Pelicans: Why Anthony Davis is destined to be even bigger than Tim Duncan

[BRHornet45]

Son, kind of like nobody cares about your overplayed piss poor white man pretending to be a black man schtick. You almost struck a nerve with your Cleveland dig, that is If I actually gave a flying about Cleveland, its fanbase or teams.

PS How long are you gonna stick with the boss hogg Dukes of Hazzard avator. Probably one of your favorite childhood memories, but everyone's got to grow up sometime SON.

son don't act like you don't care about the Cavs. you know you do. I know I struck a nerve hence your angry reply. now step the down before I slap the out of you again.

[Hoops Czar]

son don't act like you don't care about the Cavs. you know you do. I know I struck a nerve hence your angry reply. now step the down before I slap the out of you again.

In five years, AD won't even be a Hornet and that's real talk Sonny.

[D12]

In five years, AD won't even be a Hornet and that's real talk Sonny.

Remember det one time the Hornets actually had a superstar? they traded him because he didn't want to be in that hole

[D12]

Tbh, my pass1st layed out the goods in a couple of words...

/thread

[Juggity]

hey dumb dumb he is averaging 16 and 8 at 50% shooting right now in his rookie season lol. Duncan hasn't put up those kinds of averages in 3+ years!

lol son Duncan is putting up better numbers than Davis this season at age 37. When Duncan was a rookie, he was putting up even better numbers than right now.

When Duncan was in his prime, he was dropping a quad-dub in the NBA finals and leading SA to 4 rings. Taking into account rings, trophies, winning percentage, and leadership, Duncan is the 7th or 8th greatest player in the history of the league. To compare a promising rookie to one of the most assured legacies of all time is laughable.

[Stalin]

son don't act like you don't care about the Cavs. you know you do. I know I struck a nerve hence your angry reply. now step the down before I slap the out of you again.

[TDMVPDPOY]

duncan when he was a rookie, was top5 player in the league

davis? gtfo

[unforeseen]

NO needs a few more top 2 picks to contend in the west.

[Stalin]

as if you scros still falling for this transparent br shtick

[KaiRMD1]

Too early, simple as that

[Koolaid_Man]

Why Antony Davis Is Destined to Be Even Bigger Than Tim Duncan



Even with the LeBron James-like expectations set forth for the rookie season of Anthony Davis, life in the NBA wasn't supposed to be this easy for the former one-and-done Kentucky star.

Consider the odds stacked against him.

Davis entered a New Orleans Hornets franchise in disarray. The team was fewer than 12 months removed from the departure of perhaps the top player in franchise history, a still-in-his-prime Chris Paul. The team's current best player, Eric Gordon, has yet to play a single minute in the 2012-13 season due to a lingering knee injury which Gordon and team doctors have said involves no structural damage (according to Jeff Duncan of The Times-Picayune).

Although injuries have limited Davis to just six of the team's first 10 games, the 19-year-old power forward has already proven worthy of that elevated draft stock. Davis' 26.4 player efficiency rating puts him ahead of any player's aged 20 or younger season in more than 30 years (according to espn.com's Justin Havens).

The sample size couldn't be any smaller. Then again, the sample itself couldn't be more impressive.

Davis ranks among the top two Hornets' rotation players in scoring (16.0 points per game, second), rebounding (8.3, first), field-goal percentage (49.3, second) and blocks (2.2, first). He's using good footwork to guide his 220-lb. frame to efficient scoring inside the paint (56.6 percent). Not to mention that the midrange jumper he displayed with the Wildcats has yet to factor in his NBA success (5-of-16).


He has the size (6'10") to continue his post production throughout the season. But thanks to his handles and quickness, defenders can't just wait for him to move toward the basket. And his passing ability (thanks to his point guard past) forces help defenders to think twice about bringing the double-team.

His defensive abilities led to predraft comparisons to Marcus Camby and Kevin Garnett. Those may sound like unrealistic predictions, but his defensive numbers with Kentucky (4.7 blocks and 1.4 steals per game) would say otherwise.

Stretching his early production over the span of an 82-game season shouldn't be a problem for Davis given the comparable talents of his teammates. If he can simply stay on the floor, he'll remain the offensive and defensive focal points.

His biggest challenge will be finding a way to channel his abilities in to making his teammates better. Duncan's impact in his rookie season of 1997-98 (21.1 points and 11.9 rebounds) helped lead the Spurs to a 36-game regular season improvement over their previous season. Then again, the 21-year-old Duncan also had the help of a 32-year-old David Robinson.

Robin Lopez isn't exactly in Robinson's category. And Greivis Vasquez isn't quite Avery Johnson.

Davis needs some help if New Orleans hopes to turn around their 3-7 start. He needs a healthy, focused Gordon back on the floor. He needs Austin Rivers to find the maturity that draft scouts wondered if he ever would.

But New Orleans didn't draft Davis for what he could help them accomplish this season. Hornets GM Dell Demps was thinking big picture when he made Davis the first overall pick of the 2012 NBA Draft.

If these six games were just the preview of what the big man is capable of, his career has blockbuster potential.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...han-tim-duncan

I agree with you...you just make sure yall training that young stud the right way so he'll be primed and ready to join LA in a few more years...we're already looking at players from this years draft that we may want...you know how we do it playa

[100%duncan]

as if you scros still falling for this transparent br shtick

They are.

[Latarian Milton]

unibrow ain't even remotely as good as the rookie duncan or the 37yr old him, let alone the prime version tbh

[Raven]

hey dumb dumb he is averaging 16 and 8 at 50% shooting right now in his rookie season lol. Duncan hasn't put up those kinds of averages in 3+ years!

the only concern is some of the tick tack injuries right now.

tim duncan had 21-12 in his rookie season...

[fevertrees]

New Orleans Pelicans, full of injury prone "stars."

[tlongII]

Lillard will be ROY.

[JRHernandez88]

that ass tho...

[Raven]

Anthony Davis (ankle) could miss two more weeks with the stress reaction to his left ankle.

[fevertrees]

[timvp]

Anthony Davis (ankle) could miss two more weeks with the stress reaction to his left ankle.

Tbh, Anthony Oden was harsh. Maybe it should be Anthony Bowie.

Then again, that name is taken. Anthony Oden it is.

[baseline bum]

Tbh, Anthony Oden was harsh. Maybe it should be Anthony Bowie.

Then again, that name is taken. Anthony Oden it is.

Anthony Bynum?

Anthony Yao?

[Adolf]

I'm hoping for Anthony Curry.

[gee]

Why Antony Davis Is Destined to Be Even Bigger Than Tim Duncan

lol, you dumb

[TDMVPDPOY]

duncan won ROtM each month in his rookie campaign

same cant be said about unibrow

[rayjayjohnson]

I agree with you...you just make sure yall training that young stud the right way so he'll be primed and ready to join LA in a few more years...we're already looking at players from this years draft that we may want...you know how we do it playa

can't develop their own players
fairweather fans
rapist apologisers.