I feel the same wayThis will feel so bizarre to watch. Won't find a bigger Kemba or Celts fan then myself. I'll be happy with Kemba dropping 50 in a 2 pt loss...
Worst big man rotation in the league, Hornets are fading.Hornets started off really promising but have since been on quite a slide.. they really need a solid big man, frank, cody and hibbert arent the answer
Worst big man rotation in the league, Hornets are fading.
He's better than anyone not named Harden, Westbrook and LeBron this season.Not to beat a dead horse but I think we can definitely say Isaiah is better than Kemba this season
Agree on offensive side of ball, Isaiah's 4th Q stats put him with or atop those guys.He's better than anyone not named Harden, Westbrook and LeBron this season.
Give me a break, Isaiah is a significantly better player than Conley. I also disagree that he's the 4th best player this year but he is top 10, Conley is maybe top 30.Isaiah is one of the very worst defensive players in the league. He's a tricky player to rank because he's had such an absurdly good season offensively, but I disagree pretty strongly with @superjohn that he's been the fourth best player in the league. Not close. Give me a compelling reason to believe he's better than somebody like Mike Conley. I could be wrong, but I want to see it.
Thomas is averaging 28.5 points and 6 assists, he's shooting over 90% from the stripe, turns it over less than 2.5 times per game and is by far the best 4th quarter scorer in the league. Kemba is having a better season than Conley and Thomas is having a far better season than both of them.Isaiah is one of the very worst defensive players in the league. He's a tricky player to rank because he's had such an absurdly good season offensively, but I disagree pretty strongly with @superjohn that he's been the fourth best player in the league. Not close. Give me a compelling reason to believe he's better than somebody like Mike Conley. I could be wrong, but I want to see it.
Just talking about the season he's having, not if you think he's a top 10 or 20 player.With Thomas on court Celt's offense is recently scoring 117.5/100 possessions, not sure what they give up, but simply put Thomas is putting the team on his back offensively. Conley might be a more complete player, but he's never done what Isaiah is doing right now on offense - scoring or assists. Granted it was a home game and he had a better supporting cast, but very clear Isaiah was the star last night v Kemba, and I was rooting for Kemba to outshine but lose.
See article from Mass Live. Doesn't mention what the defensive splits are. FWIW Isaiah did play good D on Kemba in 4th Q last night, I think when he's got a guy similar size he's not terrible.
Problem with putting Isaiah in top 10 is it could be a hot streak and there is no one until 20+ that you'd say Isaiah is better than or would trade straight-up for Isaiah (otherwise Ainge would), even with Isaiah's puny salary. LeBron, Durant, Harden, Westbrook, Curry, ADavis, Giannis, Love, Irving, CPaul, BGriffin, KLeonard, DLillard, Lowry, DeRozan, Cousins, Draymond, KThompson, MGasol & Paul George rounds out my 20 more valuable. And lots of guys on upside swing like Porzingis, Embid, Towns etc.. that most would also place above.
The Isaiah Thomas Files: Shooting like Stephen Curry, holding off the Charlotte Hornets, making a run at starting All-Star Game
Thomas is averaging 28.5 points and 6 assists, he's shooting over 90% from the stripe, turns it over less than 2.5 times per game and is by far the best 4th quarter scorer in the league. Kemba is having a better season than Conley and Thomas is having a far better season than both of them.
*NY Post 'rumor' suggestion of Carmelo for Crowder, Amir Johnson, Jerebko. Crowder-better defensively and very arguably over next 5-7 years will put up more pts then Carmelo at far less money. Johnson - they need as only athletic rim protector rebounder even though he's not perfect & ABradley still leads team in rebounding. Plus although those guys would improve the Knicks if they trade Anthony they need to do it for more upside/youth.
Carmelo: -1.52 Defensive/plus minus (74th/80), +2.69 offensive 7th, 1.17 NET 16thWould do this immediately knowing we have likely top 3 pick this year and if they think Brown can emerge at some point then he would slot into the 3
They would need to split Johnson's minutes between Mickey and Olynyk unless they make another move