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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 7:17 pm Post subject:
He has to be a SF at the NBA level and has worked tremendously on his guard skills to become a SF.
But like Loul Deng, he has heavy feet and his finishing at the rim is done by wingspan, not wingspan and vert like a lot of NBA 3s.
Watching all of those workouts, it's hard to see what the hype is, because there is still so much to develop. Working on perimeter skills is one thing, but he needs to prove that against competition.
Australian basketball? So, that's behind Russia, Italy, and Turkey in terms of competition of play. Some would argue it's behind NCAA ball.
While he fancies himself somewhat of a small forward prospect, his skill-level is extremely limited at the moment by how raw of a player he is. He lacks a great deal of strength, balance and coordination, and possesses very little in the ways of experience or feel for the game. His perimeter jumper is incredibly streaky and he struggles to finish around the basket in traffic. Defensively, he appears to be a long ways away from contributing, beyond his ability to hit the glass, as he just doesn’t have a great understanding of how to operate on this end of the floor. Since he only began practicing with UConn in January, he’s obviously still very much beyond the curve. Athletically, he is solid, but not out of this world, looking somewhat stiff in his movements at times.
He has to be a SF at the NBA level and has worked tremendously on his guard skills to become a SF.
But like Loul Deng, he has heavy feet and his finishing at the rim is done by wingspan, not wingspan and vert like a lot of NBA 3s.
Watching all of those workouts, it's hard to see what the hype is, because there is still so much to develop. Working on perimeter skills is one thing, but he needs to prove that against competition.
Australian basketball? So, that's behind Russia, Italy, and Turkey in terms of competition of play. Some would argue it's behind NCAA ball.
While he fancies himself somewhat of a small forward prospect, his skill-level is extremely limited at the moment by how raw of a player he is. He lacks a great deal of strength, balance and coordination, and possesses very little in the ways of experience or feel for the game. His perimeter jumper is incredibly streaky and he struggles to finish around the basket in traffic. Defensively, he appears to be a long ways away from contributing, beyond his ability to hit the glass, as he just doesn’t have a great understanding of how to operate on this end of the floor. Since he only began practicing with UConn in January, he’s obviously still very much beyond the curve. Athletically, he is solid, but not out of this world, looking somewhat stiff in his movements at times.
If the NBA has a lockout, you want this kid working out with Bryant for 1 year.
On top of that he's 23 years old and will be 24 in July. It's one thing if a guy this raw is 17 years old like Bynum was when we drafted him. If he's 24 years old and still too raw for the NBA, then it's not a good sign. _________________ I Recommend VLC Player: http://www.videolan.org/
The D-fenders have been without a presence like him for a while and he sure helped out today with the minutes he received. He was active on the boards and kept things alive. He's still raw, hopefully Coach Hubbard will give him the minutes.
Only two more home games for the D-fenders this month, then they head out to the midwest to close out the year. In January, only three home games at TSC plus one in Ontario.
“They played him at the 3 position,” said his agent, Mike Lelchitski. “He’s been working to transition to playing the 3. He had a really tough time in college playing the 4 and 5. He’s tall, but that’s not naturally his position. He was able to really turn some heads and did a lot of things people never saw and didn’t expect. He ran the court and altered shots, but also played great perimeter defense, locked down some of the great international players, and shot the ball extremely well from 3.”
Most soccer players have light feet. And his volley ball career should help him get enough lift to alter some shots. Plays like a 3/4 defends the 4/5. Can bang down low or step out and hit the 3. We need to bring Kareem or Hakeem in to work with this kid in the post asap.
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Joined: 10 Apr 2001 Posts: 65135 Location: Orange County, CA
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 2:24 pm Post subject:
K2 wrote:
The D-fenders have been without a presence like him for a while and he sure helped out today with the minutes he received. He was active on the boards and kept things alive. He's still raw, hopefully Coach Hubbard will give him the minutes.
Only two more home games for the D-fenders this month, then they head out to the midwest to close out the year. In January, only three home games at TSC plus one in Ontario.
Looking at him last year, he finally grew into his body and showed some motor on the offensive boards. I don't know how well he can be relied on as a perimeter defender at SF, but at a legit 6'10" with a 7'4" wingspan, he could play the stretch-4.
He also gained 15lbs., which must have been all muscle at the base, because he can move around in the paint a bit as well. _________________ Resident Car Nut.
^Even though he's listed at 6'10", seemed like he's taller and concur that he could play the stretch-4. Overall, he had good debut with 6 blocks along with 8 boards. That extra weight did help him move in and out of the paint as he pleased against the Stampede, the height-challenged competition had won 2 straight versus the D-fenders prior to last night, but had no answers this time.
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