Double-Up
01-25-2012, 09:16 AM
Kyle Lowry ranks higher than all of these options. Lowry is currently ranked 6th in cumulative rankings and 4th in average rankings. His numbers speak for themselves: 16.5 points per game, 8.7 assists per game, and 6.9 boards per contest. As you may guess, that means he is regularly going to be in contention for triple doubles, and he did in fact nail one last night.
I don't think there is any doubt at this point that Lowry will be an all star reserve, but will he be considered on the same level as some of those guys I mentioned above? Maybe not yet. This season has been a small sample size to be sure, but Lowry is hitting nearly 40% from behind the arc. He used to shoot between 25 and 28%. The improvement shows Lowry has the drive to make the necessary adjustments to be one of the best point guards in the game.
I'm not sure we can anoint him as one quite yet, but his numbers are the best for his position. His uncanny ability to both get long rebounds and track down loose balls gets the Rockets a lot of extra positions and that helps them win games. Lowry does it all, big things, small things, and intangible things, and he has outplayed almost everyone he has faced this year.
I don't think it is long before people will just realize it: Kyle Lowry is an elite point guard. It never looked like he would be, but at only 25 years of age he has a lot of very good seasons left, so we may see his star rise even further. He may make the Rockets contenders—Gasp.
He's not even working with the most talented cast of teammates. Kevin Martin is an all star and a high scorer, and Luis Scola is as good and underrated as a power forward can be, but neither is the kind of player capable of putting up huge numbers, and though the Rockets do score a lot of points, some pieces are missing—they need more toughness on the interior to help Scola and they need a better center than Samuel Dalembert, despite the fact that Dalembert has played well…he's just not a long term solution and if the Rockets want to get to the next level it is imperative that they make a run at Dwight Howard this summer.
I think Lowry would help Howard a lot, too. Howard has done his duties and improved offensively, but he can't maximize that, even with Hedo Turkoglu on the pick and roll, despite the fact that Hedo was once one of the best guys to put in a pick and roll with Howard. Lowry could break down defenders, get into the lane, and get Howard a lot of lobs. When not lobbing it up towards Howard, Lowry can hit the floater coming through the paint. He's very good at getting his shot off over much larger defenders.
As I said, it may be a bit early to say the torch of greatness has been passed onto Lowry, but if he keeps playing the way he has been, and the Rockets make the playoffs and make some noise, I think we'll hear Lowry's name in discussions for the best point in the league today.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ycn-10876579
This fool is on a mission...props to him.
I don't think there is any doubt at this point that Lowry will be an all star reserve, but will he be considered on the same level as some of those guys I mentioned above? Maybe not yet. This season has been a small sample size to be sure, but Lowry is hitting nearly 40% from behind the arc. He used to shoot between 25 and 28%. The improvement shows Lowry has the drive to make the necessary adjustments to be one of the best point guards in the game.
I'm not sure we can anoint him as one quite yet, but his numbers are the best for his position. His uncanny ability to both get long rebounds and track down loose balls gets the Rockets a lot of extra positions and that helps them win games. Lowry does it all, big things, small things, and intangible things, and he has outplayed almost everyone he has faced this year.
I don't think it is long before people will just realize it: Kyle Lowry is an elite point guard. It never looked like he would be, but at only 25 years of age he has a lot of very good seasons left, so we may see his star rise even further. He may make the Rockets contenders—Gasp.
He's not even working with the most talented cast of teammates. Kevin Martin is an all star and a high scorer, and Luis Scola is as good and underrated as a power forward can be, but neither is the kind of player capable of putting up huge numbers, and though the Rockets do score a lot of points, some pieces are missing—they need more toughness on the interior to help Scola and they need a better center than Samuel Dalembert, despite the fact that Dalembert has played well…he's just not a long term solution and if the Rockets want to get to the next level it is imperative that they make a run at Dwight Howard this summer.
I think Lowry would help Howard a lot, too. Howard has done his duties and improved offensively, but he can't maximize that, even with Hedo Turkoglu on the pick and roll, despite the fact that Hedo was once one of the best guys to put in a pick and roll with Howard. Lowry could break down defenders, get into the lane, and get Howard a lot of lobs. When not lobbing it up towards Howard, Lowry can hit the floater coming through the paint. He's very good at getting his shot off over much larger defenders.
As I said, it may be a bit early to say the torch of greatness has been passed onto Lowry, but if he keeps playing the way he has been, and the Rockets make the playoffs and make some noise, I think we'll hear Lowry's name in discussions for the best point in the league today.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ycn-10876579
This fool is on a mission...props to him.