Tyreke Evans came into the NBA with a bang, becoming just the fourth rookie ever to average 20-5-5 during his stellar season that was 2009/10. As he managed to outshine other highly-impressive rookie point guards such as Stephen Curry and Brandon Jennings, Evans scored game-winners, recorded triple-doubles, and even experienced something of his own AI-Jordan moment. Despite his busted jumper and tendency to heavily favor his right hand, ‘Reke certainly appeared to be a superstar in the making. I don’t think I was the only one that saw a little LeBron in him, and I know I wasn’t alone in thinking he’d soon become one of the league’s better point guards.
Fast forward to the present, and it’s unclear whether or not Tyreke Evans is the best point guard on his own team… or whether or not he’ll be playing point guard at all. After his sophomore slump began to extend into his third season, Evans found himself playing a lot of the three. At times, he came off the bench.
Not exactly the future I foresaw for the young man whose rookie season landed him in the company of Oscar and MJ. While he has suffered through his share of injuries over the past two seasons, he’s also been unable to improve on that broken jump shot. With Sacramento’s situation being so… Sacramento, who the hell knows what will become of Tyreke Evans.
Maybe we’ll just have to settle for Tyreke being second to none in the “offseason highlight mixtape” category.
So, um, at 1:05… was that some sort of mini shammgod into a double crossover?
I think it was. Can’t honestly say I’ve ever seen anything quite like that before. Keep in mind that this is coming from a man who owns every AND1 Mixtape, and realize that Tyreke Evans could probably dribble his way out of just about any situation.
Unfortunately, the same can’t be said about his driving.
