That's not really all that relevant. Manley had this stat line in 17 minutes, which is the sort of time Bradley got in most games. If he had done this in 35 minutes then sure, it would be an unfair comparison.
Also, Bradley almost never shared the floor with Meeks, and Maye is honestly showing himself to be at least as good a scorer as Hicks (probably better). So I don't think pointing out the supporting bigs is a good counter argument.
I definitely think Bradley is a better overall player, and was not trying to state otherwise. Still mighty impressive that Manley was able to outscore all of Bradley's efforts last year by his second game.
I was VERY impressed with Manley last night, specifically that soft shooting touch, not just from the mid range but at the free throw line, lot to like there.
Couple things I would point out, first Tony had a second game of his career and that second game was not a top 10 team either. Manley did what he did in what, 17mins? Tony had several games of over 17mins, he never put up a stat line equal to what Manley did last night.
Someone mentioned Tony ran the court better and yeah he did but Tony didn't play long stints either, he got winded rather quickly, as Manley as well does. I would offer this to consider, Tony did have 4 full seasons of high school ball, had off seasons in between in AAU and EYBL, Manley did not have that. IN fact, Manley had basically 2 years of high school ball so think Tony Bradley after a soph high school season? In fact, it is worse than that because Manley missed so much time that much of his high school playing days were pretty much recovering from being out so much, not like he had 2 solid seasons back to back before coming to us.
Not trying to say 1 is better than the other just suggesting that when you consider Manley you have to factor in the harder road he had to get here. My way early gut feel is Manley has a softer shooting touch than Tony did but Tony was a more imposing defensive presence. Tony has a huge up side, I hope he can reach it but lets not down play the upside in this Manley kid either, from what he showed me last night his upside may in fact be similar to Tony's.
Finally, I would add, very true that Manley does not have Meeks and Hicks ahead of him in the rotation but Tony did have Meeks and Hicks to go against in practice every day, Manley does not have that. One guy Manley is behind in our current rotation is Luke, a Jr version of Luke, Tony fell below the soph version of Luke in the rotation, I would suggest this Jr version of Luke is way improved over his soph version.
What I conclude isn't about one being better than the other, it is simply that Manley is delivering more than I and I suspect many felt he would at this point, makes me feel much better about our front court that both he and Brooks are producing so early on and Luke is leading the way.
