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Following potential 2013 draftees

Gyp Rosetti said:
PKM,

Bennett could play the 3 at the next level? How's his ability to defend NBA 3's and his ability to create his own shot/penetrate/attack the rim?
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Mediocre, imo. Poythress would be putting up Bennett numbers if Calipari let him play for PF, but knows he needs to hone is SF skills.

I like Bennett, a lot .. a whole lot, but he's a tweener, for sure.
 
PKM said:
Mediocre, imo. Poythress would be putting up Bennett numbers if Calipari let him play for PF, but knows he needs to hone is SF skills.

I like Bennett, a lot .. a whole lot, but he's a tweener, for sure.
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Ugh...I ****ing hate tweeners, unless they have all-world skills like Royce White.
 
Gyp Rosetti said:
Ugh...I ****ing hate tweeners, unless they have all-world skills like Royce White.
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Haha ..

Actually, I don't mind tweeners, as long as they have superior skills to take advantage of the 50/50 matchup .. and they are all-motor-all-the-time guys.
 
Some good reasons to avoid tweeners in the 6'7" 6'8" range regardless of how well they look in college. Their games rarely translate. At best you get a serviceable player, but more likely a bust. The last one to make an all star game was Antawn Jamison in 2005.

https://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/6480/derrick-williams (2nd pick 2011)
https://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/4248/al-farouq-aminu (8th pick 2010)
https://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/3418/michael-beasley (2nd pick 2008)
https://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/3411/joe-alexander (8th pick 2008)
https://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/2797/marvin-williams (2nd pick 2005)


Common traits: weak rebounding, dislikes contact, no playmaking skills, shaky jumper
Conclusion: Its almost always better to draft a pure undersized PF like Millsap or Faried who rebounds like a beast rather than a hybrid.
 
In comparing Jones and Poythress I would say that Jones is a guy who is clearly not a three in the NBA. When I watch Poythress it's clear to me that although he could be a solid college four, his NBA position is three, hands down.
 
mhindy said:
In comparing Jones and Poythress I would say that Jones is a guy who is clearly not a three in the NBA. When I watch Poythress it's clear to me that although he could be a solid college four, his NBA position is three, hands down.
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I agree.
 
Burke with a solid game... Didn't shoot that great but the last 3 shots he took he missed as they ran the clock down.

19 - 5 - 5 - 3 steals
7/19 shooting

I swear he had 2 other assists late that didn't get registered.
 
Jazz4ever said:
Some good reasons to avoid tweeners in the 6'7" 6'8" range regardless of how well they look in college. Their games rarely translate. At best you get a serviceable player, but more likely a bust. The last one to make an all star game was Antawn Jamison in 2005.

https://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/6480/derrick-williams (2nd pick 2011)
https://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/4248/al-farouq-aminu (8th pick 2010)
https://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/3418/michael-beasley (2nd pick 2008)
https://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/3411/joe-alexander (8th pick 2008)
https://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/2797/marvin-williams (2nd pick 2005)


Common traits: weak rebounding, dislikes contact, no playmaking skills, shaky jumper
Conclusion: Its almost always better to draft a pure undersized PF like Millsap or Faried who rebounds like a beast rather than a hybrid.
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Take a look at Aminu's rebounding numbers lately. I think 9 of his last 12 games have been double digit rebounds. Crazy stuff.

-George
 
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