Bmarq04 wrote:PantherSigEp wrote:Wes has proven himself to be significantly more efficient with his shooting and distribution than Knight for a majority of the season.
This I'll give you for sure. Knight hasn't been the most efficient shooter and Wes has distributed better.
I think you and I could go round and round and since we both believe in "our" guy, we could use stats to prove either of our points. They're both quality and I'll admit, having only seen Wes twice, I don't have a huge sample size to really give a high end assessment of him. It would be interesting to see how voting would shake up if it was between these two.
However, as I said, if Doyle is eligible for this, I think he gets it easy.
Maybe it's because I'm younger and closer to the "Participation Trophy" generation but if Doyle is Freshman of the Year (not sure how you could give it to anyone else, even Lynch) then I think the voters need to introduce some diversity and consider other players for NOY. Involve more guys and give out additional recognition when possible. The only exception I really have for this is if someone is also a legitimate threat for the top award (player of the year, MVP, whatever a league or sport chooses to call it). By definition of "newcomer" I think Doyle would be eligible but with these 2nd tier awards I'd just prefer to see more guys taken into account and given the opportunity to be recognized.
