Jazzfanz BIG BOARD rankings ROUND 10

[prodigy]

Tough one here. If you go big go with Davis. A lot of upside still. For a wing got to go with Babbitt has two inches on Henry and can play the 4 in certain situations and even had a better max vert than Henry did.

Yeh we know Henry is not going to blow anyone away with his athleticism. Babbitt is just as athletic and has a better overall skill set on the offensive end.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Yeh we know Henry is not going to blow anyone away with his athleticism. Babbitt is just as athletic and has a better overall skill set on the offensive end.

The question is whether Babbit's quickness and athleticism will translate to the NBA. Will he be able to take people off the dribble or make moves in the lane? Henry is a pretty natural scorer. His upside is not as high necessarily as Babbit's, but he should be a pretty steady pro.

 

[The-Joker]

To answer your question, no. And you are clueless.

This was written in November of 2009:

Nov 27 Update: Some NBA scouts and executives claim Hayward is the most underrated player in college basketball. Hayward is a do-it-all forward playing for the best mid-major school in the country (and was a staple for Team USA's under-19 team this summer), but he still doesn't get a lot of love. That's because Hayward lacks the elite athleticism and NBA body that NBA scouts fall in love with.

But there's little else to quibble with in Hayward's game. He has a very high basketball IQ, shoots the lights out, rebounds at a high clip and can play both the 2 and the 3 in the NBA.

"He's not going to wow you physically," one GM argued. "But you can't find me 10 better basketball players in America. I think at the end of the day, talent will win the day for him. He's not a terrible athlete and uses everything else in his arsenal to make up for his lack of explosiveness. He's just the type of kid every coach wants on their team."

I guess we'll never know...

 

[honz]

We know all right...that I am right and you are wrong. P.S. I have no idea what you are trying to say.

 

[Jazz4ever]

Wow lots of Henry love. A solid pick but with AK leaving and likely playing some PF next year, I think Babbitt is KOC's obvious pick to be the team's new SF.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Whiteside.

A SF who can actually shoot would be a nice change over what we've had. But Jazz need size if they're ever going to contend. I don't care if the Jazz win 55 games or 45 games, if all it amounts to is getting our a$$es kicked by LA, SA, etc. in the 1st or 2nd round.

Even if Whiteside plays the entire season in the D-League and doesn't help until 2011, that's ok with me.

I like the freak-athletic footage of Whiteside dunking and picking a guard's lay-up out of the air on the Clippers work out videos. I'm in the Whiteside camp. I think he's going to be better than Jermaine O'Neal.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Whiteside and Monroe working out together in Sacramento. It's the second work out for both of them in Sactown. Interesting.

https://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/67225/20100616/kings_to_work_out_monroe_whiteside_again/

 

[UGLI baby]

I put up the new poll. Henry won round 10.