OJ Mayo passes Rose to #1 on ESPN's Rookie Rankings
3 Shades of Blue —
... after some stellar TEAM performances by the Memphis Grizzlies and some stinkers being put up by the former #1 and Memphis Tiger, Derrick Rose. Only about 1/3 of the way through the NBA season and the rookie wall is approaching so there is still a long way to go in this race. However, much props to Mayo and also Marc Gasol at #6 also cracking the top 10. ...
Speights moves into David Thorpe's top 10 rookies.
Liberty Ballers —
Speights moves into David Thorpe's top 10 rookies.
David Thorpe's Analysis
December 30, 2008
Speights is playing great on offense. No surprise there. But to be a better defensive force, he needs to learn to try to deny his opponents good post-up ...
Rookies and Rumors and Links
Rip City Project | A Portland Trailblazers blog —
... Thorpe has also moved Oden up to the No. 6 spot on his Top-50 Rookies list, and had this to say in his weekly observations column (always a good, detailed read): ...
Thursday Morning Links
Depressed Fan —
... starting. It's capped by another gem of a quote from Lou: "It hasn't been something we've really talked about in the past because we want guys to shoot 3-pointers." Really? Do you want them to shoot wide-open threes? Thad is watching game film from happier days and Sam doesn't seem happy about his recent PT. (Fagan) Bernard Fernandez looks at how Miller contributes, and when. Advanced shooting stats over at PhillyArena.net. Speights remains in the top 10 of David Thorpe's rookie rankings. ...
Friends in High Places
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... plays, and raves about the guy, at both ends of the floor. Kevin made a convincing case, talking about scoring efficiency, defensive assignments, and shooting stroke. Thorpe, who takes the rankings very seriously, swore to dig in to the statistics and video. He also said something to the effect of: Could he really be in the top four? Up there with Russell Westbrook, Derrick Rose, Brook Lopez and O.J. Mayo? I smiled a little today, when I saw that Gordon has, indeed, passed Mayo to claim the fourth overall spot. I don't ...
It's Been an Interesting Couple of Days in Clipper Nation
Clips Nation —
... . When Thorpe's new rookie rankings appeared, Gordon had magically moved ahead of O.J. Mayo and Thorpe opened his ...
Your Mid-March "Eric Gordon's Really Great" Post
Clips Nation —
... is comparing apples to hand grenades - and the same is true for rookies. So obviously Brook Lopez gets more rebounds, shoots a higher percentage, and blocks more shots - he's a center, he's supposed to do those things. Likewise Derrick Rose and Russell Westbrook get more assists - they're point guards, they have the ball more. But it's worth noting that as O.J. Mayo has faded in the second half of the season, Gordon has passed his fellow rookie shooting guard on David Thorpe's list among others. In other words, picking seventh, in ...
ESPN Pacers Chat with Me and David ThorpeTuesday, 2:30 pm EST
Eight Points, Nine Seconds —
... . He also writes for ESPN.com and is Bristol’s de facto NBA rookie expert, a role that led him to ranking Roy Hibbert and Brandon Rush as 21st and 29th best-performing rookies of the 2008 draft class, respectively, in his final “NBA Rookie 50 Rankings” last season. ...
