Posted by earthmansurfer:
[quote]Posted by BRIGGS:
There are two impressive lottery pick guards that play for Arizona in the 2nd game--Marcus Williams and Chase Budinger--both are very athletic long with special skills if you are looking for top line pro prospects. Paul Harris is a kid who will need signficant development time because he's barely 6-4 and has F skills
I'll back up the Budinger pick. Most people know Arizona is a top quality program, great pro prospects come out of there. Great coaching. Get this, Budinger is a freshman, starting and leading the team in scoring and up there in many areas. This is Arizona, that doesn't happen but every 10 years or so! They got something special on their hands. Marcus Williams is not putting up stats (Assists) like a point guard, so not sure about him in that respect...
EMS
He looks like a player who would fit in with Pheonix real well. If you have seen this guy play in other games, he is very athletic BUT like most white players, he has trouble with lateral quickness. Look how athletic David Lee is--both of these guys won dunk championships yet they cant move well laterally on the D--so they must lern to compensate for that weakness.
The foreign C for AZ has improved greatly Y-Y. I don't think he was even a blip to the NBA prior to this year--now he looks like a high 2nd low 1. In most cass I think it pays to play atleast 3 years.