Under 20 yrs old / Freshmen PGs

[TheNorthCydeRises]

This is a historical look at young PGs entering the NBA since 1990, and how they did. I'll only focus on 1st round picks in the top 15. I will give Tony Parker's stats or any other young PG who excelled in the NBA as a late 1st rounder.

I'll give you their age when their first entered college or the NBA, their college stats in the last year they played in college . . their 1st year stats as a pro . . and their best year as a pro. For the HS kids, we'll have to start with their 1st year in the league.

Shawn Livingston ( 19 . . straight from high school )

- Rookie season ( NBA 2004 . . #4 pick ):

27.1 minutes ( played 30 games )

7.4 ppg

5.0 apg

3.0 rpb

1.1 stls

2.5 TOs

41% FG

74% FT

0% 3FG ( only took 2 all year )

- Best season ( 06 - 07 )

29.8 minutes ( played in 54 games, started 31 )

9.3 ppg

5.1 apg

3.4 rbg

1.1 stls

2.0 TOs

46% FG

71% FT

31% 3FG ( 5 - 13 )

Sebastian Telfair ( 19 . . straight out of high school )

- Rookie season ( NBA 2004 . . #13 pick )

19.6 minutes ( played in 68 games, started 26 )

6.8 ppg

3.3 apg

1.5 rbg

0.5 stls

1.84 TOs

39% FG

79% FT

25% 3FG

- Best season ( 05 - 06 )

24.1 minutes ( played in 68 games, started 30 )

9.5 ppg

3.6 apg

1.8 rbg

1.0 stls

1.7 TOs

39% FG

74% FT

35% 3FG

Dajuan Wagner ( 19 . . @ the U. of Memphis ) . . yes, I know he's not a PG, but he'd have to play the point on the NBA level to stay in the league, being only 6-2.

- Freshman year @ Memphis ( 2001 - 02 )

21.2 ppg

3.6 apg

2.5 rebs

1.2 stls

41% FG

72% FT

32% 3FG

- Rookie NBA season ( 2002 . . #6 pick )

29.5 minutes ( played in 47 games, started 24 )

13.4 ppg

2.8 apg

1.7 rpg

0.8 stls

1.8 TOs

37% FG

80% FT

31% 3FG

( rookie year was also his best year )

Tony Parker - ( 19 when he entered the NBA )

- Rookie season ( 2001 - 02 . . #28 pick )

29.4 minutes ( played in 77 games, started 72 )

9.2 ppg

4.3 apg

2.6 rbg

1.2 stls

2.0 TOs

42% FG

68% FT

32% 3FG

- Best season ( 05 - 06 )

33.9 minutes ( played and started in 80 games )

18.9 ppg

5.8 apg

3.3 rpg

1.0 stls

3.11 TOs

55% FG ( which is incredible for a guard, has to be one of the highest FG% for a guard in NBA history )

71% FT

30% 3FG

Jamal Crawford - ( 19 @ the U of Michigan . . and yes, he did play PG at Michigan.

- Freshman year @ Michigan ( 1999 - 2000 )

16.6 ppg

4.5 apg

2.8 rpg

1.1 stls

41% FG

78% FT

33% 3FG

- rookie year in NBA ( 2000 - 01 )

17.2 minutes ( played in 61 games, started 8 )

4.6 ppg

2.3 apg

1.5 rpg

0.7 stls

1.4 TOS

35% FG

79% FT

35% 3FG

- Best season ( 06 - 07 )

37.3 minutes ( played in 59 games, started 36 )

17.6 ppg

4.4 apg

3.2 rpg

1.0 stls

2.8 TOS

40% FG

84% FT

32% 3FG

Stephon Marbury - 18 @ Georgia Tech

- Freshman year @ Tech ( 95 - 96 )

18.9 ppg

4.5 apg

3.1 rpg

1.8 stls

46% FG

74% FT

37% 3FG

- Rookie year in NBA ( 96 - 97 . . #4 pick )

34.7 minutes ( played in 67 games, started 64 )

15.8 ppg

7.8 apg

2.7 rpg

1.0 stls

3.1 TOs

41% FG

73% FT

35% 3FG

- Best season ( 98 - 99 )

38.7 minutes ( played and started in 80 games )

21.3 ppg

8.9 apg

2.9 rpg

1.2 stls

3.4 TOs

43% FG

80% FT

34% 3FG

Use this information however you want.

[Final_quest]

I think that list is too short to mean much of anything.

[AtLaS]

Thanks for this, I knew I had heard bad things about 19 year old PGs but I never saw all the facts. Parker is really the lone successful one right now, and I guess you could consider Marbury one also.

Crawford has turned out to not be a PG, Wagner and Livingston have been completely derailed with injuries, and Telfair just sucks.

The track record isn't good, but there really aren't enough examples to take too much out of it.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

That's kind of the point of the list. Very few young guards even attempt to come into the league, let alone, be successful in it.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

And this is what kind of scares me for Critt. Conley, I think, will be OK. Critt is the guy that I'm worried about.

[pound4pound]

Which is the point - we have to upgrade at either the 1 or the 5 and the best way to do that in this draft is to take Conley at 3. The Atlanta Hawks have 4 point guards on their roster that went to school for 4 years. Each one used those four years of college experience to give us a 30 win season.