OTish: Stauskas' First NBA Game
No writeups are available yet, but I figured that the board could use a break from CONCUSSIONGATE 2014 and the coaching search.
Stauskas dropped 12 points in 26 minutes and was 2-5 from behind three point range. Stats embeded for the board. http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/2991042/nik-stauskas
October 6th, 2014 at 12:37 AM ^
thats all I have left
October 6th, 2014 at 12:37 AM ^
I truthfully follow college basketball far more than the NBA. Anyone want to comment whether or not this is over/under his expected production? Either way, I'm glad to see Nik finding some success in the NBA.
October 6th, 2014 at 9:07 AM ^
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October 6th, 2014 at 9:22 AM ^
I like Nik but you think he's gonna find 8 more points in 6 minutes or so? Or are you expecting them to run him for 38+ a game?
October 6th, 2014 at 12:48 AM ^
Yeah, 12 points in 26 minutes is acutally a pretty good start for him. That projects out to 18 points if he played 40 minutes. 50% from the floor, 40% from 3. Solid start for him coming off the bench.
The only issue was his 4 turnovers. He'll have to get a handle on that. Looks like he might have had some foul issues as well (4) though I don't know if he picked them up early or late.
October 6th, 2014 at 1:33 AM ^
Got it. Thanks for the input! I know there has been a discussion centered around him fighting for minutes, so it was encouraging for me to see 26 in his first game.
October 6th, 2014 at 12:54 AM ^
It looks like Nik was in the game at crunch-time and did deliver a lapup in the 4th but also misfired on a few other critical shots, most notably a 3 with 2:32 left that would have put the Kings up 5. It looks like Sacramento went with him down the stretch though, which is a good sign that they feel comfortable going with him in high pressure situations already.
October 6th, 2014 at 1:37 AM ^
be the first regular season game?
October 6th, 2014 at 2:18 AM ^
I believe you would be right. This would be his flrst plausable NBA-level action, but not really his first NBA "game". I doubt NBA vetrans go 100% in the preseason for the whole game, though I'm sure they don't exactly just screw around either.
October 6th, 2014 at 6:49 AM ^
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October 6th, 2014 at 7:05 AM ^
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October 6th, 2014 at 8:59 AM ^
You don't think that a former player (especially a star) one year removed from donning the maize and blue falls under "Anything Michigans ports related" category?
October 6th, 2014 at 9:34 AM ^
This is Stauskas news, not NBA news. An off-topic NBA thread would be about the Pistons with maybe a mention of "they should've drafted Stauskas!" This is ON Topic in my book.
Tigers? Off topic. Red Wings? Off topic. Pistons? Off topic. Burke, Stauskas, GRIII, THJr, Denard, Henne, Long? All on topic, as long as they are the topic and not tangential to the primary topic.
October 6th, 2014 at 7:46 AM ^
Blouses
October 6th, 2014 at 9:36 AM ^
October 6th, 2014 at 11:35 AM ^
Thought Stauskas looked pretty good in his first outing with the team. Seemed comfortable except for a few bad shots either late in the shot clock or in desperation as the team tried to keep pace scoring with the Raptors. Saw that the Kings went into a zone defense a lot with him in the game, maybe to give him some help on the defensive end as Toronto started to drive to the basket on him late in the game. Looking forward to seeing how he progresses on both ends of the floor.