BVB Ballpark » BVB Ballpark <> » Basketball http://bvbankballpark.com The Finest Baseball Blog There Ever Was Wed, 19 Aug 2015 15:44:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.7 The Problem with Cameron Payne’s 20 Points Per Game http://bvbankballpark.com/2015/06/the-problem-with-cameron-paynes-20-points-per-game/ http://bvbankballpark.com/2015/06/the-problem-with-cameron-paynes-20-points-per-game/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2015 19:42:50 +0000 http://bvbankballpark.com/?p=372 Cameron Payne had an average of 20 points every night he took the floor for Murray State. That’s a great number, showing that he can have big games, but that he can also play with the consistency that it takes to really be good. It’s part of why he’s being projected as a top NBA pick.

The 20 points are impressive, and Payne could be good. Other NBA players, such as Steph Curry, have shown that guys from small colleges can be great in the NBA. However, there is one problem with the stat that has really driven him up the NBA draft boards: The competition level wasn’t very high at Murray State.

Fans like Daniel Amen know that there are games that stand out, and Murray State has been in the NCAA tourney. However, on a nightly basis, the teams that they played just were not that good. It could have inflated his stats a bit. Would he still have put up 20 points a game if he had to play against Kansas, Kentucky or Duke? Could he even have done it in the Big Ten, one of the best basketball conferences in the country?

There’s no way to know for sure, so maybe he could have. The problem for the NBA teams, though, is that they may only find out his stats are inflated if they draft him and he’s just not good enough for the next level.

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