Pharzeone wrote:Didn't they just acquire Outlaw? No thanks anyway. I rather use my assets on quality sure fire NBA talent. As far as I know Whiteside could be the next O'Bryant. Shouldn't your boy be dominating the league by now?

I never said a word about him--check your facts. And Outlaw is a FA>

BRIGGS wrote:

Pharzeone wrote:Didn't they just acquire Outlaw? No thanks anyway. I rather use my assets on quality sure fire NBA talent. As far as I know Whiteside could be the next O'Bryant. Shouldn't your boy be dominating the league by now?

I never said a word about him--check your facts. And Outlaw is a FA>

I thought you were hot on O'Bryant and Sheldon and Marcus Williams out of that 2006 draft. My bad. I know there was a shot blocking stiff you liked but I can't remember.

babyKnicks wrote:

Pharzeone wrote:I like to trade Chandler to the Lakers myself.

For?

Kobe.

Childs2Dudley wrote:

babyKnicks wrote:

Pharzeone wrote:I like to trade Chandler to the Lakers myself.

For?

Kobe.

I'd want them to take Curries contract and they'd have to include future picks.

BRIGGS wrote:Mark my words--Hassan Whiteside is going to be the best C in this draft and a top 3 player from it. So 3 years from now we dont get posts saying BRIGGS weren't you hot on Omar Samhan[although he might be a very decent back up:)] or Alabi etc...:)

You were hot on some other stiffs not named Bynum. I just can't remember.

Whiteside looks like a guy who is 3 years away minimum. Short on skills and muscles

Finestrg wrote:

fishmike wrote:the only way you do this is if you strike out on FAs and essentially do a 1 year rebuild loading up on cheaper talent, bought draft picks and Euro FAs. Then try again next year with cap space and you dont have to resign Chandler.

Whiteside looks like a guy who is 3 years away minimum. Short on skills and muscles

Respectfully disagree all-around Fish...This kid Whiteside's the real deal, a guy I'd go after whether I scored in FA or not. It might take him a little time to realize his full potential in the NBA (though I think he can definitely come in and help out right away, at least defensively) and the body still needs a little work but he's definitely not a guy I'd classify as being "short on skills." I was reading somewhere yesterday where some guy was comparing him to Marcus Camby on defense with the offensive potential of LeMarcus Aldridge. Just looking at some tape and watching him a couple of times live, I'd say that's fairly accurate. And that's nice. Really nice. He definitely has good two-way potential. He had a really nice freshman season. Interesting to note -- just looking over Marshall's schedule, it looks like Whiteside's top competition came from Tulsa and Jerome Jordan. Saw Jordan play a few times & although I'm not his biggest fan (he doesn't have the potential this kid Whiteside has for example), he is legit 7' C prospect that came into these matchups with a pretty big edge in experience over Whiteside - JJ was a senior, Whiteside a freshman. They played each other 3 times, with Tulsa taking 2 out of 3. Outside of the first game where Jordan got the better of Whiteside, they played each other fairly evenly despite Jordan being much more of a focal point offensively for his club (in the 3 matchups, Jordan had 42 shot attempts total to Whiteside's 33. Overall, Jordan also played 110 total minutes in those 3 games to HW's 81. Here's a closer look at those matchups:

2/3/2010 @ Tulsa, Tulsa won 73-69
Jordan: 24/12 & 3 blocks
Whiteside: 10/1 & 5 blocks

2/17/2010 @ Marshall, Marshall won 64-58
Jordan: 13/15 & 2
Whiteside: 17/9 & 4

3/11/2010 @ Marshall, Tulsa won 80-64
Jordan: 21/12 & 2
Whiteside: 14/10 & 6

Again, Whiteside was only a freshman....Anyone know if there's a link to see a replay of any of these games? Looks like ESPN 360 (ESPN 3) dumped all of their archived men's basketball already. I'd be interested in taking a good look at these 3 games...

Just look at him. Look at his body. There isnt a PF/C he can guard in the NBA right now. He would average 12 minutes and 6 PFs in NBA. David Lee would back him down and dunk in his face. He might be a good prospect. He might fill out nicely and have a Camby type build (a guy who's misses 30 games a year). Its not happening for a couple of years though. You cant plug this guy into your line up and think he's going to run around swatting shots of NBA players.

Its a skill league.

Is he a better prospect than Thabeet? A better shotblocker? Hows that working out? How about Anthony Randolph for that matter?