What underused player could be the next Jeremy Lin?

[Eja117]

I saw Princeton/Harvard on ESPNU last night. Looked like there were some good players there.

[Q_FBE]

Ramon Sessions I'll trade Rondo In a heartbeat to acquire sessions

I think you are kidding

[fairweatherfan]

Well, we figured out the answer - it's our old buddy Lester Hudson. 

So underused that he wasn't on a roster at the time. 

[Greenbean]

Gerald Green! Perfect teams for his game are: The Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors, Phoenix Suns, Toronto Raptors,Sacremento Kings, Charlotte Bobcats & a Carmelo less Knicks team. He could be a premier 20plus scorer on those sqauds. And yes I extremely serious! He needs a green light wherever he goes, and those teams would give him that option.

Are you feeling ok?

Wow...he was right!

[jdz101]

Gerald Green! Perfect teams for his game are: The Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors, Phoenix Suns, Toronto Raptors,Sacremento Kings, Charlotte Bobcats & a Carmelo less Knicks team. He could be a premier 20plus scorer on those sqauds. And yes I extremely serious! He needs a green light wherever he goes, and those teams would give him that option.

Are you feeling ok?

Wow...he was right!

I shall pick up my crow to eat but wont start until I see gerald starting and scoring those points consistently. 

[bfrombleacher]

You mean a year 2 un-drafted player turned starter? I'm sure there are lots of those.

If you mean an Asian basketball player...who knows.

[clover]

Stiemer.

[Yoki_IsTheName]

This is just me. If we're talking about undrafted/2nd round pick end of bench players that could turn into quality starters provided they get their chance...

Patty Mills (already getting some quality burn in SA)


And I know he's a 2nd overall pick, but he is an end of bench player right now.

Hasheem Thabeet

This kid just needs a certain role, a coach who can motivate him and playing time and he can be one of the best defensive big man the NBA. If a team can instill to Thabeet that his primary role is to block shots, rebound and be a 7'3'' wall in the paint, instead of forcing him to be something he's not as a low post offensive player, he'll do really good. I see a 7'3'' DeAndre Jordan in him.

[bfrombleacher]

Hasheem Thabeet

This kid just needs a certain role, a coach who can motivate him and playing time and he can be one of the best defensive big man the NBA. If a team can instill to Thabeet that his primary role is to block shots, rebound and be a 7'3'' wall in the paint, instead of forcing him to be something he's not as a low post offensive player, he'll do really good. I see a 7'3'' DeAndre Jordan in him.

Are you talking about...us?

[Celtics18]

Avery Bradley and Greg Stiemsma.

[jr_3421]

This kid just needs a certain role, a coach who can motivate him and playing time and he can be one of the best defensive big man the NBA. If a team can instill to Thabeet that his primary role is to block shots, rebound and be a 7'3'' wall in the paint, instead of forcing him to be something he's not as a low post offensive player, he'll do really good. I see a 7'3'' DeAndre Jordan in him.

I'm going to take this opportunity to say that DeAndre Jordan is terrible as a starting center.

[clover]

Well, we figured out the answer - it's our old buddy Lester Hudson. 

So underused that he wasn't on a roster at the time. 

You and his coach are in agreement:

Scott Sees 'Linsanity' In Lester Hudson
Apr 11, 2012 12:38 PM EDT
 
Lester Hudson scored 25 points in Cleveland's 103-90 victory over the Bobcats on Tuesday.

Hudson also scored 23 points on Friday against the Raptors and 26 on Sunday at New Jersey.

"The young man's playing great basketball, and he's doing it all in the system, which is great," Scott said. "He's not taking bad shots or anything. He's not forcing anything. He's doing an excellent job on the defensive end as far as rebounding for a guard. He's really getting in there and helping out our bigs. But, obviously, tonight again he got it going offensively and made the best of the situation."

Hudson is having a similar impact as Jeremy Lin did for the Knicks in February.

"The Linsanity thing I thought was similar to what's going on right now with Lester," Scott said when asked to name another player who had this kind of impact. "I think he's just playing great basketball."

Hudson signed a second 10-day contract on Monday.

Via Mary Schmitt Boyer/Cleveland Plain-Dealer


Read more: http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/220440/Scott_Sees_Linsanity_In_Lester_Hudson#ixzz1rl7JJfmy

[miraclejohan]

Kevin Seraphin WAS

[jdz101]

This kid just needs a certain role, a coach who can motivate him and playing time and he can be one of the best defensive big man the NBA. If a team can instill to Thabeet that his primary role is to block shots, rebound and be a 7'3'' wall in the paint, instead of forcing him to be something he's not as a low post offensive player, he'll do really good. I see a 7'3'' DeAndre Jordan in him.

I'm going to take this opportunity to say that DeAndre Jordan is terrible as a starting center.

Thank you.

Regarding Thabeet: He loses his shot blocking position and just fouls due to NBA rules not permitting his paint camping like in college. Pretty much useless in every other facet of the game.

[indeedproceed]

Tyler Honeycutt
Patty Mills

Not in that order.