Anthony Davis or Nerlens Noel?

[Twan's Kin]

Who will have the better NBA career over the course of their first 10 years in the NBA--
Anthony Davis or Nerlens Noel ?

[SWedd523]

Health notwithstanding, Davis well have a much better career

[Plowright]

Davis for sure!

[JamieMcNeill]

Barring Anthony Davis becoming a quadriplegic he will have a much better career.

[CampNightmare8]

There is no for sure, both are terrible scorer's and have great D. Noel's stats actually look better so far. Dunno why everyone hates Noel

[SWedd523]

Davis is far from a terrible scorer.


one projects towards the KG range, the other more towards Camby or Chandler.

[CampNightmare8]

Davis is far from a terrible scorer.


one projects towards the KG range, the other more towards Camby or Chandler.

As far as in college AD had no scoring game, when AD played in the nba it looked as if he got better offensively

[JamieMcNeill]

As far as in college AD had no scoring game, when AD played in the nba it looked as if he got better offensively

In college? In college Davis was quick enough to take any big off the dribble as well as shoot out to near the three point line. This doesnt even take into account the cute little hook he has that is near unblockable thanks to a stupid wingspan. Saying that he couldnt score in college but can in the NBA is just not true. Name one player who scores easier in their rookie NBA season than they did in college?

[Chef]

As far as in college AD had no scoring game, when AD played in the nba it looked as if he got better offensively

college basketball is terrible from an IQ perspective and the coaches are horrible. you can't fault the players for that. example: durant was routinely frozen out of the offense while at texas. alex len for md avgs less than 10 shots per game while being both the best offensive player on the team and usually the tallest player on the floor.

jj reddick and ammo avg around 30 ppg per game in college.

the point is, college is a great tool to look at players but it is very dangerous to project broad judgements like "he can't score". it is more accurate to say things like "he has trouble getting rebounds above the rim", "he struggles with lateral quickness defensively", etc.

[JamieMcNeill]

college basketball is terrible from an IQ perspective and the coaches are horrible. you can't fault the players for that. example: durant was routinely frozen out of the offense while at texas. alex len for md avgs less than 10 shots per game while being both the best offensive player on the team and usually the tallest player on the floor.

jj reddick and ammo avg around 30 ppg per game in college.

the point is, college is a great tool to look at players but it is very dangerous to project broad judgements like "he can't score". it is more accurate to say things like "he has trouble getting rebounds above the rim", "he struggles with lateral quickness defensively", etc.

AD also played on a championship squad with six (6) future NBA draft picks. Usage on offense and offensive ability are too different animals.

In summation, I agree Chef.

[SWedd523]

College coaches are terrible? Didn't a college coach just lead the USA to two gold medals after the country's basketball program floundered thanks to one of the greatest NBA coaches in history?

I'd put Wooden/Dean/K/Knight/Rupp up against the top 5 from the NBA any day of the week.


Back on topic, AD's lack of scoring had more to do with not needing to score than not being able to. Nerlens is shooting 53.8 from the floor and 53.8 from the line. Horrible. Davis was 62.3 and 70.9

[Chef]

College coaches are terrible? Didn't a college coach just lead the USA to two gold medals after the country's basketball program floundered thanks to one of the greatest NBA coaches in history?

I'd put Wooden/Dean/K/Knight/Rupp up against the top 5 from the NBA any day of the week.


Back on topic, AD's lack of scoring had more to do with not needing to score than not being able to. Nerlens is shooting 53.8 from the floor and 53.8 from the line. Horrible. Davis was 62.3 and 70.9

obviously not all. fbh was an nba coach after all. but, of the coaches you listed only K is active. the majority of college coaches over coach and demonstrate questionable strategies at best.

[JamieMcNeill]

Back on topic, AD's lack of scoring had more to do with not needing to score than not being able to. Nerlens is shooting 53.8 from the floor and 53.8 from the line. Horrible. Davis was 62.3 and 70.9

This.

AD simply didn't need to. Kentucky obviously needs it now and Noel is shooting shit percentages.

[DashGlobal]

what kind of question is this. AD is light years ahead on Noel. Not even close.