TennNC
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For whomever is interested, I'm starting a thread on potential National POY candidates. Here are mine, in order of who I think leads:
Blake Griffin - I rarely get to see him play, but he's a scoring and rebounding machine with huge talent and physical skills. Seeing multiple 20-pt, near 20-reb performances is almost enough to go ahead and hand him the trophy.
Stephen Curry - way more than a shooter. In fact, his 3-pt % is down this year. He continues to prove that he can score in every way possible. He finally broke out at Duke for 21 in the second half against a pretty stingy defense. Check out any of his lines in a SoCon game too - he'll have at least 5 in every other statistical category. Now he needs to work on reducing the TOs. Still, he's probably the most fun player to watch.
Luke Harangody - if he doesn't win POY or go on to have a decent NBA career, I at least want him to get a part in Hoosiers II.
James Harden - he can score, and he can score from all over - 23 pts/gm seems more impressive in a Herb Sendek system. Really nice 3-pt %. Honestly, I only see him on Sportscenter highlights.
Tyler Hansbrough - he's quietly putting up big numbers again after missing many games to start the season. Seems the refs gave him fewer calls down low against BC. Will be interesting to see what he does against a very athletic Wake team tonight. He needs to put up a string of double-doubles against good ACC competition to move up.
I thought Thabeet was a candidate earlier, but I frankly don't know if he scores enough to warrant it. I also thought Earl Clark would score more.
Second-tier guys:
-Sam Young? DeJuan Blair?
-Sherron Collins? Cole Aldrich?
-Kyle Singler? Jeff Teague?
Feel free to post any good clips, lines, feats, notable no-shows for any of these players.
Blake Griffin - I rarely get to see him play, but he's a scoring and rebounding machine with huge talent and physical skills. Seeing multiple 20-pt, near 20-reb performances is almost enough to go ahead and hand him the trophy.
Stephen Curry - way more than a shooter. In fact, his 3-pt % is down this year. He continues to prove that he can score in every way possible. He finally broke out at Duke for 21 in the second half against a pretty stingy defense. Check out any of his lines in a SoCon game too - he'll have at least 5 in every other statistical category. Now he needs to work on reducing the TOs. Still, he's probably the most fun player to watch.
Luke Harangody - if he doesn't win POY or go on to have a decent NBA career, I at least want him to get a part in Hoosiers II.
James Harden - he can score, and he can score from all over - 23 pts/gm seems more impressive in a Herb Sendek system. Really nice 3-pt %. Honestly, I only see him on Sportscenter highlights.
Tyler Hansbrough - he's quietly putting up big numbers again after missing many games to start the season. Seems the refs gave him fewer calls down low against BC. Will be interesting to see what he does against a very athletic Wake team tonight. He needs to put up a string of double-doubles against good ACC competition to move up.
I thought Thabeet was a candidate earlier, but I frankly don't know if he scores enough to warrant it. I also thought Earl Clark would score more.
Second-tier guys:
-Sam Young? DeJuan Blair?
-Sherron Collins? Cole Aldrich?
-Kyle Singler? Jeff Teague?
Feel free to post any good clips, lines, feats, notable no-shows for any of these players.
