re: Zach Lowe on Davis

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I don't get the legend of Anderson on here

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There are lots of reasons. First, people like 3 pointers. Second, he was basically found money, no one was expecting to get him. Finally, there were times last season where he was the only high quality quasi star level player we put on the floor.

I'd say in general you're right that they both are similarly limited offensive minded players. But there are more volume scoring guards in the league than Stretch 4s that are elite at hitting 3 pointers. Also big > little in the NBA. So even if they had the exact same NBA2k ratings on their abilities, Anderson has more value than Thornton because of the supply/demand in the league.

And part of it is no doubt the Sacramento Effect, but that article made it sound like shooting 3s is the only thing Thornton did well last season. I remember when we were excitedly calling him Ben Gordon 2.0. That seems a lot better when you're a 2nd round pick making less than $1 million. With that contract where Sacramento foolishly bid against themselves, he really did become Ben Gordon 2.0, but not in the good way we all thought would happen.