Who are the top 2013 Rookie "Bust of The Year" candidates so far?

[CavaliersFTW]

Now that the season is starting to pick up some steam let's discuss bust predictions. I know Rivers was one of the rookies with high bust-potential, what about some of the other guys like Drummond/Robinson - how have this seasons most promising looking rookies been playing so far?





*EDIT*

....apparantly Fredette's not a rookie anymore :lol

[EnoughSaid]

Thomas Robinson. Never hear about him.

[Wally450]

Fredette?

[Rekindled]

what is this , idont even..

[eazyduzzit10]

Now that the season is starting to pick up some steam let's discuss bust predictions. I know Rivers was one of the rookies with high bust-potential, what about some of the other guys like Drummond/Robinson/Fredette - how have this seasons most promising looking rookies been playing so far?

Fredette's a sophmore

[BuffaloBill]

Thomas Robinson. Never hear about him.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MkgKL7FpE8

[CavaliersFTW]

what is this , idont even..
It's a topic about the biggest rookie disappoitnments so far

[CavaliersFTW]

Fredette's a sophmore
:roll: wow I failed on that one - I even had to sit and think about it for a minute until I realized that indeed he was part of Irvings class not Waiters - brain fart I guess? :confusedshrug: :oldlol:

[IGotACoolStory]

Drummond's numbers look good to me :confusedshrug: Really good.

Would probably have to be someone who plays good minutes and still puts out shit stats on a losing team. And that guy should be an early pick. Lottery?

So hrm..

Davis looks good. MKG looks good. Waiters is alright. Lillard has been great. Barnes been good. Mentioned Drummond already. Leonard serviceable. Henson is fine.

Lamb and Marshall never play.


Beal has been disappointing and he had some big hype. Sleeper for ROY by many.

Never hear anything from Robinson. Although his minutes are a bit low and his raw stats aren't terrible, I guess.

Ross is kind of in the same boat as Robinson, except his efficiency is worse. However, he's had some good games while Robinson hasn't really.

Rivers has been bad. No way around it, and he had the opportunity to be the starting PG or starting SG if he wanted.


So between Rivers and Beal, in my uneducated opinion.

[supe12sta12z]

Kendall Marshall
Royce White

[KyrieTheFuture]

Does Royce count? Beal is the only one with minutes who isn't producing. Rivers too I guess.

[fsvr54]

Rivers, but I knew he would suck.

Beal is not shooting well.

[Fudge]

Beal will be fine once Wall comes back. T-Rob is a guy with high bust potential to me.

[Walker]

Kendall Marshall
Royce White
Marshall has played a total of 18 minutes.
How exactly is he a bust when he hasn't been given the oppertunity to play?

[CavaliersFTW]

Does Royce count? Beal is the only one with minutes who isn't producing. Rivers too I guess.
Every Rookie counts so definitely Royce is in the mix - he hasn't played a single game yet has he? He may definitely be the bust of the year by the end of the season if things don't change

[CavaliersFTW]

Marshall has played a total of 18 minutes.
How exactly is he a bust when he hasn't been given the oppertunity to play?
Rookies have to earn their minutes in practice, so if he can't even so much as earn some minutes on the roster than maybe he is bust material, no? :confusedshrug: IMO you don't get a free pass just cause the coach won't play you - that's all the more reason to be bust worthy actually

[supe12sta12z]

Marshall has played a total of 18 minutes.
How exactly is he a bust when he hasn't been given the oppertunity to play?

So why do you think he can't get on the court?

[KG215]

So why do you think he can't get on the court?
Because he's their third string PG. I know the name Sebastian Telfair doesn't carry any weight, but he was really solid for Phoenix down the stretch of last season backing up Nash. So, as soon Phoenix signed Dragic, Marshall was relegated to third string PG without much of a chance to prove himself.

Yes, you can argue if he was any good he'd have earned more minutes over Telfair, but right now I don't think it's really fair to call any of the rookies who don't even get the chance to play (except in mop-up duty) a bust.

[Legends66NBA7]

Ross needs more playing time. It's just the "NBA Ready" and you don't use him, it seems like a wasted pick to me.

He's a rookie, so he'll make mistakes. But don't use him so erratically.

[supe12sta12z]

Because he's their third string PG. I know the name Sebastian Telfair doesn't carry any weight, but he was really solid for Phoenix down the stretch of last season backing up Nash. So, as soon Phoenix signed Dragic, Marshall was relegated to third string PG without much of a chance to prove himself.

Yes, you can argue if he was any good he'd have earned more minutes over Telfair, but right now I don't think it's really fair to call any of the rookies who don't even get the chance to play (except in mop-up duty) a bust.

What a cop out response. We're not talking about an 18-19 year old raw PG here. We're talking about a 21 year old who was considered one of the most polished PG to come out of that draft. The term NBA-ready was thrown out with his name attached.

To tell me he can't even get on the court at all is disturbing. Telfair is terrible and the minutes he's getting is undeserved.

[East_Stone_Ya]

rivers....:(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzp7J1de8vg

[KG215]

who was considered one of the most polished PG to come out of that draft. The term NBA-ready was thrown out with his name attached.
No, he wasn't, and no it wasn't. He was thought of, at the very least, a three year player in college but he came out after his sophomore season. Some thought he was a four year college player. He broke his wrist in the tournament last year. That coupled with knowing Barnes, Henson, and Zeller leaving, and he jumped knowing his stock was about as high as it'd ever get.

That doesn't mean he was NBA ready.

[supe12sta12z]

No, he wasn't, and no it wasn't. He was thought of, at the very least, a three year player in college but he came out after his sophomore season. Some thought he was a four year college player. He broke his wrist in the tournament last year. That coupled with knowing Barnes, Henson, and Zeller leaving, and he jumped knowing his stock was about as high as it'd ever get.

That doesn't mean he was NBA ready.

Please show me who said he was at least a 3-4 year college player before he'd be ready for the NBA? Every article and draftnik I encountered said that he was ready to run an NBA team NOW with his high floor but lacked a big ceiling.

[FreezingTsmoove]

Can someone please explain to me how Austin being a bust is all over this thread when there are guys drafted ahead of him who are doing horrible compared to him.

Austin is a solid rook so far I dont see how he is a "bust" at all.

The only arguement is poor shooting and in that case Kemba should be labeled a bust from last year. He went from .076 percent shooting to .322 he's improving well

Here's his lastest game 14 pts 6 assists vs the clips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxVmQ2VRcVI

Lastly you earn minutes in practice you cant use the no minutes excuse

[noob cake]

Can someone please explain to me how Austin being a bust is all over this thread when there are guys drafted ahead of him who are doing horrible compared to him.

Austin is a solid rook so far I dont see how he is a "bust" at all.

The only arguement is poor shooting and in that case Kemba should be labeled a bust from last year. He went from .076 percent shooting to .322 he's improving well

Here's his lastest game 14 pts 6 assists vs the clips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxVmQ2VRcVI

Lastly you earn minutes in practice you cant use the no minutes excuse

He went to Duke. That is the only reason why he is hated.

[FreezingTsmoove]

He went to Duke. That is the only reason why he is hated.

Ive seen some posters say that they hate him for saying he has ice in his veins or something and calling himself sub zero on his twitter

A group of sensitive bunch of girls on this forum i tell you what

[noob cake]

Ive seen some posters say that they hate him for saying he has ice in his veins or something and calling himself sub zero on his twitter

A group of sensitive bunch of girls on this forum i tell you what

And probably a bunch of Celtics haters jumping on him because his last name is Rivers.

Rivers will remain a Duke legend. Hitting "The Shot" against dUNCe immortalized him as much as anything other than a national title.

[KG215]

Please show me who said he was at least a 3-4 year college player before he'd be ready for the NBA? Every article and draftnik I encountered said that he was ready to run an NBA team NOW with his high floor but lacked a big ceiling.
Why don't you show me all of these "drafniks" that were saying he was ready to run an NBA team right away?

There was still major questions surrounding his lateral quickness and lack of footspeed and his scoring ability. His jumper came along towards the end of his last season at UNC, but not to the point where people were calling him a capable jump shooter.

About the only thing he had going for him was his great court vision and passing ability, but he was considered to be a big defensive liability, someone who would have to work on his footspeed so he could get by his man on the bounce, and someone with questions marks surrounding his jump shot.

If there were "draftniks", scouts, etc. saying he was already NBA ready, fine, but I don't think he was viewed as player that was going to come in and be an instant impact rookie. There were plenty of people surprised when he decided to enter the draft instead of coming back for his junior season.