I am looney for Kevon Looney
- Thread starter Elizah Huge
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Easy to cherry pick. What about this game? Against elite talent and length.
I'm willing to take anything you throw back at me regarding Looney. He really only had 2 or 3 bad games. Once again he was only a 18-year old freshman for the majority of the year. Of course he is going to have some down games.
5 points and 4 rebounds against Arizona is one of them.
9 points and 13 rebounds against Kentucky isn't one of them.
Looney was also a role player and Portis was a #1 option getting double teamed..
And yeah, it's hard to play against Kentucky. There is no spacing in the college game and they had 2 7'ers.
Portis dropped a solid 15 and 8 on Kentucky during teh season.
Also had 32 and 11 vs Damian Jones of Vandy who is projected as a first round pick next year.
Portis also had 21 and 15 on LSU, who will have 2 of their big men go in either the late first round or early 2nd round.
Portis only had 2 games all season where he scored under 10 points, and one of them was against North Texas, in which his team won easily and he only played 15 minutes.
Portis only had 2 games all season where he scored under 10 points, and one of them was against North Texas, in which his team won easily and he only played 15 minutes.
HighlandHomie
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I'd take Portis 10 times outta 10 over Looney. Looney is ages away from being a capable four. If anything, I think Looney's future is as a wing player with the capability of playing a face-up four in spot minutes. Kaminsky or Lyles is our guy.
Given that Portis is a full year older than Looney, it is hard to say that Looney wouldn't have had a better season next year. I just see Looney as a player that fits with the more wide open NBA better. He has better length and outside shooting ability.
They did beat Butler this past year.