He never recovered from that punch. Got a bag, got traded, stopped caring

I thought it was the next Linsanity for a moment

The funny thing about that is that Jordan scored 49 in the first game. And then Dennis Johnson said “that’s not happening again” LOL 

Damn Jesus could ball if Jordan was getting compared to him

I wonder if hes up there dunking on Bill Russell and Dikembe Right now.

Man that 63 point game against that Celtics team is still one of the wildest performances I’ve ever seen on tape. Prime Bird and those guys were arguably the best team ever and he just went off on them.

disagree because he was already 1st team in his rookie season.

FIRST TEAM ALL DEFENSE

2019-20 is my first NBA season, i thought the luka/trae sophomore season leap was normal in the NBA as a top draft pick, and then that type of sophomore leap hasn’t happened again lol

I could see it happening with Flagg.

Well Luka is 1 year older as a rookie compared to Flagg. Let’s see about 3rd year Flagg first.

Lost out on MIP to Bobby Simmons lolz

But yeah that 05 playoff run was severely underrated too. Second year player slicing teams and probably would have led them to the finals if not for his injury.

I’m not sure why Shaq gets credit for Wade taking the leap

The crazy part is he didn’t just get more minutes—he completely rebuilt his shot. That efficiency jump on double the volume is wild.

I mean, he did have it all.

As a rookie, Ellis was just Monta. As a sophomore, he was practically D-Wade!

Nobody was talking that he was a first pick bust, at all

I really hope history remembers AD favorably. From his year 2-6, he was on track to be one of the next faces of the league. He was already All-NBA 1st Team in year 3 and was consistently in the “Top 5 players in the league” lists from the mid-late 2010s.

He put up great numbers in his 2 playoff appearances with the Pels and really cemented his legacy with the bubble run. Injuried in his prime with LA and the Dallas and Wizards trades might make people downplay how good he really was.

At most*

At least is crazy

He’ll be lucky to get third team

He rejected the Steph comps and tried to paint himself a Nash… so the NBA Gods made it so. ECF and no more!

He really was the only player to lead the NCAA in points AND assists in a season. And then he repeated that by becoming only the second NBA player to do that. And his assist numbers keep going up every year and he’s 3rd all time apg. And despite the injuries killing his floater and the lack of any real threats on his team bringing down his scoring, he’s still top 15. Really wild the disrespect he gets on here. I hope Washington can do well, seems like the best team built around him so far

Eh, I never found the Steph and Trae comps to make much sense beyond being smaller guards. What made Steph a legend was/is his efficiency on absurd volume. He’s also unstoppable both on and off ball which unlocks the Warriors whole offense. Trae is much less efficient and more heliocentric. He’s more like a mini-Harden in terms of play style. His shot profile should probably be closer to Steve Nash’s but he likes chucking from the logo too much.

Wemby did more or less. Would’ve had a high All-NBA finish year 2 if it wasn’t for the bloodclot 

This thread is not mean to compare these 2 players, just stating the insane sophomore leap lol

Nah 2018 playoffs he went 7 games with the young J&J Celts, that was his 4th year.

for point guards atleast learning to play point guard in the nba is hard

I think it’s the latter more than the former.

With rookies, it’s common for them to be way better in their last 20-40 games than the first part of the season. Looking at Trae, he was given the keys to the offence as a rookie but he was very ineffecient in the first half of the season. Then in the last chunk he shot much better and looked much more comfortable out there.