Sentences with phrase «rookie point»

Already the buzz about him around the league is becoming a roar: Rookie point guard Jason Williams of the Sacramento Kings is a star in the making.

Michael Carter - Williams, who is battling a foot injury, was replaced by Orlando's rookie point guard Elfrid Payton.

A few things: the maturation of starting point guard Brian Shaw, whose strong preseason play has helped ease the strain of his rancorous summer - long contract wrangling with management, and of starting two - guard Reggie Lewis; the addition of rookie point guard Dee Brown, a legitimate burner; and the democratic touch of Ford, who has the respect and attention of Celtics veterans Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish.

... Rookie point guard Lonzo Ball (shoulder) missed his sixth consecutive game.

«And the smaller the detail, the more he worries about it,» says Kenny Smith, the Kings» rookie point guard.

First line winger of the Pittsburgh Penguins, rookie point leader of the playoffs.

Their best players are a rookie point guard and a second year center, if everything breaks right I could see them getting to the finals, but I could also see them making some mistakes and blowing struggling to get out of this or the next series.

Joel Embiid is probably a top 10 player right now, Simmons has nearly averaged a triple double since the all star break as a rookie point guard and you have not fans, but actual basketball insiders comparing him to Lebron james and Magic Johnson.

Even the best rookie point guards struggle to learn the game, the pace, and the defensive responsibilities of playing one of the league's most demanding positions.

The former Indy 500 champ leads Smith in the rookie points 199 — 196 entering the season finale.

Not exact matches

Others pointed to Dallas Cowboys rookie Jaylon Smith, who was projected to be a first - round pick before tearing his ACL in last year's Rose Bowl with Notre Dame.

The key sticking points remain with the owners wanting concessions on many issues, most notably an 18 - game regular season, a rookie salary cap, and a pay cut in the players» share of the overall revenue.

With his friend and future business partner Chris along for the ride, Scott mentors these real estate rookies as they tour 3 bungalows: One with a pool, one with potential student renters, and one with an attractive price point.

Terry Rozier scored 29 points, and first - year Celtics forward Jayson Tatum scored 28 to outplay redshirt rookie Ben Simmons and lead the Boston Celtics to a 117 - 101 victory in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The following were proclaimed winners, in a double - blind judged competition: Best Mild Wing: a tie between Reverie and Gators, Best Hot Wing: Timothy O'Toole's, Best BBQ Wing: Dinosaur BBQ, Best Exotic Wing: Output, Rookie of the Year: Dinosaur BBQ, and earning the most cumulative points for the coveted Best of the Fest: Dinosaur BBQ http://www.dinosaurbarbque.com/.

Brayden Point scored Tampa Bay's lone goal against Calgary, giving him 40 points (17g, 23a) this season, matching his total as a rookie last season.

Tim Duncan led the Spurs with 21 points while rookie Kawhi Leonard chipped in with 17 points.

Simmons only has four points and two assists, and he's only shot one - of - four from the field, but the likely Rookie of the Year has dictated the pace of the game.

Whether were you looking at it from a numbers perspective (he was a point per game player in a season where almost nobody else was) or the eye test, he was clearly the most outstanding and captivating rookie in the NHL.

Sergachev, a 19 - year - old rookie defenseman acquired from Montreal for forward Jonathan Drouin in June, has eight assists and 12 points in 15 games.

Specifically, how the two teams have drafted over this last rookie contract cycle or over the last four drafts (and five first - round picks because of the team option for a fifth year) to best utilize youth at a relatively inexpensive price point, the thing that builds and sustains hard cap success.

They got through the first two weeks with 9 points though and as Rookies that is nothing to sneeze at!

Contact with Heidfeld damaged Schumacher's suspension and he fell to ninth, but was promoted to a point in P8 when F1 rookie Robert Kubica (a topical mention, with his recent F1 return) was disqualified with an underweight car.

Both All Sports Series vet Jonathan Gluskin and Rookie Ghevel Burnside shouldered the scoring burden with 20 points a piece!

Wade's 18.3 points per game were the worst since his rookie season, his 43 percent shooting a career - low.

After finishing fifth in points as a rookie in» 02, Johnson, 28, took second last year.

In all three races so far, he's cost both himself and the team a whole load of points courtesy of the sort of silly mistakes you'd be disappointed to see from a rookie, not someone with over 60 races of experience.

Nicholas «Rosengardern, Rudabager, Rosensmackin (Rookie of the Year, come on folks)» Baumgartner put a massive 24 points but it just wasn't enough to pull off the 12 - 5 upset.

Matt Maloney had 20 points in this one and continues to impress in an extremely stellar Rookie campaign.

The Phoenix Suns led by rookie Archie Goodwin used a 31 - point second quarter to snatch the momentum from the Memphis Grizzlies and win convincingly.

Its a consensus at this point that even factoring in Simmons as a «rookie», Lauri is top 5 easily out of this class.

Sunday's race will feature the two Sunoco Rookie of the Year leaders (tied with 54 points), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Danica Patrick, both of whom have never turned a lap at Martinsville.

Damian Lillard continued his Rookie of the Year - type season with 26 points and four assists.

But the Jazz had seen the destruction wrought by Anthony's trade demands as well as by the abrupt departures last summer of LeBron James and Chris Bosh and so, without public warning, Utah yielded its franchise star to the Nets for rookie Derrick Favors, point guard Devin Harris, two draft picks and $ 3 million.

I imagine we will also be drafting a RB at some point so If they don't pan out or Foreman and a rookie looks better than expected, we basically have the option to cut the vet or Miller based on the scenario and still have plenty of depth.

He is a player who could put up 65 points in his rookie season, and you're back to being decent again.

ANYWAY, the point is that there a lot of fine hitting rookies back in 1986.

After wasting its 1997 lottery pick on point guard Antonio Daniels — who was traded to the San Antonio Spurs on this year's draft day for forward Carl Herrera and rookie guard Felipe Lopez — the Grizzlies sought to redeem themselves last June when they used the second selection to get Arizona's Mike Bibby, a sharpshooting playmaker who handles the ball as if it were attached to his palm with a string.

These Flyers are still disparate pieces — their goalie has never won a playoff series, their defense is skilled but not overwhelming — but the talent level is markedly superior to the 100 - point team rookie coach Bill Barber pushed into the playoffs last year.

Michael Carter - Williams continues to cement himself as the NBA's Rookie of the Year with a 33 - point, six - rebound, five - assist performance.

Harkless is a young swingman with promise who averaged 8.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game as a rookie last season.

On the other side, C's rookie Kelly Olynyk poured in a career - high 21 points on 8 - of - 11 shooting and managed five assists and four rebounds to lead his squad.

He averaged 14.2 points and 12.9 rebounds per 36 minutes after going for 12.5 and 10.9 with the Sixers during his rookie season.

Thus Nelson's tortured decision on opening night to send the Warriors» superb defender and a 23.9 - points - per - game scorer in 1990 - 91, 6» 5» Mitch Richmond, to Sacramento for rookie Billy Owens.

The second - year big man out of the University of North Carolina has nearly doubled his production from his rookie campaign with 11.2 points per game to go along with 7.7 rebounds in 27.4 minutes.

The money, at this point, is secondary to Thomas making the leap on the PGA Tour and becoming one of its superstars, a spot that some pegged for him since his rookie season two years ago.

Though he missed 20 games with injuries and shot only 42.6 % from the floor, he kept his poise throughout his rookie season while averaging 19.7 points and 6.6 rebounds a game.

Rookie Dion Waiters led six Cavs (22 - 42) in double figures with 20 points.

The team was about five points better with him off the floor during his rookie year.

He was drafted fifth overall by the Warriors, and he won Rookie of the Year after averaging 22.0 points and 5.9 rebounds.