APBRmetrics

Does anyone have any comparables for a player as highly touted as Anthony Bennett being let go after just 2 seasons? Is there any hope for him to bounce back.

List of players in the 3 point era who in their first 2 seasons were: Had a -5 or worse BPM, 23 or under, played >1000 minutes,

Player BPM
Jamal Crawford -5
Chris Smith -5
Kenny Gattison -5.1
George McCloud -5.1
Michael Olowokandi -5.1
Mateen Cleaves -5.2
Terry Dehere -5.2
Marcus Fizer -5.2
Xavier Henry -5.2
Sean Higgins -5.2
Qyntel Woods -5.2
Nick Young -5.2
Quincy Douby -5.3
A.J. Guyton -5.3
Dajuan Wagner -5.3
Kendall Marshall -5.4
Adam Morrison -5.5
DeShawn Stevenson -5.5
Jon Sundvold -5.5
Corey Benjamin -5.6
Willie Green -5.6
Tom Hammonds -5.6
Chris Mihm -5.6
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf -5.7
Samardo Samuels -5.7
Rony Seikaly -5.7
Roy Hamilton -5.8
Anthony Bennett -5.9
Norris Cole -5.9
Charles Jenkins -5.9
Doron Lamb -5.9
Nikoloz Tskitishvili -5.9
Kenny Satterfield -6.1
Brian Oliver -6.3
Todd Fuller -6.9
Lancaster Gordon -6.9
John Duren -7.1
Acie Earl -7.1
Jayson Williams -7.2
George Zidek -7.2
Bobby Hurley -7.4

http://www.basketball-reference.com/pla ... der_by=bpm

Does anyone on that list give you any hope of Anthony Bennett recovering his career?

Tom Hammonds. Gattison.

I don't want to use extreme BPM values.

If he gets to select, he should pick a team already good at defense, eliminate the 3ball entirely, hit offensive glass, cut usage to 14-15% and keep that low risk, low turnover result from last season.

Based on his FG% by distance data to date, AB should never voluntarily take anything but a layup or dunk.

He was (is) somewhat a victim of just being a bad pick. Nobody really had him at number 1 overall except apparently the Cavs, and had he gone say 7th in the draft (which would have been entirely plausible given the draft board) it wouldn't be a big deal. Turns out a 3/4 tweener who can't defend or shoot isn't a great draft choice. Who would have ever thought.