thabeet a top 5 bust of all time, Lamb a bust, Napier a likely bust. I guess right before then guys like BG, CV and Emeka have made a lot of time, albeit without much impact.

Hopefully going forward DHam, Adams, Larrier can get this going well again.

Ban this Troll

 

[Gurleyman]

So out of the guys you mentioned we have 4 guys with very good NBA careers, 1 who has started rough but is still very young, and 2 "busts".

And the two busts are UConn success stories - guys who were nowhere close to NBA prospects coming in who we developed into lottery picks. If they didn't succeed at the next level, so be it, but it isn't like we took Felipe Lopez from the cover of SI coming out of high school to the Turkish League.

 

[nomar]

Good for him, but not UConn.

In the last 10 years UConn has not been relevant with getting guys to the NBA, a big factor for recruits.

Basically Rudy & Kemba. Beyond that not much to point to. Thabeet a top 5 bust of all time, Lamb a bust, Napier a likely bust. I guess right before then guys like BG, CV and Emeka have made a lot of time, albeit without much impact.

Hopefully going forward DHam, Adams, Larrier can get this going well again.

Your shtick is already old.

 

[Northbound]

Will be interesting. He'll need to bore committed to defense than he's appeared to have in the past (small sample size) and I don't think he was well liked in OKC by the other guys, be interesting to see why happens here (speculation by friends in OKC)

 

[champs99and04]

i think it was pretty laughable that brooks doghoused him when he shot better and actually played better defense than waiters. now presti is out here clearing cap space to sign freaking kyle singler lol. really excited for lamb, i have a good feeling he'll prove a lot of doubters wrong. still owns a rep as an nba talent by alot of folks around the league.

The Waiters move was probably the most baffling NBA transaction of the entire year, and that's saying a lot. You got two of the best players in the world, and you're going to complement them with one of the worst spot-up shooters in the league, somebody who is not a good passer, and whose best skills are extremely redundant with his back court partner.

Then there's the part where he and Westbrook were out there in the latter half of the season free-styling on defense to the point where OKC devolved into one of the worst defensive teams in the league.

 

[Scottzer]

I still don't take anything you say seriously, nor do a considerable number of posters here. Your arguments are utter sheet.

Exactly, we don't know if Jeremy is a bust. But, also, anybody beyond delusion could look at UConn picks who have been perceived as overpaid as a plus. (Isn't that why undergrads choose Ivy's despite the cost?

 

[uconnbill]

just ignore the troll and his mindless banter. He hasn't a clue.

 

[Samoo]

Hey, if this opportunity doesn't work out, he can always play in Serbia.

That would be fantastic, i'm moving there in August

 

[RayRay19]

There was a reason why Scott Brooks was fired....

 

[Dogbreath2U]

And the two busts are UConn success stories - guys who were nowhere close to NBA prospects coming in who we developed into lottery picks. If they didn't succeed at the next level, so be it, but it isn't like we took Felipe Lopez from the cover of SI coming out of high school to the Turkish League.

Was he the guy someone thought was going to be better than Paul Milsap in the NBA?

 

[djct1999]

I have watched a ton of Thunder games and I felt that Jeremy became a pawn in a power struggle between Brooks and Presti. At the end, he was receiving DNPs from Brooks even when it made no sense whatsoever. I am a firm believer that this kid can play, has a NBA skillset, and will find his niche. This move is perfect for him. I think he we do well.

 

[CallMeBruce]

I agree, except BG's decline is all on him, and because of his start in the league, makes him a bust.

You guys need to learn what a "bust" is. Ben Gordon was absolutely not a bust.

 

[nomar]

Was he the guy someone thought was going to be better than Paul Milsap in the NBA?

Wow, burn. Look, Sammy averaged 14 points a game as a senior and had a very successful 13-game career with the Fort Wayne Ants.