Posted by BRIGGS:
Posted by fishmike:
Posted by BRIGGS:
Posted by VDesai:
Also I'm not sure how impressive leading the Big 10 in FG% is when you only take 6 shots per game. He wouldn't even qualify on the national scale.
If Mullens didnt play 1 minute at OS he still wouldve been a very high pick. I think he should stay in school but from everything I have read--it doesnt seem like he is going to.
which is the kind of thing that prompted Stern to push for a 20 year old age limit. Is this guy more of a physical speciman than Sar Sene or John Petro? Athletic 7 footers are uncommon. Athletic 7 footers that can play basketball are rare. We are shooting for the latter.
Whether or not Mullens becomes a player is almost irrelevent. What matters is that if he is going to be its not for 3-4 years from now
fishmike--you are the same guy who compared Lopez to Channing Frye and that isnt farther from the truth. I agree that Mullens is going to have development time. I do think that if he comes back to school and trains hard he will be a top 5 pick and average close to 20 points a game next year. You happened to catch him on the worst game he had in two months. All in all he has been impressive and I would say misused as well. I do hope he stays in school--that would be his best route.
That is NOT true at all. I never said Frye and and Lopez were the same kind of player. I did say that the Knicks had a ton of reasons to pass on him. He's a pac 10 bigman, who was physically superior to most of his competition, but a below average rebounder and a very poor shooting average (45%?). You look at other Pac 10 big men that were very good college players and most tank at this level (Frye, Borchard, etc). The comparison was in a large body of work Lopez didnt do anything Channing Frye didnt do. The comparison was relative.
Briggs, spare me the "your the same guy" mantra. An all-Briggs team could just as easily be Marcus Williams, Abur Rahim, Michael Redd, Sweetney, Chris Kaman and Bogut just as easily as it would be an Amare, Bynum, Anthony Randolph, Thabeet, bla bla bla.
Dont go there.
We have been posting together between here and MSG (some guy named RipHamilton once posted "Ive been traded") for probably close to 10 years. I have a good memory.
I know how you think and operate. You watch a lot of basketball. And when you see a player do something that other players cant (usually of an athletic nature) you tend to focus completely on that. I am SURE you have seen BJ Mullens on some night where some team had ZERO answer for his size and athleticism and thats what you focused on.
Every player from Jackie Butler to Randolph Morris to Lavar Postel to Gilbert Arenas to Lebron James at some point at some place did something to make a GM, scout or coach go oooooh, I can do something with this guy.
Just cause you can throw 95 doesnt mean you can pitch. BJ Mullens can throw 95, but isnt good enough to get p/t on a 9th seeded team in the NCAA. Tell me again why taking a guy like that is any different from taking some 19 year Euro kid like Lampe or Skita that played in youth leagues. Same crap amigo.
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