Big Improvers 2009/10

[folester41]

who do you guys think will make the big step up this season?

who will go from solid to superstar? or rising star to established player?

 

[Ekulman]

For the Suns, I reckon Channing Frye will impress. Now he'll be given more minutes. Hes shown some decent form in the pre season. His defence is pretty average though.

Greg Oden is probably another one that springs to mind as long as he can stay healthy he should make it to the all star weekend. Especially with Centres lacking in the west.

Brook Lopez is another Centre who i think will have a massive year, putting up 20 PPG 10 RPG 3 BPG or close to.

Hopefully we see Gilbert Arenas back to his best as well.

 

[smashh]

Oden has had a killer pre season, has developed a face up game and a nice little jumper, will post atleast 15/10
Love, Hibbert and Lopez are other ones. lol @ Frye

 

[Hodges]

Anthony Randolph will dominate this year.

 

[madhawkboy]

Anthony Randolph will dominate this year.

Good call! I was thinking that as well.
People say that Luis Scola mite step up.
Also, it could of been Kevin Love but he fractured his hand.

 

[Warsaw]

sblacky called it - Lou Williams.

 

[jerry springer]

Al Horford is going to be a beast this season

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Shawn Marion to become a 20/10 player again

 

[Sheed]

I'm going for a ROY outsider. Jeff Teague ATL. I bet by the end of the season he'll be starting over bibby or at least take most of the minutes at PG.

Look for Charlie V in detroit to avg around 20, 8.

 

[Dez!]

Luol Deng for mine, injuries last season ruined him a bit and with the loss of Gordon the Bulls need him to step up even though they aren't comparable at all.

Hopefully from an Australian point of view Andrew Bogut can actually stay on the hardwood instead of the injury list, if he can I actually believe he's in for a big season.

Also hope Patty Mills can get some minutes in the NBA to show his worth.

 

[peternorth]

1. any player who has dominated pre season wont be a massive contributer this season (although im hoping spurs big man draftee will be good)
2. as for the lakers, i dont see much improvement from individual players, more so the team in general

 

[Look2Me4Guidance]

Shawn Marion to become a 20/10 player again

Nah. His attitude will prevent that from happening.

 

[WALL-e]

Chris Douglas-Roberts
Anthony Randolph
Ryan Anderson
Marco Bellinelli

 

[Look2Me4Guidance]

My posts on this board.

 

[sblack]

Chris Douglas-Roberts
Anthony Randolph
Ryan Anderson
Marco Bellinelli

I laugh at CDR. Watch him suck.

 

[WALL-e]

I laugh at CDR. Watch him suck.

Hater!

 

[givemethecure]

I'm really interested to see if D'antoni gives Gallinari (sp?) a good run this year... claims he's the best shooter he's ever seen. The other one that really intrigues me is Tyreke Evans at sacto... Not sure why, maybe it's his terrible first name

 

[WALL-e]

D'Antoni played with his dad didn't he....

 

[givemethecure]

D'Antoni played with his dad didn't he....

Either played with or coached in the Italian league... But apparently the connection isn't quite as close as the media wanted it to be, they only shared like one season together at the same club I'm told.... but I could be wrong.

 

[Rocco_S]

Mario Chalmers will be amazing this year. Increase ast/stl to 8/2.5 maybe + more 3 balls.

Deaquan Cook, although was red hot before All Star break will be more consistent in 09/10. %'s, ast both up.

 

[Hodges]

Yeah I can see Chalmers having a great year. Im not sure if his assists will get that high though, Wade distributes too much.

I can also see John Salmons having a great year. Will be the starting SG this year, and should see a big spike in points and peripheries.

 

[robd]

Rodney Stuckey is my man to watch. teased us last year with about 1-2 months of sublime form, then went disappearing amongst the whole Iverson fiasco. with AI gone i'm hoping he can get settled into a starting spot and get back to showing why he's the best player on that Detroit team.

 

[Stiffy_18]

Grego Oden will be a beast this year.

Jason Thompson a double double "machine"

Tyreke Evans to just be a nightmare match up for opposing PGs.

 

[hamG]

Its pre season, must resist the temptation to get overly excited about Jeff Teague because its pre season. Pre season.

 

[Hodges]

Its preseason, now is the time to get excited!

Teague is looking good though. Bit of a logjam at the guard spots though, reckon he will see many minutes?