Draft Cole Aldrich.....

[TheMulletMutilator]

If you want some big fat white loser clogging up the paint and not actually contributing to a future title opportunity. He is Ostertag 2.0... Ostertag might actually turn out to be a little bit better when all is said and done. Thoughts?

 

[Matthew Thomas Castleton]

I like a good ol' piece of warm apple pie. Mmmmm....3.14159!

 

[default]

I would much prefer Monroe or Udoh, but getting Aldrich is not exactly like drafting Billy Ray Cyrus to play center. It would just be a bit disappointing after so much hype over this NY pick for several years.

 

[Darkwing Duck]

Was Ostertag EVER slotted to go top five in mock drafts?

That said, I don't think Aldrich is the answer if he's there at 9.

 

[Chad Feldheimer]

You need a bigger signature obviously

 

[honz]

Anyone that compares Aldrich to Ostertag has zero credibility on the subject.

 

[r_u_s_t_b_u_c_k_e_t]

Ostertag might actually turn out to be a little bit better when all is said and done.

wait, Ostertag is getting better? (it's about time.) let's sign him! (before some other team finds out.)

 

[Mambo]

 

[Jerry Lundegaard]

There is a draft thread for a reason yo

 

[calijazz]

Anyone that compares Aldrich to Ostertag has zero credibility on the subject.

It's just typical stereotyping. He's white, big, and from Kansas so his game must be identical to Ostertag's. If anyone even watched him play in college they would know that it isn't true. Even if they read the scouting reports they could figure it out. But instead, people are lazy and just stereotype.

 

[Qman]

Everyone is acting like we have a choice. We will have to just take whomever falls.

 

[TheMulletMutilator]

Aldrich=Bryant Reeves, Greg Ostertag, and all those other wonderful white guys who lit up the NBA in their careers.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

Steve Zahn in the remake of Deliverance?

 

[calijazz]

Aldrich=Bryant Reeves, Greg Ostertag, and all those other wonderful white guys who lit up the NBA in their careers.

I think your position on Aldrich has been established already. Unfounded and ridiculous, but established.

 

[NUMBERICA]

More skilled Joel Przybilla with less size. If the Jazz could re-sign Boozer, I'd have little issue with drafting Aldrich.

 

[TheMulletMutilator]

You better go out and enjoy Ostertag... I mean Aldrich then.

 

[Darkwing Duck]

Actually, I don't think Aldrich had all that bad a body fat percentage. Maybe I am remembering incorrectly. It was his speed and athleticism, or lack thereof, that puts me off wanting to draft him.

 

[1-Jazzfan]

I think Aldrich seems a lot more athletic than Ostertag did. I'm sure most of you have seen this video of him against Washington, and it seems like the announcers are Aldrich Homers, but I think he looked OK. ALL-STAR, maybe not, but decent. I think the highlights in that one game for Aldrich are more than the highlights for Tags whole NBA Career.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOy-j5eoJ20&feature=player_embedded

 

[Darkwing Duck]

Uh...I don't know if I'd call Bobby Knight a homer of anything.

 

[InGameStrategy]

Actually, I don't think Aldrich had all that bad a body fat percentage. Maybe I am remembering incorrectly. It was his speed and athleticism, or lack thereof, that puts me off wanting to draft him.

Um, it's not that hard to look up. Aldrich measured out at 8.5% fat.
https://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/