Toumani had the best +/- with +13.
Keyword was "starter".
Probably due to the fact he was taken out in under 4 minutes due to foul trouble and got a lot of garbage time towards the end of the game when it was already decided.
I definitely read it as player, lol..
0-0 FTs
shocker... 5 personal fouls and ZERO FT attempts, sounds about right. I will take the 14/14 and the ability to pass and a BB IQ over the check casher
It's just interesting that he may very well score less and be on a worse team at the same time. He really forced his way out of a good situation and probably doesn't even realize it.
Not sure anybody thought that. I think the prevailing thought is the Suns didn't develop him to be a primary option on offense. The Suns were in win now mode....not let's take the next several years to slowly develop him mode. He was fed most of his shots. There are going to be teams that think they can develop his game to be a primary option. I think there is SOME truth to that but I think the Suns not using him that way BUT he lacks the IQ to play that way as well which IMO the Suns recognized.
That was also an 18 year old playing against grown men. The outside shooting is a bit concerning, but I wouldn't be too worried about anything else stats wise. Keep in mind that assists and to a lesser extent turnovers are directly affected by the players you are passing to.
You do realize that by this logic you can't draft anyone out of college because they faced low level competition? The G-league is full of guys that were good in college or overseas.
Aren't there young guards who shoot well in college and take better care of the ball? I'm not saying Henderson can't improve or has no future, only that it's very unlikely he'll prove to be the best small guard taken in the last draft.
I think he's starting to.
The year before the Suns got CP3, Ayton took about 15 shots per game and a lot of them were lower percentage mid range shots. That would suggest that he is willing to take those shots, but maybe is struggling to find touches in that area of the floor with Portland.
Wouldn't it make sense to compare game 1 to game 1 and game 2 to game 2? That actually fits your "round" specs. In round 1, Nurk definitely won, but Ayton hasn't played his 2nd game yet.
If you're going purely by stats, DA's first game of the season is a solid step above Nurk's second game. Ayton had 3 more rebounds in 5 fewer minutes, shot .500 from the floor to Jusuf's .200, had 1 fewer turnover, and 1 block to Nurk's 0 although the assist numbers go the other way (3 to 1 for Nurk). But, those are just numbers, they never tell the whole story. And it's also worth considering the matchups. Ayton once again got abused by Clipper centers, Nurkic got dominated by AD who is still among the league's best big men.
