AboveLegit Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 ArtGarcia_NBA Art Garcia Rookies: Griffin, John Wall, Eric Bledsoe, DeMarcus Cousins, Derrick Favors, Landry Fields, Wesley Johnson, Greg Monroe & Gary Neal. ArtGarcia_NBA Art Garcia Sophs: Evans, DeJuan Blair, Stephen Curry, DeMar DeRozan, Taj Gibson, Jrue Holiday, Serge Ibaka, Brandon Jennings & Wesley Matthews.http://twitter.com/#!/ArtGarcia_NBA East Coach: Amare StoudemireWest Coach: Carmelo Anthony Will the Rookies win it this year? The Sophomores group of this year are 1-0 in this game having upset the Sophomores of last year, but with Blake Griffin, John Wall, and Landry Fields, I think the Rooks have a good shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenneral Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 If I were putting money on it I'd take the rookies for sure. They have so much talent it's crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 Who's gonna guard Blake Griffin? Ibaka? No way the rookies lose this, too much talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AboveLegit Posted February 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 But is Blake going to play since he's in the All Star Game? That's what I'm wondering right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AboveLegit Posted February 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 alanhahn Alan Hahn Rookie Challenge game participants announced. @landryfields is on the Rookie roster and @Amareisreal is one coach. The other? Carmelo.http://twitter.com/#!/alanhahn/status/32583043529048064 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newman Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Should be a fun game considering the match-ups and all. Looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Regime Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Wow I didn't realize that Wes Matthews was a second year player. What a beast. I like the Sophmores in this game simply because they have a better group of shooters (Curry, Derozan, Matthews). Teams normally don't play defense unless the game is tight near the end so I expect the Sophmores to just rain with their three point shooting. Plus I highly doubt they'll want to attack the basket with Griffin and Cousins defending the paint. Outside of Gary Neal and maybe Landry fields there just isn't a whole lot of shooting for the rookie team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Swish* Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 I think Rookies will win it. Griffin + Wall = + WIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sħãlïq™ Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Rookie Challenge by the Numbers With the NBA announcing rosters for the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge on Tuesday, I thought it might be worth a look at the WARP leaders among the rookie and sophomore classes. Player Tm Ps Win% WARP Blake Griffin lac PF .633 8.0Landry Fields nyk SG .513 3.1John Wall was PG .488 2.0Greg Monroe det C .495 1.8Ed Davis tor PF .518 1.5Paul George ind SF .574 1.3Gary Neal san PG .461 0.9Jeremy Evans uta SF .645 0.7DeMarcus Cousins sac C .435 0.5Derrick Favors njn PF .440 0.5 Wesley Johnson min SF .406 -0.2Eric Bledsoe lac PG .400 -0.4 I wouldn’t describe any of the rookie omissions as egregious. Ed Davis probably has the best case, since he’s outperformed DeMarcus Cousins and Derrick Favors while playing a key role in Toronto since returning from knee surgery. There’s a natural desire to see highlight top draft picks in this game, and Cousins and Favors have played well enough, so it makes sense they would be selected. The same effect helps explain Wesley Johnson being selected despite below-replacement performance thus far. Paul George has played well at the same position, but in limited minutes. This effect does make it all the notable that Evan Turner (.351 Win%, -1.5 WARP) was left out despite having been the No. 2 overall pick. That’s how much Turner has struggled to date. Player Tm Ps Win% WARP Stephen Curry gsw PG .614 5.5Jrue Holiday phi PG .515 3.4Serge Ibaka okl C .552 3.4Ty Lawson den PG .534 2.8James Harden okl SG .519 2.6Brandon Jennings mil PG .548 2.5Wesley Matthews por SG .488 2.4DeJuan Blair san PF .528 2.3Chase Budinger hou SF .510 1.7Toney Douglas nyk PG .493 1.7 Tyreke Evans sac PG .463 1.5Taj Gibson chi PF .468 1.1DeMar DeRozan tor SG .351 -2.2 There has definitely been something of a sophomore slump this year, which has taken down Tyreke Evans and to a lesser extent Brandon Jennings. So, despite his own problems with recurring sprained ankles, Stephen Curry reigns as far and away the most valuable second-year player....http://www.basketballprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=628 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Feelgood Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Stephon Curry is not the most valuable sophomore. Call me biased or whatever but I definitely think it's Welsey Matthews and he'll easily lead the sophomore team in scoring and will carry the load in this game. No doubt in my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenneral Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Stephon Curry is not the most valuable sophomore. Call me biased or whatever but I definitely think it's Welsey Matthews and he'll easily lead the sophomore team in scoring and will carry the load in this game. No doubt in my mind.Probably true. I really liked him coming out of Marquette and wanted the Bucks to take a chance on him when he went undrafted. Looks like that would have been a good move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AboveLegit Posted February 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Oklahoma City Thunder guard James Harden will replace injured Sacramento Kings guard Tyreke Evans (plantar fasciitis, left foot) on the Sophomore Team in the 2011 T-Mobile Rookie Challenge http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/211045/Harden_Replaces_Evans_In_Rookie_Challenge#ixzz1EGMDhrX6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moeroadkill Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/211045/Harden_Replaces_Evans_In_Rookie_Challenge#ixzz1EGMDhrX6okc taking over all star weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Blair > Griffin http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae258/ru210/kanye-shrug-o.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Curry will get the MVP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Wall to Griffin :o :o :o :o :o :o :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Someone NEEDS to gif that Melo face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newman Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Rookies got this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Not as entertaining as I expected. And how does this thread have less posts than the Celebrity game? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChosenOne Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 What channel is this game on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 What channel is this game on?It was on TNT Rookies 148 - Sophs 140 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newman Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Wall MVP - 22 assists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChosenOne Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 It was on TNT Rookies 148 - Sophs 140 WTF! I completely forgot this [expletive] was on today, [expletive]ing bull[expletive]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Regime Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOxq-G-DYNY&feature=player_embedded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teletopez Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Awkward moment during Wall's interview when Sager talked about how Cousins isn't happy when his teammates don't give him the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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