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[QUOTE="Knicks411, post: 250616, member: 767"]
I'm just throwing it out there as a starting point.  (though it would've helped if I used last year's stats instead of his freshmen year).
 
My only point was that I wouldn't be shocked if he scored under 15 per game last year, that's all.  
 
I also just looked this up, and I was surprised; Brandon had the third highest shot% on the team last year; that is, he took the third most amount of team shots when on the court.  Dion was first (duh) and James was second, Brandon was essentially tied with him.  Brandon's shot % was higher than the shot % of Jonny Flynn in 2009, as a random example.  (though Jonny did score more than 15 per game, so there you go).  So he will see more shots, because he is playing more, but he may not actually see that many more shots on a percentage basis.
 
I also think the team will be pretty balanced next year as well.  This is not a knock on Brandon; he may very well be the leading scorer and not get 15 per game, which is exactly what has happened in each of the last 2 years.  Though that being said, as I mentioned before, I looked at the wrong year's stat line.  If he scored at the same rate as this year, he'd average about 14.2 points per 34 minutes, which seems like a pretty good estimate for his playing time.
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