Posted by oohah:

Posted by TMS:

i doubt he becomes Mutombo.

How about Olajuwan?

oohah

i was thinking more along the lines of Andrew Bynum

Posted by TMS:

btw, that Bynum line was just a joke... i think Thabeet is gonna be a 12 / 12 / 3 type player... still a very good player but not a player u can really build around in terms of being the top dawg on a very good team.

Posted by oohah:

Posted by TMS:

btw, that Bynum line was just a joke... i think Thabeet is gonna be a 12 / 12 / 3 type player... still a very good player but not a player u can really build around in terms of being the top dawg on a very good team.

12/12/3 sounds simply heavenly to me. Because I envision that as a 12/12/3 vs the "big bigs" with serious defense and 55% FGP and with guys a'scared to drive the lane because they don't like the taste of leather. And I can just see him throwing a shot back at the defensive end, then running down to flush it on the break in Kendrick Perkin's mug on the offensive end.

oohah

dude doesn't seem like he's got that aggressiveness about him to be that type of player... i'm more looking at him accumulating those stats sorta the way D Lee does, only bringing the shotblocking aspect to the table as well.

Posted by oohah:

Posted by GKFv2:

Posted by oohah:

With our luck Thabeet will be there for the taking but the Knicks won't draft him because he doesn't "fit the system".

oohah

You are really overrating Thabeet. Thabeet lumbers on the court. He is very slow, has 0 offensive game, is a very poor man to man defender and likely will be fouling out as quickly as you can say Saer Sene. This is a very weak draft. Thabeet would be in the late lottery, mid-first round if this had been a stronger draft. He's a project at best and it would be a big risk to take him this high. I'm not high on Curry either but he can do some things on the court. Thabeet just looks awkward and his stats look so good because he was dominating most people who were 4-5 inches shorter than him.

Nah dude you're wrong. Thabeet is raw but he is loaded with potential, bigger, taller, and far more athletic than Sene.

Curry can do some things on the court but so could Troy Bell, yet another tweener like Curry, except Bell played in a tougher conference and was better, yet still couldn't stick or distinguish himself at the NBA level.

Half the battle at the pro level is having the physical gifts to hang. That is why you see so many college teams where some big 7 foot guy is not the star but when it comes to NBA time, the star guards have short careers and the big guy plays for 10 years: Andrew DeClerq, Greg Osterfag, the list goes on. But Thabeet is not some big schlub, you can't teach a guy to be 7 foot 3 and coordinated. But you can teach that guy to be a damn good player if he has the desire.

Okay, so you don't like Thabeet (coocoo!) and you don't particularly care for Curry, who do you want?

oohah



[Edited by - oohah on 16-05-2009 11:35 PM]

I don't know how athletic he is. From what I have seen of him, he has the athleticism of Yao Ming. That's not a compliment.

The problem with your theory is that he's tall and can block shots and we need him on our team. I agree with you. He's a nice prospect but not in the lottery. I mean I don't really have a favorite in this draft. I wouldn't be screaming "Fire Donnie" if we draft Thabeet but to me the guy looks weak. His demeanor is laid back although he looks like a good kid who is willing to learn. Yes he hasn't been playing basketball for that long and all that and yes "you can't teach height" but you also can't teach quickness on the court and Thabeet doesn't have much of that. If he gains muscle and is able to actually guard his man in the post and not be out-muscled and out-maneuvered, he can be deadly. The key word is IF.

I think this draft class is incredibly bad and really most of the lottery will either be bench players or busts. Griffin is the only one who looks like a pro. Everything after him is a crapshoot of epic proportions. This is even worse than the Bargnani and Noah drafts. I don't really care who we draft as long as it's not that big of a reach. Thabeet will probably not even reach the Knicks anyway. Someone will gamble on his size before us and we'll be left with the rest of the mediocre guards with upside on the board. We'll see what happens.

Posted by oohah:

And to TMS...he looks pretty aggressive to me! Not to say he doesn't have his moments, but the guy had a couple of games like 25/20/9, you just don't get those numbers by accident.



oohah

i don't see any aggression in that clip... all i see is him getting wide open dunks while not being covered by anyone in the lane on offense & blocking shots on defense... i already know he's an elite shotblocking talent... what would make me feel better about picking him is if i could get the sense that he can be aggressive on the offensive side of the ball, & i have never seen that out of him in the games i've watched... i'm not an avid Uconn fan so i might have to take your word for it but he does seem to loaf on the floor at times on offense, not really knowing where he should be on the floor or what to do when guys are driving to the lane... he just sorta stands there, kinda like "OK, what do i do now?"... nahm sayin? believe me we could do a lot worse than Thabeet in the draft but the only way we're getting him is by moving up to #3 to pick him & IMO i'd prefer to trade down & get more value out of the pick if i can.