I feel pretty confident that he’ll be a positive defender, but I also have a different view of defense. I see the concerns, but my optimism has more to do with what I value in NBA defense versus Boozer himself.
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I feel pretty confident that he’ll be a positive defender, but I also have a different view of defense. I see the concerns, but my optimism has more to do with what I value in NBA defense versus Boozer himself.
Tremendous Upside
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NBA history is full of busts who had fantastic stats and production in college. There's also plenty of guys who, at a glance, were "nothing special" in the NCAA, but blossomed when they got to play a smarter brand of basketball.
Yeah and I'm sure the other ways of scouting have been flawless. If you're not able to gain value from numbers and production, that's a skill issue.
Iowa St has a 6'9 240 LB senior PF putting up Draymond Green kind of stats (Joshua Jefferson).
They run a lot of offense through him on the elbow. He's obviously not anything close to Green on defense (not that you were trying to say that).
I do think Momcilovic will play in the NBA some day. He's a weapon.
Park Bites
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My thoughts are he plays heavy. He moves heavy. He jumps heavy.
If the Jazz fall to #7 or #8 in the draft order, they may want to look at Karim Lopez ahead of Peat if Peat looks like a reluctant shooter.
Ruben Dominguez out of Texas A&M might require a watch.
Edit: He turns 23 as a Sophomore.
Edit: He turns 23 as a Sophomore.
Likely not, but their defensive stats aren't that far apart
AJ being a low stocks guy is odd given his size/athleticism