fleetwood macbull wrote:bald odds say that elite #1 overall level PGs don't come around in back to back years. Either Rubio and or Rose are overhyped in that... unless the emphasis on the PG position has truly gone through the roof and touted PGs are gonna go top 5 every year now just because. Or until 5 years from now we're all going remember those 2 busts Rose and Rubio we all were sure were the next whohas? what a laf!
lets just remember Eurohypes Darko and Bargnani and Skitishwhatever when dreaming about the overseas fantasy players. Seems like the best ones end up either unhyped or taken in the second round lower 1st while the golden boys go fzzzt. We get too nutty gushy over these mysterious Eurobeards. Not to mention Yi and Yao and Yo
Yep......Even Rose is a guy who's had one college season. He may be an above avg assist man who's a 14 ppg scorer.....which isn't gonna make him top 15 in the NBA. Same for Rubio. He figures to start but,if you are a starting NBA PG you need to be an 8 asst guy or a 16-17 pt scorer to be in the top 15,which means both these guys need to make steady progress a few years. Most of the NBA's better colleg PG's had 2-4 years as a quality college starter. They didn't have to evolve as much as rookies.
Hard to say if Rubio enters the draft or not,this year. The main NBA $$ appear after the rookie contract. Polishing his stuff in Europe an extra year might mean he's more NBA ready when he get's picked and that could pay off later. I think a lot of guys who hit the NBA as teens are premature and
they have to learn on the job,often with a team that can't or won't invest minutes in a kid who's still unripe and unpredictable.
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