Lydon also did it as a Freshman. I don't think freshman/sophomore differentiation is all that important in my eyes because I dont view Hendricks as having much upside.
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Never understood the JJJ comparison with Hendricks, they are so different. JJJ is so much bigger and on a completely different level as a shot blocker. Hendricks is fine and really impressive for a wing….JJJ is the best in the amongst all players. It would be kinda like comparing Hendricks to Curry because Hendricks is a good shooter. Just totally different levels.
Offensively, JJJ is a beast around the basket with great size, athleticism, and touch. I don’t think Hendricks can act as an interior big in the half court well….but his strength is shooting and that’s JJJ’s biggest question mark on offense.
Comparisons are never perfect, but what are we doing here? lol.
Offensively, JJJ is a beast around the basket with great size, athleticism, and touch. I don’t think Hendricks can act as an interior big in the half court well….but his strength is shooting and that’s JJJ’s biggest question mark on offense.
Comparisons are never perfect, but what are we doing here? lol.
You can add as many qualifiers as you want to make it perfect for Hendricks to come out on top, or you could say filter it so you only count mid-majors and it's suddenly a list of players who never made it in the NBA.
I think the criteria I chose was pretty fair to get a list of bigs/wings who blocked shots and shot 3's at a decent level in college. I could have lowered the 3pt% (and probably should have) to get a wider list as 38% is very high.
seattlejazzfan
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i agree that jjj isn't a good comparison for hendricks. hendricks will block some shots in the nba, but he'll never be a shot blocker - more similar to lauri who gets some blocks, can protect the rim at times, but at .6 bpg will never be confused with a shot blocker. and that brings us back to the better high side comparison for hendricks - lauri markkanen.
I was very low on Tyler Lydon and didn't think he's an NBA player. Their stats might be similar but their games are not. Hendricks is very likely an NBA starter IMO.
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Tyler Lydon put up similar stats to Hendricks.
All of the Hendricks talk has made me like him even more.
I think people forget how hard weakside shot blocking has gotten in the NBA. Even if you put prime AK/Josh Smith in the modern NBA they would struggle to average 2 blocks per game.
Keegan Murray was a pretty strong weakside rim protector in the Big 10 (2.2 per game in Big 10 conference play, which blows away what Hendricks did a weaker conference) and is a relative non-factor in the NBA.
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I wonder if Wemby will get more blocks his rookie year than Kessler did.
What's so different about hteir games? Both were mediocre rebounders w/ mediocre inbetween game and were known as being soft around the rim. I know they arent 1:1 comps, but they are closer than people are willing to admit (but like I said, the athleticism gap is real and is what will allow Hendricks to have a solid career)
Would love to see the look on Cy’s face when the Jazz drafts Hendricks.
I've already accepted it's what will happen. I'm prepared to be disappointed and I hope I'm wrong about his career trajectory.
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Is Hendricks in between game mediocre? He's not a ball handler but did some stuff in the mid post. Is hendricks soft around the rim... cuz there is a **** ton of dunks that say otherwise.