The House of Blue

Jones was drafted into a tough spot for a power forward....the D League will be a good thing for him as long as he keeps his head up.

How many of the D-Leaguers have made it back to the NBA and contributed successfully to that team? I really dont know the actual # but I havent heard of too many doing that. And if you remember I did say that Jones may or may not make it back. I have no doubt that if he can capture that inner fire and sustain it from game to game then he will indeed be able to return to the bigtime.

Poythress, Noel, and Goodwin will all leave prematurely after this season in my opinion. Although I think it is obvious that they each need at least 1-2 more years in college.

I tend to agree with you. I saw Terrence play for Houston and he did very well, was very aggressive. Just way too many forwards, they also had the kid that has a fear of flying.

Let me add this addendum to my original post. If you guys remember how Jones reacted to how Cal got in his face especially in his 1st year and you compare the way Poythress reacts then you can see how they are emotional identical twins. Jones improved some in his soph. year but still had the same reaction to Cal when he jumped on him. Poythress shows little or no emotion on the court and I know some players dont but a smile or a fist pump every now and then would at least show that hes fired up. In a quote from Cal today on this site he said he finally saw a smile on Poythress' face for the 1st time this year in practice so I know Im not the only one noticing what I have said in this thread.

Lol you do realize that he still gets paid an NBA contract right? Nothing wrong with making money while ou develop your game.

you have to realize Mchale is known to not play Rookies.

Jeremy Lamb, Terrence Jones, and Royce White. None of them really get to play.

Chuck Hayes and Patrick Patterson both went to D-league. They are very much energy guys with right attitude.

if Terrence Jones went to a team that has PF need and coach known to play rookies, he would be playing in NBA right now. I bet Coach Pop would really be successfully developing Jones right now.

EDIT: Of course Lamb was traded, but the point remains the same.

Nothing wrong with that at all that he still draws the bucks while learning to get better and I dont doubt that he will return to the NBA but this thread was more on the point that Poythress is headed down the same path as Jones did especially in his first year. Poythress I think has the ability to be a down right great player and succeed in leaps and bounds in the NBA if he can just capture that inner fire and sustain it in both practices and games.

I agree that if poythress becomes 100% beast mode, like MKG he will be better. That's without saying.

However, Jones going to D-league has nothing to do with Poythress situation. Jones also had more of bad decision making than his energy. His energy and reaction were minor issues at times, but his decision making was far more concerning. His second year, he was much more clever and other than the 3 game span where he broke his pinky finger, he played really well.

Also, Poythress going to D-league will all depend on his situation and where he goes. Many coaches wants Rookies to develop prior to playing serious minutes. Poythress will never come to the league expected to change the franchise like Wall or Davis did. I think he will come in as a future starter, and they will decide what's the best route for him to develop.

Kobe bryant's first season was only 15 minutes per game. very small for a future legends. His sophomore season was 26 mpg, again small for future legend. You have to realize even Davis has been limited as a player too. Even before his injury his time was limited below 30 minutes. Same thing for MKG. So T-jones or Poythress might both go to D-league, but that's because it's the necessary steps they need to take to develop into a starter in NBA.

Im sorry you feel the way you do b/c my intention was never to question the character of either player and I dont think I have. About the repeating the points more than once I do have a bad habit of doing that and will work on not doing it in the future. When I respond to different posts I do tend to respond like Im talking directly to that person like they havent seen what I have said before hand. That is for sure something that can be annoying to the readers of threads so I apologize for that and for giving you the impression that I was questioning the character of either player because I would never do that knowingly. I know how hard they work at their game and have been for a long time because I did the hard work myself so no one could understand more.

That is why I was saying the D-League will become a bigger trend. The over abundance of raw undeveloped talent. Draft the guy and develop him. Stock up on "potential". Right now you cannot really name anyone because it was pretty much the end of your NBA career if sent down. But I see that changing and becoming more like the minor leagues in MLB. I could be totally wrong, and it could be more that the recent draft classes really were not that good....only time will tell.

Jones going to the D League isn't a big deal a lot of mid firsts and 2nds do it now because they're not getting playing time with the big team and need more than practice to develop. I linked a list of the 103 former D League guys who were playing in the league in April of 2011 but I'll list some of the highlight names here

Matt Barnes
Avery Bradley
Shannon Brown
Joel Anthony
Chris Andersen
Kosta Koufos
Roddy Beaubois
Byron Mullens
Daquan Cook
Cole Aldrich
Brandon Bass
Lou Williams
Craig Brackins
Patty Mills
Wes Matthews
Danny Green
Steve Novak
Ian Mahinmi
JJ Barea
Chuck Hayes
Patrick Patterson
Jeremy Lin
Gerald Green
Ramon Sessions

It's becoming pretty common place for younger NBA guys to go down to the NBDL when they don't have a spot on the roster but it's not necessarily a bad thing. I understand the frustration sleepy but it's not a bad thing that Terrence had to go to the DL and that seems to be the connotation you had in mind. I think most view the DL as a bad thing because of situations like Thabeet and him being classified as a bust.