technomaster wrote:I'm impressed by his numbers relative to those of Evan Turner with similar minutes. (I also didn't realize Turner was relatively old!)I would dispute the idea of Fields never becoming a "star"... though we should be specific of how we define that. If we mean all-star - fans vote in the starters. :) (I could see such a cult following forming around this guy that he gets voted in!)
Of course, given his rookie numbers, you might extrapolate him easily having a few 14-18ppg years - and on a major winning team, you could see him getting voted in by coaches.
He may never become a go-to scorer on a good team; he doesn't seem to have that kind of dominant move or first step. But that's okay.
I was a big Turner fan when he was in college, and hoped the Knicks would get him the year we picked up Hill (Turner stayed at OSU, obviously). I'm surprised by his play so far. I think he will find his comfort zone at some point, though, and Philly will have a scary backcourt when he and Holiday finally realize their respective potential.
Fields does a lot of the things Turner can do, and probably has better jumping ability. I thought Turner's shot was better than it has been so far, and he has usually been a good assist man, but Landry is looking much more confident in the NBA than Turner at this point. He is a tenacious rebounder, finishes well, is a surprisingly good passer, and is opportunistic. He falls into that "scorer" category, because even though his jumper is on and off, he always seems to get his points, and ends up hitting his fair share of jumpers, too.
He continues to amaze me, and I seem to be saying the same things about him over and over again, but what can you do when he consistently contributes and has the type of gutty game he played today.
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities- C.N. Bovee
for giving the kid the chance!