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Yeah I really like this guy. A hard worker, and a mobile big man. He could be the next best big behind Beasley in this years draft...
Our potential draft pick?
Saw this today, since I was a lazy heathen and didn't go to church, Chad Ford is doing a great pre-draft series on the top lottery guys. This one was on Kevin Love, a guy I've seen picked in many mocks to be drafted by the Bobcats. At first I wasn't sold on him. I thought he was just another Sean May, unbelievable talent but a workout failure. Though this piece kind of made me open my eyes a lil....http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/draft...ftWatch-080516
Yeah I really like this guy. A hard worker, and a mobile big man. He could be the next best big behind Beasley in this years draft...
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If we are at #8, then opting between Love , Westbrook and Randolph will be a tough question to answer.
Agreed, though I think Love provides the best answer for now out of the three, the others have a ton of potential we could use. Randolph would certainly be interesting with LB as coach to work more on his defense. Westbrook for the same reason also...
Love.. It's got to be Love unless he's not available. With his recent workouts I can't imagine Love slipping past #8. If for some reason he is drafted #6/#7 then you have to take Jordan or Randolph based on potential alone. I was lucky enough to catch a lot of locally televised LSU games from a buddy that goes to school there, and they had played a lot of games on local cable. I logged into his sling box and was able to watch. Anyhow, the kid is freakishly long. He's a beanpole but he has coordination. He played for a bad team, but the opposing D focused on him, and he made them look bad.
Bottom line is you have a guy in Randolph who was not heavily recruited, and kind of came into his own last year...
OR you have a highly recruited Jordan who had a tremendous senior year of Highschool but a subpar year at TX A&M. I believe he had a bad year because of the coaching. they had no clue how to use him properly.
FINALLY!!Originally Posted by nbamock
Someone who has actually seen him play!!
Got to tell us more nbamock. How are his post moves? How is his BBIQ? Is he more like Bosh, Prince, Blatche or Camby? How is his motor? Does he look like he could add weight?
Yes, please NBAMock, how does his set of skills compare to Love? What little highlights I've seen of Randolph he seems like a very athletic, lengthy guy. Most of what I"ve seen encompasses his shotblocking, which would be very nice with Mek falling off a little last season in that area...
watch out for speights, seriously. I might be more comfortable with him the Kevin Love. Speights and McGee both are underrated, but I think McGee is more of a project big man.
His post moves aren't as polished as his mid range jumper (which was very nice as the season went on). Odd I know, but he didn't have the strength to work very well inside, and tended to get pushed around a lot, but he was very good on the offensive boards and put back dunks...
A lot of his rebounds would come from actually crashing the boards rather than getting solid position and just jumping for it. You wouldn't see him in the picture then all of a sudden you see him angling into the camera shot and he would out jump anyone that was already in the vicinity.
BBall IQ wise I don't know.. I wouldn't say he was the smartest player on the floor, but he was not a liability either. He is definitely a couple years away from contributing on a normal basis.
If I had to compare him I would say a young Kevin Garnett. His dunks, and movements look like Garnett's, although he seems a bit more "lanky" then Garnett. Not saying that's who he will turn out to be by any means, but when I watch him block shots or run up and down the court he looks a lot like Garnett way back when he was 19 years old. As for adding weight.. Probably not much. His legs are about as skinny as ones arms. There was a shot of him next to a cheerleader and she wasn't big by any means (maybe 5'7 115lbs), and she looked kind of thick compared to him. His frame might not let him add weight.
Another weakness of his was if he stepped outside or if the defender could hold him out of his comfort zone (range wise) he became invisible on the floor (on the offensive end). The good thing about it though was I would see him near the 3pt line, someone else takes the shot, then all of a sudden Randolph was in the frame, and putting it back (if the other player missed). He has tremendous quickness for how lanky he looks and moves.
McGee... Hrm... I am not a fan of his. I am a UNR Alumni and have been a huge fan of theirs since the Faron Hand days... He is TERRIBLE defensively. Even worse 1 on 1 defender than Love. And that's saying something! Most of his blocks would come from the weak side. Nick Fazekas who came out last year was about the same defensively (horrible) but was better offensively. He has a hard time finding a team, and because McGee has more "potential" he will get at least a 3 year rookie deal. Makes no sense to me, because I think Fazekas was 5x the player that McGee was (last year compared to this year) and because McGee is athletic, and 7'0 he will get a better shot. But defensively watch out for McGee... He's been giving up hoops and being pushed around by smaller players all year.
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