Finestrg wrote:Nbadraft.net compares him to Lance Thomas with low skill marks across the board (84 overall score). Now draft.net's most certainly is not the be all/end all by any means and has been known to get stuff wrong before but that comparison doesn't excite me at all. I definitely don't want two Lance Thomas' on this team next year -- and God forbid part of the rotation. We need more than that..

Gotta see him in person to get a feel. He looks a little bigger than Lance Thomas and maybe more skilled offensively. Briggs has mentioned going after DeMarre Carroll in FA. I wonder if Labeyrie projects out to something more of a longer DeMarre Carroll. Looks like he's got a Lance Thomas-type motor which is a plus -- how much of an offensive/defensive upgrade would he be though? Does he shoot 3s, execute better in the post than L. Thomas, have a put-it-on-the-floor game, etc.? Who knows man. Lance Thomas is a fringe NBA player--let's call it like it is. Then again, so was DeMarre Carroll at one point. Nobody thought Carroll was an NBA player and he's proving people wrong now. Labeyrie's a mystery wrapped up in an enigma. What's Fran Fraschilla's take on this kid? Did he offer up any kind of opinion on him? And how much will he want to come over -- more than what a typical 2nd round pick at 57 gets I'm sure. Would hate to over pay for this guy to be nothing more than Lance Thomas 2.0...Not counting on anything here at all but we'll see. I have no clue...

What makes me somewhat hopeful is the degree to which our foreign scout went to bat for the kid and convincing Phil on getting this guy. They spent real money to get this kid and my guess is that the scout did a great job of convincing Phil and the rest of the scouting staff that this kid has something more than was showing in his stats so far. It makes me think maybe there's something to this kid that they went out on a limb to grab him when there really was no need to do so. I can't wait to see if he comes to summer league and plays.

Finestrg wrote:Nbadraft.net compares him to Lance Thomas with low skill marks across the board (84 overall score). Now draft.net's most certainly is not the be all/end all by any means and has been known to get stuff wrong before but that comparison doesn't excite me at all. I definitely don't want two Lance Thomas' on this team next year -- and God forbid part of the rotation. We need more than that..

Gotta see him in person to get a feel. He looks a little bigger than Lance Thomas and maybe more skilled offensively. Briggs has mentioned going after DeMarre Carroll in FA. I wonder if Labeyrie projects out to something more of a longer DeMarre Carroll. Looks like he's got a Lance Thomas-type motor which is a plus -- how much of an offensive/defensive upgrade would he be though? Does he shoot 3s, execute better in the post than L. Thomas, have a put-it-on-the-floor game, etc.? Who knows man. Lance Thomas is a fringe NBA player--let's call it like it is. Then again, so was DeMarre Carroll at one point. Nobody thought Carroll was an NBA player and he's proving people wrong now. Labeyrie's a mystery wrapped up in an enigma. What's Fran Fraschilla's take on this kid? Did he offer up any kind of opinion on him? And how much will he want to come over -- more than what a typical 2nd round pick at 57 gets I'm sure. Would hate to over pay for this guy to be nothing more than Lance Thomas 2.0...Not counting on anything here at all but we'll see. I have no clue...

He'll more than a year since his Draftnet report under his belt. I would imagine he was given a list of things to do in his exile in preperation for his big audition. 6-10 combo guy seems like a big hair Matt Barnes type. He's a prospect.

yellowboy90 wrote:Sign Ajinca and make a french connection.

hilarious

CrushAlot wrote:

FistOfOakley wrote:this guy doesn't sound too exciting.. he's old for a prospect.. i doubt he ever makes it across the pond...

He might just be an asset used in a trade. It does sound like the Knicks scouted him.

BRIGGS wrote:Hes averaging 5 points and 3 rebounds per game in France. Hes 23 years old. I have high doubts he will be an NBA player any time soon. His FG% has dropped from 63% last year to 48% this year. His 3 point shooting is low output and 22%. Assists and shotblocking stats are almost nothing

http://www.basketball-reference.com/euro/players/louis-labeyrie-1.html

I don't know what made you come back to this topic, but I will say that you can't get too caught up in the stats of young guys in these Euro Leagues. They often don't play young guys any major minutes. We don't know who he's playing behind. Gotta leave it up the scouts who live and breath that stuff. They targeted this kid for some reason and made a point of having Phil use resources to get him. My guess is that they have a good idea of what he's capable of and view him as a good prospect. I'll reserve judgment until we see if he comes to the States this summer.

BRIGGS wrote:

nixluva wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:Hes averaging 5 points and 3 rebounds per game in France. Hes 23 years old. I have high doubts he will be an NBA player any time soon. His FG% has dropped from 63% last year to 48% this year. His 3 point shooting is low output and 22%. Assists and shotblocking stats are almost nothing

http://www.basketball-reference.com/euro/players/louis-labeyrie-1.html

I don't know what made you come back to this topic, but I will say that you can't get too caught up in the stats of young guys in these Euro Leagues. They often don't play young guys any major minutes. We don't know who he's playing behind. Gotta leave it up the scouts who live and breath that stuff. They targeted this kid for some reason and made a point of having Phil use resources to get him. My guess is that they have a good idea of what he's capable of and view him as a good prospect. I'll reserve judgment until we see if he comes to the States this summer.

I guess the unfortunate part is he stepped his play back this year from last. Could just be a mediocre year but I think the avenue to the NBA is an upward trend--not downward.

BRIGGS wrote:

nixluva wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

nixluva wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:Hes averaging 5 points and 3 rebounds per game in France. Hes 23 years old. I have high doubts he will be an NBA player any time soon. His FG% has dropped from 63% last year to 48% this year. His 3 point shooting is low output and 22%. Assists and shotblocking stats are almost nothing

http://www.basketball-reference.com/euro/players/louis-labeyrie-1.html

I don't know what made you come back to this topic, but I will say that you can't get too caught up in the stats of young guys in these Euro Leagues. They often don't play young guys any major minutes. We don't know who he's playing behind. Gotta leave it up the scouts who live and breath that stuff. They targeted this kid for some reason and made a point of having Phil use resources to get him. My guess is that they have a good idea of what he's capable of and view him as a good prospect. I'll reserve judgment until we see if he comes to the States this summer.

I guess the unfortunate part is he stepped his play back this year from last. Could just be a mediocre year but I think the avenue to the NBA is an upward trend--not downward.

I wouldn't worry about it. I think he'll come here and have a chance to show what he's got. Those Euro situations are the worst for trying to really gauge some players. Like I said, this is someone that our scout has been watching for years and I doubt he would put his reputation on the line if there wasn't something about the Kid that was worth Phil spending $1.5 mil on in addition to having to buy out his contract if he shows he's worth it. All of that had to be taken into consideration. I'm hoping it was worth it and we find a nice player for cheap.

I don't know what position he would play in the NBA? A 3- 4 who cant shoot it with range? It looks like he can play a little D but are we going to start stocking our team up with raw athletic defenders who cant play 2 way basketball?

He does look like a tweener. He looks like more of a tall 3 IMO. As for his shooting I don't think we know what he's actually capable of. Like I said don't go too much by the Euro league stats. Playing time in those leagues isn't always based on actual talent. Its going to be interesting to see if he comes this summer and what he's actually able to do. Sounds like he may not be the only foreign player the Knicks are looking at.

BRIGGS wrote:He better start eating a lot of chicken

Labeyrie eats more chicken than any man ever seen.......

Glad that Phil is beating the brushes for talent. The less money he has to spend on role players, the more he can offer the big names.

fishmike wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

nixluva wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

nixluva wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:Hes averaging 5 points and 3 rebounds per game in France. Hes 23 years old. I have high doubts he will be an NBA player any time soon. His FG% has dropped from 63% last year to 48% this year. His 3 point shooting is low output and 22%. Assists and shotblocking stats are almost nothing

http://www.basketball-reference.com/euro/players/louis-labeyrie-1.html

I don't know what made you come back to this topic, but I will say that you can't get too caught up in the stats of young guys in these Euro Leagues. They often don't play young guys any major minutes. We don't know who he's playing behind. Gotta leave it up the scouts who live and breath that stuff. They targeted this kid for some reason and made a point of having Phil use resources to get him. My guess is that they have a good idea of what he's capable of and view him as a good prospect. I'll reserve judgment until we see if he comes to the States this summer.

I guess the unfortunate part is he stepped his play back this year from last. Could just be a mediocre year but I think the avenue to the NBA is an upward trend--not downward.

I wouldn't worry about it. I think he'll come here and have a chance to show what he's got. Those Euro situations are the worst for trying to really gauge some players. Like I said, this is someone that our scout has been watching for years and I doubt he would put his reputation on the line if there wasn't something about the Kid that was worth Phil spending $1.5 mil on in addition to having to buy out his contract if he shows he's worth it. All of that had to be taken into consideration. I'm hoping it was worth it and we find a nice player for cheap.

I don't know what position he would play in the NBA? A 3- 4 who cant shoot it with range? It looks like he can play a little D but are we going to start stocking our team up with raw athletic defenders who cant play 2 way basketball?

Is that so bad? I mean you and I have griped about "style of play" for about a decade or so around here. I mean when you look at the guys are hoping to add the above makes a lot of sense. Say you add OK4 and sign Dragic for 4 years $65mm. Suddenly some lunch pale athletic defensive guys look pretty good. Its all fluid at this point but I think those are the kinds of guys to add.

I keep watching the Spurs and I am just so impressed by them. Their form of basketball is the best I have ever seen. They DO NOT have 1 raw player on their team. And what happens is the more skill you have--the easier the games gets for all.