.
|
| |
| 10 - Julyan Stone
- PG/SG/SF, 6'6, 200 |
| Denver Nuggets
- Signed as a free agent in December 2011 |
|
|
Date of
birth: 12/07/1988
Country:
USA
|
Drafted
(NBA): Undrafted, 2011
Out of: Texas-El Paso
|
NBA
Experience: 1 years
Hand: Right |
| Agent: Giovanni Funiciello (GCF Sports)
|
|
| When: |
Where: |
| 2007 - 2011 |
UNLV (NCAA) |
| December 2011 - present |
Denver Nuggets (NBA) |
|
Date
|
League
|
Transaction
|
|
9th December, 2011
|
NBA
|
Signed a partially guaranteed two year minimum salary contract with Denver.
|
|
3rd January, 2012
|
D-League
|
Assigned by Denver to Idaho Stampede of the D-League.
|
|
10th January, 2012
|
D-League
|
Recalled by Denver from Idaho Stampede of the D-League.
|
|
 Sham's unnecessarily great big draft board: Point guards
|
| 2011-06-22 |
Julyan Stone - Allegedly, Juylan Stone has a promise from the Lakers with one of their four second round picks.
[Draft promises are a strange thing. Saying you're likely to pick someone if they're there is one thing, but don't make a word which risks you either alienating people and hurting your reputation if you break it, or costing you a better player if things don't pan out the way you plan. Draft promises result in moves such as picking DeMarre Carroll over DeJuan Blair (if honoured), or the whole Efthimios Rentzias debacle (if broken). Doesn't seem like a risk ever worth taking.]
Whether the promise is true or not, a combination of a miserable draft, a strong senior season and an incredibly unique statline has put Stone into contention. On the year, Stone averaged 8.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game as a 6'7 point guard, further recording only 1.9 turnovers in 36.5 minutes per game for a 2.8 to 1 assist-to-turnover ratio. He was also named to the Conference USA All-Defensive team; faster than someone like the comparable Cedric Bozeman, Stone's athleticism and size combination is pretty smothering, and his averages of 1.5 steals and 0.6 blocks per game lend credence to that. Offensively, Stone is UTEP's all time assist leader - magnanimous, pass-first, and high IQ, Stone is the consummate facilitator, deferential to a fault, keeping the ball moving, never one to take a bad shot, and a very capable ball handler.
His only problem is his own scoring. Stone can't make open looks, at all. He hit 52 threes in four seasons, barely cracked 60% from the foul line for his career, did little off the dribble, recorded more assists than points on two occasions, and even recorded more rebounds than points on one occasion. That's a pretty amazing statistic in a point guard. Stone became more aggressive and confident in his own scoring talent as an upperclassman, but at no point did he become in an average scoring threat by Conference USA. So while there may only be one flaw, it's a huge one.
It might be worthwhile anyway, considering his otherwise strong all-around game.
(You know how else grabbed as many rebounds as they scored points in college? Dontell Jefferson. Dontell Jefferson made the NBA briefly. There are worse comparisons around, including in this post.)
|
| [read full post] |
|
 |
Denver Nuggets |
|
|
Note: Non-US teams that the player
has played for are, unless stated otherwise, from the top division in
that nation. If league or division name is expressly stated, it's not
the top division. The only exceptions to this are the rare occasions where
no one league is said to be above the other, such as with the JBL/BJ League
split inJapan.
In the event where more than one agent is listed, this is because the
player has more than one agent. This is rather commonplace - a lot of
times, a player will sign with a big agency, and they will have both primary
and secondary agents from within that agency to handle their affairs.
(Where that happens, the primary agent is listed first.) Also, foreign
players tend to have both American and domestic agents. Where the details
of such are known, they are listed.
|
| Follow this
site on: |
|
