Love and Flynn Selected to Rookie/Sophs Challenge rosters

..factors into these selections, that Love did not make the rookie team last year and Flynn made it this year.

but no way should Flynn be in over Ty Lawson. Flynn plays 7.6 more minutes/game, but Lawson beats him in every statistical category.

Also kind of bizarre that Derozan will be at the game for the Dunk-in against sophomore Eric Gordon, but won’t be allowed to play.

….or Casspi more than Flynn

Or do these rosters change accordingly with tomorrow’s announcements?

I do a lot of it myself. I can see that he has the abilities to be very good, but it’s not inevitable that he’ll “get it”; other than the already proven scoring, we’ll never be sure that he’ll be a true all-around PG who can manage the game while scoring when needed. He’s shown flashes of nearly every skill required, but he’s got a while to go. Hopefully the minutes and Rambis-imposed obstacles are the answer to his development. I’m looking forward to the end of the season – even more so next season – to see the improvements he has or hasn’t made. For better or worse we’ll see a different player.

I do think it’s worth mentioning this excerpt I just read over at SI. It’s a mid-season roundup of assessments by NBA scouts; here’s an excerpt from the “Most impressive rookie besides Tyreke Evans and Brandon Jennings” section:
• Jonny Flynn, Timberwolves. “He’s got a chance to be in that mix with Evans and Jennings. He’s a pretty good player and he’s going to be in position to put up shots and score points. He can score off the dribble, can shoot and can distribute; he understands well who to pass it to and when to make the pass. Flynn isn’t the tallest guy in the world but makes up for it by being a good athlete and being pesky on defense.” (If you were curious, the other 2 players mentioned were Omri Casspi and Taj Gibson. Curry’s conspicuous by his absence).

For all of the questions many of us have about Flynn, it’s at least a tiny bit reassuring that some scouts still see him in an optimistic light. There’s been some genuinely awful play from him, but there’s still a lot of potential to be excited about.