Klashnekoff Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 (edited) http://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/2009/news/features/07/07/summer.league.day.2/anderson608.jpg Break-out game shows Anderson may be bargain in trade By Greg Auman, for NBA.comPosted Jul 7 2009 9:48PM MAITLAND, Fla. -- If there was a hesitation for Magic fans about the draft-day trade that brought veteran All-Star guard Vince Carter to Orlando, it was that the deal sent the Nets a talented rookie in guard Courtney Lee. Magic coach Stan Van Gundy says fans didn't notice that along with Carter, Orlando picked up a talented player in 6-foot-10 power forward Ryan Anderson, who was drafted one pick ahead of Lee in last year's first round. Anderson showed signs of promise Tuesday as he exploded for 33 points and 14 rebounds -- both totals one shy of the records in eight years of summer-league ball in Orlando -- in an NBA Summer League win against the Celtics. "Our fans here know nothing about [Anderson]," Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said after watching Tuesday's win. "When a guy like Courtney goes out, they talk about losing a great young player, but we think we got a very good young player, too. I think he can help us." Anderson said he understands he wasn't what fans got excited about in the Nets-Magic trade as much as a proven commodity like Carter, but said he's happy to contribute what he can with his new team and earn fans' respect. "I wouldn't say overlooked at all," Anderson said of his place in the deal. "Of course, this is the Vince Carter trade. Vince is a veteran in the league, an All-Star, a great, talented player that I look up to a lot." Anderson, who turned 21 in May, played well as a rookie with the Nets, starting 30 games and averaging 7.4 points and 4.7 rebounds in 19 minutes a game. Over New Jersey's final eight games in April, he averaged 11.4 points, with a pair of double-doubles. "I think what he'll do for us is he's a four-man who can stretch the floor out and shoot the ball," Van Gundy said. "He can put it on the floor, and one of the things our scouts liked is that he's a very good offensive rebounder." Anderson had a slow start in Monday's opening game, missing all six shots in the first half. He finished with a team-high 21 points, however, hitting 6 of 8 shots after halftime against a tough Oklahoma City team. On Tuesday, he dominated, hitting 11 of 15 shots, going 9-for-9 on free throws and grabbing seven of Orlando's 11 offensive rebounds. He said his offensive outburst Tuesday should be taken in its proper context, as a Summer League game against a Boston team that was giving up size inside. "During the regular season, I don't expect to score 30, even 20 a game," Anderson said. "I expect that's not what my role's supposed to be, especially with Vince and Dwight [Howard]. I'm not coming in thinking like I'm a go-to guy." Orlando has a solid starting power forward in Rashard Lewis, but Anderson has a solid combination of size and range -- he hit 41 percent of his 3-pointers as a sophomore at California, while averaging 9.9 rebounds a game. That should make him a steady contributor off the bench on an Orlando team that reached the NBA Finals, but is retooling after seeing forward Hedo Turkoglu leave via free agency. "Next season, I'm really just going to fill my role, do what the coaches want me to do, knock down open shots," Anderson said. "We have great players that are going to draw a lot of attention, so guys like me who come in can get easy open shots. They're not going to be looking at me so much." Perhaps not for long, if Tuesday is any indication. Personally, i think he was a loss to us, i would have much rather seen Yi depart. Anderson is proving to be a good player, this isn't my judgment of him because of two outstanding summer league games, if you watch him end of last season where he had some starts etc. he showed that he has potential to be a big man scorer, he rebounds well too. His defense might be lacking however, this isn't a concern when you have a player like Dwight Howard in the post. I think this might come back and bite us hard if Courtney Lee doesn't perform next season up to expectations and Anderson does.. Edited July 8, 2009 by Klashnekoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N4S Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Poor Nets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teletopez Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 (edited) Personally, i think he was a loss to us, i would have much rather seen Yi depart. Anderson is proving to be a good player, this isn't my judgment of him because of two outstanding summer league games, if you watch him end of last season where he had some starts etc. he showed that he has potential to be a big man scorer, he rebounds well too. His defense might be lacking however, this isn't a concern when you have a player like Dwight Howard in the post. I think this might come back and bite us hard if Courtney Lee doesn't perform next season up to expectations and Anderson does..It wouldn't have been easy for this deal to go down if we didn't have Anderson in it. Orlando was very interested in Ryan Anderson with their 22nd pick in last year's draft. We, however, selected him at 21. I really liked Ryan and didn't want him to leave, but I don't see this coming back to bite us. Keep in mind that this is the Summer League and Ryan is in his second year. It would be pretty easy for him to dominate, being one of the better players on the crew and getting more opportunities to score. When he's with the Magic, like he said, he won't be the go-to guy. Plus, the opposing team's defense shouldn't be so weak. Then again, there's always the chance that with more motivation on his new team, he might become big, just like Eddie House did right after leaving NJ. Edited July 8, 2009 by Waldo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universe Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 If you have followed the Nets closely over the past years you will notice the lack of young, talented gaurds we have got. This trade was merely a Lee for Anderson trade as the rest was a salary dump and the guy who we traded for is already proven and doesn't have to hit it up on the summer league curcuit. Anderson is going to do extremely well and Lee most likely not as good as last year but that has a lot to do with each team they are playing for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klashnekoff Posted July 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 No it wasn't Lee for Anderson lol .. It was for Carter on the Magics end and the Nets wanted Lee/wanted to get rid of Carters contract .. that's what really was the basis of the trade .. However referring to you Waldo, i said i wasn't basing my statement just on his summer league games but how he preformed for us last season, he has a lot of promise and i would have really liked to see Yi go instead of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teletopez Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 However referring to you Waldo, i said i wasn't basing my statement just on his summer league games but how he preformed for us last season, he has a lot of promise and i would have really liked to see Yi go instead of him.I know, I was just using Summer League as an example to show that it's not a carbon copy of what he'll be doing with the Magic, and that I don't believe this will come back to bite us significantly. And again, the Magic were probably requiring Anderson to be in the trade if it meant giving up Lee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universe Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 No it wasn't Lee for Anderson lol .. It was for Carter on the Magics end and the Nets wanted Lee/wanted to get rid of Carters contract .. that's what really was the basis of the trade .. However referring to you Waldo, i said i wasn't basing my statement just on his summer league games but how he preformed for us last season, he has a lot of promise and i would have really liked to see Yi go instead of him.Yes it was. If we didn't trade Anderson, we would have JJ Reddick instead of him. Thorn has stated it and so has Kiki. lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xx. Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 I understood why we traded away Vince Carter.. but adding Ryan Anderson, I still dont get it. It should of been Yi, would of gladly gave him away instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldChili Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Without Ryan Anderson the Magic wouldn't have done the deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teletopez Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 I understood why we traded away Vince Carter.. but adding Ryan Anderson, I still dont get it. It should of been Yi, would of gladly gave him away instead.Because, once again, the Magic specifically wanted Anderson. He wasn't just some random player that was thrown in for the heck of it. Orlando may have drafted him over Lee if the Nets didn't take him at 21. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universe Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 IF WE DIDN'T INCLUDE ANDERSON, WE WOULD HAVE GOT JJ REDDICK INSTEAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueDevil Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 hey! JJ Redick is good too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teletopez Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 hey! JJ Redick is good too!Not Courtney Lee good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klashnekoff Posted July 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 Yes it was. If we didn't trade Anderson, we would have JJ Reddick instead of him. Thorn has stated it and so has Kiki. lol. Obviously.. i wasn't disputing that if you read what i said. I was pointing out that Carter was the main objective for the trade for the Magic and Lee/freeing up some cap room by 2010 was the main objective for the Nets. I honestly doubt that the Magic wanted Anderson more then Carter lol... IF WE DIDN'T INCLUDE ANDERSON, WE WOULD HAVE GOT JJ REDDICK INSTEAD. You kinda said that already....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teletopez Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 (edited) Obviously.. i wasn't disputing that if you read what i said. I was pointing out that Carter was the main objective for the trade for the Magic and Lee/freeing up some cap room by 2010 was the main objective for the Nets. He's pointing out the importance of Anderson and how it was Lee for Ryan because there would be no Lee if there were no Anderson. I honestly doubt that the Magic wanted Anderson more then Carter lol...It's not that they wanted Anderson more, Anderson just had to be sent to get Lee. Orlando, pretty much wanted to go back in time and swap picks. You kinda said that already.......Yes but some can't seem to understand why we couldn't have just replaced Anderson with Yi in the trade. Edited July 10, 2009 by Waldo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klashnekoff Posted July 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 He's pointing out the importance of Anderson and how it was Lee for Ryan because there would be no Lee if there were no Anderson. Didn't i make this topic to point out the importance of Anderson? .. I know exactly that Carter was the basis of the trade and that Anderson was wanted by the Magic, if we didn't get Lee the trade wouldn't go as if we didn't give up Anderson along with Carter. It's not that they wanted Anderson more, Anderson just had to be sent to get Lee. Orlando, pretty much wanted to go back in time and swap picks. Yes i know this... Yes but some can't seem to understand why we couldn't have just replaced Anderson with Yi in the trade. I do understand otherwise i wouldn't have made this thread now would i kiddo? I know Anderson was wanted by the Magic and i as for Yi i stated if you read it correctly, that i would have preferred him to leave. I didn't say we should have done that over Anderson like we had a choice, i know we didn't unless we wanted the trade to not go through. However wouldn't you have wanted Yi to go over Anderson? .. I think Anderson is more promising thus far then Yi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teletopez Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 I do understand otherwise i wouldn't have made this thread now would i kiddo? I'm referring to some others' posts in which the same incorrect point was being repeated. I know Anderson was wanted by the Magic and i as for Yi i stated if you read it correctly, that i would have preferred him to leave. I didn't say we should have done that over Anderson like we had a choice, i know we didn't unless we wanted the trade to not go through. However wouldn't you have wanted Yi to go over Anderson? .. I think Anderson is more promising thus far then Yi.Well then I guess we pretty much agree for the most part. The points I was trying to bring across were that 1) it wasn't really much of an option between giving up Yi and Anderson if it meant getting Lee and 2) it wasn't a bad move. I wasn't sure if you agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klashnekoff Posted July 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 Ok cool. Just a misunderstanding i guess.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren2ThaG Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 He even strokes 3's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universe Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 Thank you Wally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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