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I know I'm in the minority, but from the little I've seen, I like Larkin. Sure he's small, but with his strength, quickness and leaping ability, he plays bigger than Burke. Plays with great energy; seems to be a leader/winner. Gets to his spots, creates separation, can knock down jumpers (off the dribble). Should be an 80% free throw shooter. Great pedigree, should understand what it takes to be a good pro (how to take care of his body, listen to coaches, have productive off seasons). Even if he ends up being more JJ Barea than Ty Lawson, he'd be a player the Jazz can use.
 
GVC said:
I know I'm in the minority, but from the little I've seen, I like Larkin. Sure he's small, but with his strength, quickness and leaping ability, he plays bigger than Burke. Plays with great energy; seems to be a leader/winner. Great pedigree, should understand what it takes to be a good pro (how to take care of his body, listen to coaches, have productive off seasons). Even if he ends up being more JJ Barea than Ty Lawson, he'd be a player the Jazz can use.
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Why does pedigree matter? I've seen this come up a few times and I don't understand why pedigree is a strong point.
 
GVC said:
I know I'm in the minority, but from the little I've seen, I like Larkin. Sure he's small, but with his strength, quickness and leaping ability, he plays bigger than Burke. Plays with great energy; seems to be a leader/winner. Gets to his spots, creates separation, can knock down jumpers (off the dribble). Should be an 80% free throw shooter. Great pedigree, should understand what it takes to be a good pro (how to take care of his body, listen to coaches, have productive off seasons). Even if he ends up being more JJ Barea than Ty Lawson, he'd be a player the Jazz can use.
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I have no strong opinion on him either way.
Meh sums it up pretty well for me.
 
orangello said:
Why does pedigree matter? I've seen this come up a few times and I don't understand why pedigree is a strong point.
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I take it you have never bred dogs? although I am not sure how a baseball players genes translate to the nba but he does say that they know how to eat right, yada yada yada.
 
Xthren said:
I take it you have never bred dogs? although I am not sure how a baseball players genes translate to the nba but he does say that they know how to eat right, yada yada yada.
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Name me 5 all star level players that had a father play in the NBA. I'll even count it if their mom played professional basketball somewhere.
 
orangello said:
Name me 5 all star level players that had a father play in the NBA. I'll even count it if their mom played professional basketball somewhere.
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ugh. Can I just make your next post for you?

Well you came up with 5, but I wouldn't consider #4 an all-star caliber player even though he played in an all-star game, and #2 is the best player on his team but has never been an all-star.

And you can't tell me that it was genitics and not hard work that got them to NBA. Maybe it was their mother who taught them to work hard. Besides if it were all about having a dad who played in teh NBA wouldn't there have been like 50 little Wilt Chamberlains playing in the NBA. --There never was so don't draft Larkin.
 
orangello said:
Name me 5 all star level players that had a father play in the NBA. I'll even count it if their mom played professional basketball somewhere.
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i dont think anyone has said that larkin is going to be an allstar. Here are a few

Rick and Jon, Brent and Drew Barry
Joe “Jelly Bean” and Kobe Bryant
Jimmy Walker and Jalen Rose
Ernie and Kiki Vandeweghe
Dell and Stephen Curry
Bill and Luke Walton
Dolph and Danny Schayes
Stan and Kevin Love
Wes and Wesley Mathews
Henry and Mike Bibby
Doc Rivers and Austin Rivers
 
orangello said:
Name me 5 all star level players that had a father play in the NBA. I'll even count it if their mom played professional basketball somewhere.
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On % alone, sons of pro-NBA players are more likely to be in the NBA than sons of non-NBA players. FACT
 
The fact that a player's dad played professionally is a relatively small factor in evaluating a player. It helps a bit that they grew up around the game and get advice.

There are also quite a group of players who didn't make it really, despite their father playing professional ball. Examples--Coby Karl, Luke Walton, Patrick Ewing's son, Ron Boone's son, John Stockton's son, Michael Jordan's son, etc.
 
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