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[QUOTE="Niastri, post: 5586914, member: 722"]
He's a very good looking freshman player.  Asking him to be a star right away is unreasonable.  There are literally one or two true freshman all Americans every year, and he's the next level below them.

Anthony has played very well for a freshman in his first 7 games. He did more good than bad in Las Vegas against some very tough opponents.  Nobody should expect him to be a star right away, but he's already a solid rotation player at this point in his career.

If you recall previous freshmen, there is always a learning curve.  They all were the best player on their high school teams, usually even with the prep level super teams that are consolidating talent on the high school level.  Anthony was no exception.  Fitting in on teams that have grown men like Kyle, Kingz and Starling is an adaptation period.  Anthony is doing great.

EDIT: I meant to mention his bad 3 point shooting in Vegas.  He seems to have a green light, so maybe Kiyan is in a "shoot till you make them" role on this team.  I would prefer he be a little more selective, but somebody has to shoot. He is definitely more effective at going to the basket at this point.  But, you can't tell a shooter who is open not to shoot. Against the 4 cupcakes, Anthony shot .385 from 3.  Was he any less open in Vegas?  Maybe, but nobody should be shooting contested threes anyway, and they all should hit open threes at a pretty healthy rate.  They just didn't in Vegas... I doubt Anthony has another 1/14 stretch shooting 3s again this season.
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