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NBA Players that surprised you

  • wildcats20
    Marvin shot 51%, 43% from 3, and 85% FT. Played 22 min/game as a FRESHMAN, scored 11 a game and grabbed 7 boards.

    What is wildly inconsistent about that?
  • Ironman92
    Skyhook79;1029644 wrote:Worse: Chris Duhon
    JJ Reddick
    Shelden Williams
    Mike Dunleavy
    Dhantay Jones
    Trajan Langdon
    Shavlik Randolph
    John Wall
    Jeff Green

    Better: Kevin Love
    Lamarcus Aldridge
    James Harden
    Stephen Curry
    Russell Westbrook
    Al Horford

    Pls be honest on the worse....you didn't think for a second most of those Dukies were going to be better than they are/were
  • wildcats20
    Laley23;1029643 wrote:Come on man. He was behind 2 MCD AA. 1 a SR (Williams) and 1 a JR (Sean May). Dont go overboard like he was buried in the doghouse lol.

    When it mattered, vs Illinois, Marvin was in and hit the go ahead basket to win the title. I dont remember exactly, but once he got accustomed to the college game, it seemed his play took off (right around conference play maybe..UNC fans??)
    Yes. He also hit the game winner on senior day in Chapel Hill against Dook.
  • gerb131
    Trajan Langdon hasn't been mentioned, he was the worst.
  • hoops23
    jordo, please just stop.

    You're getting a Clipper sized beat down right now.

    Or a Phoenix sized beat down.. Holy shit is that game out of hand.
  • Ironman92
    What was his expectations? Few Dukies at that time had ever amounted to anything in the NBA....I did think he might be a 8-12 ppg game guy barely starting for a bad team or coming off the bench.

    I forget, how high was he drafted? 7th?
  • Skyhook79
    Ironman92;1029651 wrote:Pls be honest on the worse....you didn't think for a second most of those Dukies were going to be better than they are/were
    I knew they wouldn't be very good but I didn't think they would be as bad as they have been. Isn't that the question "who is worse than you thought"?
  • Ironman92
    I thought Scoonie would prove the experts wrong....in fact he just prooved me wrong.
  • jordo212000
    wildcats20;1029649 wrote:Marvin shot 51%, 43% from 3, and 85% FT. Played 22 min/game as a FRESHMAN, scored 11 a game and grabbed 7 boards.

    What is wildly inconsistent about that?

    Look at his game logs again
  • wildcats20
    Ironman92;1029658 wrote:What was his expectations? Few Dukies at that time had ever amounted to anything in the NBA....I did think he might be a 8-12 ppg game guy barely starting for a bad team or coming off the bench.

    I forget, how high was he drafted? 7th?
    11th.

    I thought JJ would be a HUGE bust. But he has exceeded my expectations.
  • wes_mantooth
    Ironman92;1029615 wrote:He wasn't as dominate at USC as I expected....he's close to what I guessed
    yeah, I was going more on him piggybacking Lebron in HS. There was a lot of hype then...and you are right, he was a very good, not great player in college.
  • Ironman92
    Skyhook79;1029659 wrote:I knew they wouldn't be very good but I didn't think they would be as bad as they have been. Isn't that the question "who is worse than you thought"?

    I just have a hard time believing Redick and Duhon are not as good as you expected. I can't believe Duhon got 1/3 as much playing as he did/does.....and you did not think Redick would be around double digits scoring on a top 4 playoff seed.
  • Ironman92
    And as a Duke fan....can't believe Sheldon Williams even made the league for more than a year or two
  • Azubuike24
    DeMarcus averaged a double double in his rookie season.

    Rajon Rondo's lack of perceived talent can be attributed to the awful Tubby Smith.

    Rondo under a coach like Calipari would've been a top 3-5 lottery pick.
  • robj55
    Ironman92;1029660 wrote:I thought Scoonie would prove the experts wrong....in fact he just prooved me wrong.
    He had multiple offers to come and try and play in the league, he chose to stay overseas where he would have made more money anyway.
  • Ironman92
    Brooke Lopez to the surprised list for me
  • Laley23
    Azubuike24;1029670 wrote:DeMarcus averaged a double double in his rookie season.

    Rajon Rondo's lack of perceived talent can be attributed to the awful Tubby Smith.

    Rondo under a coach like Calipari would've been a top 3-5 lottery pick.
    Especially in that draft. One of the worst I can remember.
  • jordo212000
    Ironman92;1029660 wrote:I thought Scoonie would prove the experts wrong....in fact he just prooved me wrong.

    Scoonie is still one of my favorite Buckeyes but I didn't really see him as an NBA guy.

    Mike Redd was one who surprised me though
  • Laley23
    Ironman92;1029673 wrote:Brooke Lopez to the surprised list for me
    Those guys got a bad rep at Stanford because of the Collins brothers. Robin was close to them, but Brooke was MUCH better.
  • Ironman92
    Didn't expect much....but thought Kosta Koufas would've been at least a contributor off the bench.
  • wes_mantooth
    Kenyon Martin is one that turned out much better than I thought he would be.
  • Skyhook79
    Ironman92;1029668 wrote:And as a Duke fan....can't believe Sheldon Williams even made the league for more than a year or two
    Williams was the #5 pick in the draft. I think they were expecting more than 1 or 2 from him. I expected JJ Reddick to at least average 10-15 ppg (he has avg 7.7) considering he was the all time leading scorer in ACC history coming out of College.
  • Laley23
    Since I just saw he got a flagrant 2 tonight....Drew Gooden. And because I know the talent he actually possess, he is just too big of a pussy to showcase it...Jared Jeffries.
  • wildcats20
    Skyhook79;1029682 wrote:Williams was the #5 pick in the draft. I think they were expecting more than 1 or 2 from him. I expected JJ Reddick to at least average 10-15 ppg (he has avg 7.7) considering he was the all time leading scorer in ACC history coming out of College.
    JJ couldn't and still can't get his own shot.
  • Ironman92
    Skyhook79;1029682 wrote:Williams was the #5 pick in the draft. I think they were expecting more than 1 or 2 from him. I expected JJ Reddick to at least average 10-15 ppg (he has avg 7.7) considering he was the all time leading scorer in ACC history coming out of College.

    But YOU didn't think that. You didn't think Redick was going for 15 ppg because he led the ACC scoring record.

    Was he over 10 ppg last year? Did you think Chris Corchiani was going to go for 5-7 assists per game?