I'm obviously biased, but I think Jordan Clarkson should get some strong consideration (PER is better than Wiggins and Noel, and he is generally playing well). Even with that said, I give the award to Mirotic pretty easily. Highest rookie PER, plus is playing on a talented team in meaningful games.
I made a thread about him the other day, as I am certainly impressed, as well. He's a lot better than Marcus Smart, lol. Ugh. I do think that he should get strong consideration, though, but my vote would have to be for Wiggins. I'm also not surprised to see that Jabari Brown has been playing very well, but I am surprised that Roscoe Smith has yet to be called up. He's like a taller, thinner, version of Jae Crowder mixed with Renaldo Balkman. Sigh. Both of those guys should have been Celtics, imo. You guys obviously have great scouts. Unfortunately, I can't say the same for us, lol. How's Randle coming along? I was honestly torn between him and Smart on draft night.
I wish we could give negative TP's.
- Clarkson a lot better than Smart? Really?
- Roscoe Smith, who isn't in the league, is like Crowder, who is in the league, but mixed with Balkman who isn't in the league either. So are you saying he sucks?
- Lakers have great scouts and we don't? Again, really? Since their 20 win team is filled with so much young talent.
As of right now, yes, Clarkson is much better than Smart. Have you even seen him play or taken the time to look at his numbers, because he's a sick player, imo. You shouldn't be so dismissive of the guy, btw, especially because he was just named rookie of the month in the WESTERN CONFERENCE, and that's no small feat.
What I meant with the Roscoe Smith comparisons is that, like Crowder, he's an all-effort/hustle guy who obviously plays defense, but I included Balkman in there, too, because Smith is an excellent rebounder, like Balkman is, and both of them are of similar size.
Finally, in terms of scouting, yes, I would say that they have much better scouts, given that they were able to find a player of Clarkson's caliber at 46. Okay, so they technically traded for him, but they still identified his talent and went out and got him.