The Official Andre Drummond Thread

[SWedd523]

This is the place to discuss Andre Drummond. Post up your Youtube videos, news articles, and fantasies!

[SWedd523]

Andre Drummond is a 6'11" Freshman C from the University of Connecticut

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNvdH5Bzz_Y

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How can someone THAT athletic and skilled have such an average statistical season this year? 10 points and 7.6 boards?

Somebody please enlighten me.

[Chef]

How can someone THAT athletic and skilled have such an average statistical season this year? 10 points and 7.6 boards?

Somebody please enlighten me.

college basketball is terrible at getting guys the ball when and where they need it.

[Plowright]

Apparantly he doesnt even look for the ball though, he doesnt even ask for it. If you were that skilled you should be confident and demand the ball

[Chef]

http://statsheet.com/mcb/players/pla...tate/greg-oden

http://statsheet.com/mcb/players/pla...andre-drummond

similar stats. oden a bit better, particularly with rebounds. both get offensive boards at the same rate and block shots roughly on the same rate. drummond only shoots 30% from the FT which is criminal. if he could get to 60% he probably would have avg'd closer to 14 pts per game. the rebounds are concerning because they show hustle and desire at his size. however, i only watched uconn a few times and it seemed to me he wasn't afraid of hustle and work. didn't watch minute for minute (i know there are some unconn fans around here who could probably lend some great opinions) but i wonder if opposing teams didn't try to go small ball and pull him away from the rim when they were on offense. it doesn't make a whole lot of sense that his offensive rebound rate was fairly high while his defensive was pedestrian. if we can get him and don't have #1 pick, i would definitely do it on potential alone.

dream scenario: get #2, trade down with hornets by offering #2 overall and our second for their 2 lottery picks. take drummond.

trade with portland NO's pick, DJ and the portland pick 2013 for NJ's pick and take beal.

edit: not sure if this is even a valid point but...he avg'd 8.5 shots per game and a little over 3.5 offensive rebounds. if 50-55% of his offensive rebounds were putback shot attempts that means he really only got between 5.5-6.75 shots per game on "touches". this is criminal considering he is the premier big man in the country. part of this could be heart/not demanding the ball, part could be freshman adjustments, but either way calhoun has to absolutely require his team to get him involved early and keep him involved.

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The UConn fans for the most part are really down on him. They feel like he didn't have enough of a mean streak ad that he didn't play nearly hard enough this past season

http://the-boneyard.com/threads/andre-drummond.13030/

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I'm trying hard to think of Drummond as a possible backup plan if we don't land Davis, but can any of you convince me that he isn't the next Michael Oliwakandi or the next Stromile Swift?

[MadBOBCATfanUK]

I'm trying hard to think of Drummond as a possible backup plan if we don't land Davis, but can any of you convince me that he isn't the next Michael Oliwakandi or the next Stromile Swift?

i've seen him outpace guards on the fast break don't think anyones been as quick with his size since Karl Malone and he's got the NBA body already, ridiculously explosive, soft touch, decent footwork, something resembling an jump shot

[Pepperz]

To be honest, Ill stay away from this guy in the draft. He did nothing to warrant a look at. If he doesnt have the desire to be great than lets move on and find somebody that would want to. Desire and work ethic play a big part in my view on wanting to build a franchise.