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indeed, he is
Kyle Lowry ranks higher than all of these options. Lowry is currently ranked 6th in ulative 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.
indeed, he is
You betcha money shaker he is. Proud he a Houston Rocket. I even tell my boy he better than that Kobe he love so much. We gonna sneak up on some teams this year, I tell you what.
dude is 26 and it's about the right peaking age for a PG, really a pity dude played w/ a jinx the previous years which definitely impeded his progress, so even though he's perhaps more talented then d-will and CP3 he's still ranked below the top tiers (d-will, CP3, Rose etc...). hope he joins a real contender some time later and win something to establish himself as a marginal HOF'er (like chauncy billups). dude's having a legendary year but he ain't having no chance to have a legendary career imho
Not yet. But he's getting there
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/holli...fposition%3dpg
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/holli...6league%3dwest
Not sure how this editor put him at the top of ulative rankings but using PER by Hollinger he is not in bad company.
He is 4th among West PGs (just ahead of Parker who is playing very well of late after a slow start) and 7th in the league. He also is a pretty fair defender but the bottom line he is not in the true top tier but in the West Paul and West are only locks to make the All Star game but they will probably select Nash for old time sake if they pick a third PG IMO.
Dumbass DaDakota still thinks Brooks is better
Lowry has been excellent so far. Definitely deserves to be an All-Star right now. He's having a much better season than Westbrook and he's done more than CP3 so far since he's stayed healthy.
He is obviously the best. It's so obvious.... like when you really think about it. It really makes sense.
He has joined the company of elite point guards, but I would not go so far as to call him the best yet. I would like to see him perform like this in the playoffs before considering him the best of the best.
Not until hes a 3 time all-star, 3 time world champion, and 1 time finals mvp.
-Church of Parker
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Kyle who?
No but he dam sure is one of the ugliest
Bite your tongue when you talk about one a my Rockets, boy. And at least Lowry don' got an alien looking pointy head like your hero Kobe.No but he dam sure is one of the ugliest
Spurfan wouldn't trade Tony Regular Season Parker for him straight up
Hmm, lets find out...Spurfan wouldn't trade Tony Regular Season Parker for him straight up
http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=190329
Your son has bad taste for NBA players, did you know he thought adding Baron Davis would turn the Lakers into a championship team?
When he plays against the Spurs he is.
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