One month in. This is what I've seen:
MOST SURPRISING PLAYERS:
Danny Granger -- He's developed into a legitimate scorer averaging 24 ppg.
Marc Gasol -- Grizzlies -- He's getting 12 and 7. Who woulda thunk it? If he loses some weight, in a couple years he could develop into a more physical Pau. Wow. That would be nice.
O.J. Mayo -- He came to play. He fills it up -- 21.4 ppg -- and he's shooting better and scoring more of late.
MOST FREAKISHLY ATHLETIC not named LeBron or Dwight Howard or even
Tyson Chandler even:
Trevor Ariza -- Lakers-- I get to see this guy play a lot. He's so much fun to watch. Great defender. Great hands. Crazy quickness. Crazy hops. Pippen # 2! (in the making)
WHITE PLAYER THAT COULD BE COMPARED TO A BLACK PLAYER:
Rudy Fernandez -- Trailblazers -- dude is a sick athlete. He can dunk. Oh, and bonus points -- he shoots the 3-ball.
BLACK PLAYER THAT COULD BE COMPARED TO A WHITE PLAYER:
Um... uh...
WHITEST PLAYER EVER:
Steve Novak -- Clippers -- that guy has the whitest name ever!
MOST DISAPPOINTING PLAYER besides Greg Oden:
Jermaine O'Neal -- Raptors -- He's averaging a decent 12 and 8, but I thought he'd get 15-18 pts a night. Raptors could use it -- Bargnani hath not been an impressive scorer.
COMEBACK PLAYER of the month:
Dwayne Wade -- He looks like an MVP to me.
UNSUNG PLAYERS THAT IMPRESS ME THUS FAR:
Andrew Bogut -- Bucks -- It's nice to see him contributing --averaging a solid double-double.
Andris Biedrins -- Warriors -- 16 ppg, 12.6 rpg, and 1.6 bpg -- but, his numbers are slipping of late...
Jeff Green -- Thunder -- getting 15 and 8 AND he's shooting 47% from
3! That's better than Michael Redd, Raja Bell and Kyle Korver! I
know, it's early.
Aaron Gray -- Bulls -- I know he hardly plays, but you gotta love his size. And I know he's slow, but he's got good hands and he fills up the middle super nicely (did I mention he's got great size?). Hopefully as the season progresses, he'll get more than 14 mins a
night.
Chris Duhon -- Knicks -- He's 8th in the league in assists w/ 7.3 (more than Andre Miller or Rondo) and scores 11 ppg -- not bad. He's a big reason the Knicks are competing right now.
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