The decline of JJ Hickson

[mhi]

JJ Hickson is TEARING UP the league. His really MOTIVATED to get paid.

[3 Ball...GOT IT]

jesus, this talk of JJ and his lack of defense is getting old...it's like the silver bullet that JJ haters go to when they don't feel like using the stone hands excuse

this guy has far showed more promise than tristan has and is having a good year with a +20 PER, at least when he has the ball on offense, he somewhat of a clue

give the man some credit

THANK YOU

[3 Ball...GOT IT]

I have watched more that couple of POR games (cuz of Batum) and the reason his Rebs and FG are up is because his living strickly in the paint. I think his coach has forbidden him from taking a jumper, haven't seen him take any (remember when he said he wanted to shoot em like KG so he could get a max ?) and it has also translated to a lot of rebounds because he can jump HIGH.

Also one game he missed a box out and he was benched for the rest of the game.

How many games have you watched? I've watched every Portland game for the most part this season. The Trailblazers have come out and said they have no drawn plays for him, so most of his points have to come off of offensive boards. Every game he shoots at least 2-3 jumpers a game, which is something he's also improved on

[Triplethreat]

Dude has 20 points and 14 rebound potential if he played 35 plus minutes a game.

[D-Wreck]

Dude has 20 points and 14 rebound potential if he played 35 plus minutes a game.

And the opposing center would get 25 and 15.

I'm glad Hickson has carved out a niche as a rebounder and had realized what his offensive game is, but let's not get crazy here. He'd be a great guy to have as your 3rd big, but he's no world beater.

[Lottery God]

Big game from Hickson tonight. 2 pts/8 rbs on 0-7 shooting.

[mhi]

Big game from Hickson tonight. 2 pts/8 rbs on 0-7 shooting.

Dwight Howard ate him alive.

[qaws23]

Big game from Hickson tonight. 2 pts/8 rbs on 0-7 shooting.

lol JJ critics at it again I see. You had to wait about 10 games before you could post a bad stat line from him. I bet you couldn't wait to log on here and say "see I told ya he sucked he went 0-7!"

[camakazee]

lol JJ critics at it again I see. You had to wait about 10 games before you could post a bad stat line from him. I bet you couldn't wait to log on here and say "see I told ya he sucked he went 0-7!"

Yet you're the one who waited 9 months to grave dig a thread regarding a player who hasn't worn wine & gold since April of 2011. If it wasn't for you, no one would be discussing Hickson in this thread heading into 2013.

[qaws23]

Yet you're the one who waited 9 months to grave dig a thread regarding a player who hasn't worn wine & gold since April of 2011. If it wasn't for you, no one would be discussing Hickson in this thread heading into 2013.

I didn't wait 9 months to do anything. I saw the success JJ was having in Portland after a terrible year in Sacramento so I figured instead of creating a whole new topic about an ex Cavs player why not post in a thread that already existed. And why can't we discuss Hickson? We talk about Andre Drummond, Jonas Valanciunas and other players who were never Cavaliers all the time. Theres even have a Lebron Safari thread for crying out loud! A player who hasn't worn the wine & gold since 2010. So I don't understand why we can't talk about JJ especially since it's relevant to what that says about our gm Chris Grant who I'm not high on at all. But that's a whole nother discussion.

[Lottery God]

lol JJ critics at it again I see. You had to wait about 10 games before you could post a bad stat line from him. I bet you couldn't wait to log on here and say "see I told ya he sucked he went 0-7!"

Nah, I just happened to see him suck because I was checking the box score for Lillard, who also happened to suck that game.

[rabman_gold]

So happy for Hickson after everyone shitted on him, said he was garbage and would never get it. Had 24 and 16 boards last night and has average 16 & 13 boards the last 5 games. lol hope everyone enjoys Tristan!

Doesn't sound like your average "I'm going to analyze the guy" quote. Sounds like a "I'm going to make the doubters look like shitheads" quote.

Translation: You reap what you sow.

[MoFlo]

lol JJ critics at it again I see. You had to wait about 10 games before you could post a bad stat line from him. I bet you couldn't wait to log on here and say "see I told ya he sucked he went 0-7!"

Therein lies the problem with J.J. Consistency.

Before them 9 straight double doubles, J.J played all of 12 minutes (coach's decision: "We had a good thing going") in an OT win in Charlotte, going reboundless with 2 points. Before that, he had a pedestrian 11 & 5 against us, and 11 & 3 in Boston.

Yes, he's been a double double machine, but I still see way too many of these statlines:

0-7, 2 Pts, 8 Rebounds
12 Min, 1-5, 2 Pts, 0 Rebs
11 Pts, 5 Rebs in 35 Min
11 Pts, 3 Rebs in 26 Min
9 Pts, 8 Rebs
10 Pts, 4 Rebs
3 Pts, 7 Rebs
5 Pts, 5 Rebs
3-10, 7 Pts, 11 Rebs

... to believe he's truly turned a corner.

We've seen him put up great #'s in stretches before, this is nothing new.

[Jon]

And why can't we discuss Hickson?

Certainly we can talk about Hickson, but camakazee came out of hibernation and nailed exactly what you're doing. Don't go gravedigging, spewing out an "I told you so" then cry "haters just gonna hate" .... lol

As MoFlo pointed out, JJ having a good streak on offense and/or on the boards is nothing new. What will be new is if he stops giving up as much on D as he's contributing on O and on the boards.

[Gimme Some Mo]

Hickson turned into a solid player. If you won't give him credit for that, then he turned into a good rebounder and a respectable scorer.... and he still has room to grow.

Meanwhile Casspi can't get playing time on a bottom 5 team in the NBA and the Sacramento Kings are still a TERRIBLE team with even more front office drama and headcase players than ever. They have to hit on a star player in the draft for us to ever see that pick. They are just that bad and have been for years now.

That's really all that needs to be said IMO. But since JJ *supposedly* said he wanted max money, all bets are off for the JJ haters..... since, ya know, we would have HAD to pay him max money since he said he wanted it.