Next years sleeper

by **Mentally Hilarious** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:42 am

Every season there is a few players that surprise the league and it's fans playing like we never thought them possible.

Break-out season in it's own, but I'm talking about the guys that go through the league year after year, and suddenly just explodes.

Last year I would actually choose Nash for this, even though we all knew he was good, could anyone dream of him doing what he did to the Suns? An aging PG with severe problems in defence-area blowing up the league? No, surely not... Bobby Simmons kinda did the same after years of kinda but not really being a good player, he took hold of a starting sport for the LAC.

So, my pick for next year is either Raja Bell for the Suns or Gerald Wallace (wherever he might end up).

by **cklitsie** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:13 am

My picks are Desmond Mason and Dan Gadzuric (if he ends up somewhere else than Milwaukee)

by **MaD_hAND1e** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:12 am

hmmm... That's why they're called sleepers... because we have no idea and we won't expect them to do well..... If we knew.. they wouldn't exactly be known as sleepers.

by **Mentally Hilarious** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:39 am

Umm.. yes. I do know that. The meaning of the thread was to see if we had any qualified guessers amongst us.

by **J@3** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:42 am

Dan Dickau if he starts ... Steve Blake is another one. No I don't have an obsession with white point guards, I just think if they get in the right situation they'd do well.

by **BOSS** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:07 pm

Jae wrote:Dan Dickau if he starts ... Steve Blake is another one. No I don't have an obsession with white point guards, I just think if they get in the right situation they'd do well.

Nahhh ... Dickau ain't gonna start over Paul. I think JR Smith will have a breakout season this year.

by **Mentally Hilarious** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:29 pm

Apparently, the latest rumour is that Dickau is going Green. So who knows what will happen if West goes down with sporadic injuries as last year and Banks gets shipped/plays backup to Dan.

I really like Dan, and would love him in Boston, but as a starter? ...no, not yet. Sign him for 2yr+plyr option and we'll talk. If he gets settled in a system, he can turn out nicely.

by **air gordon** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 1:21 pm

luther head

by **Riot** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 1:51 pm

Damien Wilkens

by **MaD_hAND1e** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 2:21 pm

sleepers aye... hmm.. I think Kwame will have a break out season if the Hawks or NY (actually.. any where apart from Washington) signs him.

by **cyanide** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 2:26 pm

I'd love to say Tony Allen, but that depends on his PT.

by **Kemp** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 2:49 pm

I would say Tyronn Lue. He now has the opportunity to start and play major minutes if he remain as a Hawk.

by **Nel** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:05 pm

by **Fresh8** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:42 pm

I agree with the Lue one although, he had shown promise many times in atmospheres such as the Wizards where he goes AI on other teams because his team is out of the playoffs... will we see it ahppen again?

by **BOSS** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:04 pm

Chris Bosh will have a breakout season. He has matured and he has really stepped up his game and the franchise revolves around him.

by **Jackal_** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:40 pm

I think Cherokee Parks will stun everyone in the NBA, as he gets pulled over in his Ford Taurus with a loaded 9mm and 40 grams of crack.

by **AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:12 pm

Oliver Miller. He's lost weight. Really.

by **Jackal_** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:15 pm

D-Wolverine 99027 wrote:Oliver Miller. He's lost weight. Really.

Did the nearest McDonalds and KFC shut-down or something? Was a part of his belly ripped off by a bear? Did he eat a old taco from Taco Bell and puke his organs out?

by **AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:18 pm

No. He's found new dedication in the weight room.... Plus he's only eating salads and fish for the past 3 months... He's a new man, I tell you...

by **The Game** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:28 pm

Chucky Atkins :lol:

by **frAn** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:59 pm

Ron Artest!! hahaha aftr being suspended for almost the whole season, he'll have a big big season this yr! watch out! haha

well, maybe Jamaal Tinsley! :wink:

by **The X** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:17 pm

Captain America wrote:Damien Wilkens

I'd have to agree with the Pope here, he's got a good point....

I'm still waiting for John Wallace and Laron Profit to have their breakout seasons :cry:

Josh Childress will breakout, but he probably already did in the 2nd half of the season, so he doesn't count....hopefully Carlos Delfino and Darko Milicic have breakout years and rid themselves of the shackles that Brown placed on them....Sit's right, it could be Caron Butler....Dorrell Wright in Miami....Desmond Mason in Milwaukee....John Salmons of the 76ers....Nick Collison and Luke Ridnour of Sonics will improve even more....

by **AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy** on Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:18 pm

Chris Kaman. mark my words.

by **cklitsie** on Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:26 am

air gordon wrote:luther head

Habbakuk wrote:Break-out season in it's own, but I'm talking about the guys that go through the league year after year, and suddenly just explodes.

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:56 am

I'll pick Gerald Wallace again this year.

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