Posted by Knight:
How is Ariza going to break out? Is he going to dunk with more authority? Because he sure as heck will not be lighting up the opposition with his jumper! As far as impact rookies go I have to go big and say:
Bogut
May
Simien
Their experience will help them contribute right away.
My breakout player is still TJ Ford--when you have options like Redd, Mason, Simmons, Bogut--and even Joe Smith to pass to, you should rack up a ton of assists.
[Edited by - Knight on 07/29/2005 11:29:08]
Knight, how do you know that Ariza has not been working on a jumper this offseason? If Ariza comes out and scores 12-13ppg on dunks or whatever way he does it, it's going to be absolutely huge. Besides, who says this is just based on scoring? Ariza showed last year that he was an up and coming defensive player in this league and if he improves even more on what he did last year then we could be looking at someone who ends up with 10ppg/5-6rbg/1bpg/1.5spg. Anything near those stats or if he exceeds them would warrant serious breakthough player of the year mentioning.
