I like you Catch, but Harrison Barnes as a comparison to Vonleh and Brewer to Gordon? Huh? Vonleh is in no way a 3. None.
I think you look at Vonleh's ceiling as Aldridge.
FWIW PG_AB has been literally talking about Vonleh since he was in high-school. I've kinda followed him, and I'm like 80% sure he'll be the classic big that everyone says "how did he slip that far" in a couple years.
Nickkk, how does Vonleh score on the #Hungry scale?
Right now, if we were to get the 5th pick, it would be between Smart and Gordon for me.
Of the players in question I would rank them:
1. Randle
2. Gordon
3. Vonleh
Rebounding stats tells me Vonleh is a hustler and a hard worker, but Randle & Gordon both seems to have that extra gear that they shift into late game or what have you, that seems to push their teams over the top. Vonleh does have that quiet unassuming demeanour, but I do question whether he wants it bad enough like Randle/Gordon does.
It has always been between gordon, randle, and vonleh for me...... in that order