I'm always missing sentences in paragraphs ... me eyes head right towards the stats!
John Salmons is a very good pick. If you go past just his month of December and look at his splits on the season separating starter/bench production they're even more impressive because those numbers he had in December held up over 41 games as a starter:
Starter - 41 games played - 38mpg, 17.5ppg, 5.4rpg, 3.5apg, 50% FG%, 39% from three
Bench player - 40 games played - 24mpg, 7.4ppg, 3.2rpg, 1.6apg, 43% FG%, 21% from three
That's half a season of excellent production which is very persuasive to the possibility of him repeating that success.
There's absolutely nobody in his way now. He has a low usage point guard and the Kings only other top scorer is a low usage player. Salmons will have the ball in his hands as much as needs to. He should have a very good season. The big men won't be getting in his way either.
I was high on another Kings player for a breakout year, Spencer Hawes, until I saw him at the Vegas SL. Now I'm unsure. He didn't take those games seriously at all and he's made little progress on the offensive end which is surprising considering it's his bread and butter (has made solid progress defensively and on the boards). It'll be interesting to hear more about how he's spent his summer and how he's looking entering camp. He looked very promising during the regular season and the tail end of the year. That SL performance was out of place. Uncertain now.
Topic: Team-by-Team Most Improved Player Predictions (Read 2854 times)