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Tag Archives: Shabazz Napier
WHO’S ROSTER WOULD BE BETTER, THE CAVS OR THE HEAT?
LET’S PUT LEBRON JAMES ON BOTH TEAMS AND THEN COMPARE THE CURRENT ROSTERS. WHO GIVES THE KING A BETTER CHANCE FOR MORE RINGS NEXT YEAR AND BEYOND?
Cavaliers Heat
Kyrie Irving –6’3–193-22 (20.8p-6.1a-3.6r) PG Mario Chalmers –6’2–190-28 (9.8p-4.9a-2.9R)
Andrew Wiggins –6’8-200-19 (17.1p-1.5a-5.9r) SG Dwyane Wade –6’4–220–32 (19p-4.7a-4.5r)
LeBron James –6’8-250-29 (27.1p-6.9r-6.4a) SF LeBron James -6’8-250-29 (27.1p-6.9r-6.4a)
Tristan Thompson -6’9-238-23 (11.7p-9.2r-1a) PF Josh McRoberts – 6’10-240-27 (8.5p-4.8r-4.3a)
Anderson Varejao – 6’11-267-31 (8.4p-9.7r-2.2a) C Chris Bosh – 6’11-235-30 (16.2p-6.6r-1.1a)
Cavs Bench – Dion Waiters, Anthony Bennett, Tyler Zeller, Brendan Haywood, Sergey Karasev, Matthew Dellavedova, Jarrett Jack, Joe Harris and Carrick Felix.
Heat Bench – Norris Cole, Shabazz Napier, Greg Oden, Udonis Haslem, Ray Allen, Chris Anderson, Michael Beasley, Danny Granger and James Jones.
HAS PAT RILEY DONE ENOUGH TO THE HEAT ROSTER TO IMPRESS LEBRON?
Time is winding down for LeBron James to decide on whether to stay in Miami or sign with Cleveland or someone else in free agency. Here are the moves that Heat president Pat Riley has made so far to bolster his roster and try to impress LeBron, as well as Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade, in hopes of keeping Miami’s “Big 3” together for a few more years. Is this enough? Will there be other additions? The clock is ticking on Riley to do more, and on LeBron to make yet another decision.
In the NBA Draft the Heat traded for the point guard who led U-Conn to the National Championship, Shabazz Napier. Supposedly, Napier was LeBron James favorite player in the draft. Is he good enough to surplant Mario Chalmers or Norris Cole as the starting point guard for Miami? Or is that still a few years away for Napier?
Shabazz Napier- PG-6’1-180-22–U-Conn stats (18p-6r-5a) (40% – 3FG)
In NBA Free Agency so far, Riley has received verbal commitments from free agents Josh McRoberts and Danny Granger after losing out on the likes of Kyle Lowery and Marcin Gortat while getting non-committals from Pau Gasol or Luol Deng. Here’s a look at what McRoberts and Granger did this past season in the NBA. How much of an upgrade are they over who the Heat had on the bench or in the starting lineup last year?
Josh McRoberts- PF-6’10-240-27 –Hornets (8.5p–4.8r-4.3a) (36%-3FG)
Danny Granger- SF-6’9-228-31–Pacers/Clippers (8.2p-3.2r-1apg) (34%-3FG)
The first day players can officially sign their contracts is Thursday, July 10, 2014. Dan Gilbert and the Cavs, along with Pat Riley and the Heat, are hoping to know before Thursday what decision LeBron has made so it leaves time for either team to go after other free agents if LeBron tells them no.
4 PLAYERS WHO HELPED THEIR NBA DRAFT STOCK IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
Shabazz Napier PG – 6’0 – 170 – 22 years old – U-Conn
Nobody helped his stock more than Napier. All the senior guard did in the six tournament games on the way to leading the Huskies to a National Championship was average 21.7pts – 5.5reb – 4.5ast – 2.5st while shooting 46% from the field, 46.5% from 3-point country and went 31-33 from the free throw line for 94%. Oh yeah he also scored 22pts in the title clinching game against a bunch of future NBA players from Kentucky.
James Young SF – 6’7 – 200 – 18 years old – Kentucky
While Julius Randle got most of the pub all season long and Aaron Harrison hit some big shots for the Wildcats late in games, Young also rose to the occasion in the tourney, saving his best for the last two games when he scored 17 points against Wisconsin in the Final Four and 20 points in the title game loss to U-Conn. He is now on everybody’s radar after those performances and the fact that he averaged 14ppg for his freshman year with the Cats.
Cleanthony Early SF – 6’8 – 215 – 22 years old – Wichita St.
While Wichita St. came up short in their ultimate goal, it wasn’t due to the lack of effort from Early. The senior finished his college career scoring 31 points and grabbing 7 rebounds in the Shockers only loss of the season to Kentucky. In the other tournament game he scored 23 points and pulled down 7 boards. In those two games he made 21 of 32 shots from the field for 66% while also draining 7 of 14 three’s. For the season the small forward averaged 16pts and 6reb.
Kyle Anderson PF – 6’9 – 235 – 20 years old – UCLA
His tournament numbers won’t overwhelm you (11.3pts-7.6reb-5.3ast), but his versatility at his size should. You can call him a point forward if you like after averaging (14.6pts – 8.8reb – 6.5ast) for the year. He registered one triple/double during his sophomore season and 16 double/doubles and missed out on two more triple/doubles by one assist and two rebounds.
*Napier and Early are seniors so they will be in the draft. Young and Anderson are underclassmen and as of April 8, 2014 they had not made their decision as to whether they will stay in school, or leave early for the NBA Draft.