Amir Johnson is still a project.(Also, science project ideas for all you youngsters!)

barbosa played 20 minutes a game in 70 games as a rookie.

tony parker played 30 minutes a game in 77 games as an 18 year old rookie.

manu played 20 mpg.

lakers found 16 for kobe.

dont even have to bring up duncan.

i could actually dig up alot.

saying "contenders dont play rookies" is wrong. they do. we dont. we have a horrible record of developing talent. its easier for a prince, or a maxiell to ride the bench because they enter the league fairly ready to contribute from day 1. when your a stone's throw away from getting pt, its easier to stay prepared than when its basically "nothing you can do will get you pt". concidering that young 20 yr old players usually want to party, play video games, and not concentrate on improving, its really risky to just stash them on the bench and assume that they are developing themselves.

Amir is not a project.

Rename to:

Amir Johnson is ready to be in the rotation.

Let me say his dribble still sucks and like stuckeys fouls when he doesnt have to some times. but he's still not a project.

No doubt he has to work his ballhandling a bit and has to refrain from some poor rookie-like decisions.

led the team in +/- tonight...

Amir Johnson is going to be a stud he would be a top 10 pick maybe top 5 if he was coming out of college this year and he is ready for serious minutes

Stucky has for real game however he needs to be more consistent at the line and finish his moves are sweet but he needs to be polished

But seriously I think AA needs more PT he is a serious lock down defender and has a sweet stroke and the maturity and DM needed to have a positive affect on the game

:amir: [smilie=pistonsfloo:

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Originally Posted by e-ray

No doubt he has to work his ballhandling a bit and has to refrain from some poor rookie-like decisions.

At what point do they change from "rookie-like decisions" to just mistakes? I mean, it is extremely rare for even the best players in the game to play mistake free. Every single game our starters make numerous mistakes that someone might call "rookie-like". He played 13 minutes and his only real mistakes (2) came in a 10 second span. And both (the TO and foul) are things I've seen the Vets do hundreds of times over the years.

Players make mistakes. You can't expect young players to play mistake free-ball, when the regulars don't.

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Originally Posted by FP22

At what point do they change from "rookie-like decisions" to just mistakes? I mean, it is extremely rare for even the best players in the game to play mistake free. Every single game our starters make numerous mistakes that someone might call "rookie-like". He played 13 minutes and his only real mistakes (2) came in a 10 second span. And both (the TO and foul) are things I've seen the Vets do hundreds of times over the years.

Players make mistakes. You can't expect young players to play mistake free-ball, when the regulars don't.

There was just one incident last night I was referring to that was "rookie-like" that he can eliminate. When he posted up and tried to make a move towards the baseline, he brought the ball down when he was going to make his move, right into the defender. If it were Sheed, he would've kept the ball up, this is something Amir should be able to learn from him. He didn't have the space to bring the ball down.

That's the only thing and those are the mistakes I am talking about, I've got no beef with the foul.

Amir!

He's still raw as hell, but his relentless, wild play is becoming fun to watch. i forgot who originally made the dennis rodman comparison and can sort of see it. his game is completely unpretenious, just run around and be a hyperactive rebounder and shot blocker. i like the combo of Max and Amir crashing the boards.