RonRon wrote:that guy in yellow looks like a better prospect than Jordon.

FIBA World Championship Preview: Group C, Part Two
August 16, 2006
Playing in his first ever senior International competition, Schortsanitis is a rare case of a basketball player.

Having an amazing combination of strength and athleticism, Big Sofo is one of Greece's best guys off the bench and should be an immediate help in the low post, especially knowing that he is sometimes practically unguardable at this level with one on one defenses. His ability to use his size and get to the basket rather easily thanks to his nimble feet and almost plastic finishing ability makes him a very tough player to guard with any type of defense.

His size is immense, but doesn't slow his outstanding quickness and explosiveness, which allow him to run the court in transition and usually finish most plays with an impressive dunk. Schortsanitis, coming off his first Euroleague season with Olympiakos, was an important player for his team and a big reason for his team's trip to the quarterfinal round.

He is constantly improving and has dropped over 50 pounds over the last year, trying to regain the form that got him drafted three summers ago by the Los Angeles Clippers. Although he is young and is just now on the verge of slowly becoming a go-to player for his club, Schortsanitis has immensely improved his offensive game and is a guy that comes usually off the bench to completely distract the opposing defenses.

However, Schortsanitis has some obvious problems with his game that make him only a 10- or 15-minute addition off the bench, at least for this upcoming World Championship. First of all, he might have dropped a lot of weight, but he still needs to get even slimmer and more explosive. His massive frame and very high body fat relative to his size limits his conditioning level and make his offensive outburst short and inconsistent.

His size, although immense, is limited, as he cannot be constantly dominant for a 40-minute game at the center position, standing only 6-9. Therefore Schortsanitis will need to improve his outside shot and his free throw percentages, in order to be a threat from outside the post too. Right now, his weak free throw shooting allows opponents to foul him quite often in order to avoid easy baskets, and Schortsanitis usually rewards them for their hack a Sofo-techniques by shooting around 50% from the charity stripe.

His mid-range and three point shot are definitely not reliable, while, although he can present a decent number of post moves, he can still be blocked in the paint, if the space is minimal and the opponent's reach is significant enough. At that point, his limited court vision and lack of patience can be a hindrance, and although easily explained by his age and character, they are not useful for a coach who wants his big guy to be a part of his team’s ball movement, particularly when he is double teamed.

Overall, an amazing talent, with some great potential, mainly thanks to his explosiveness, strength, quickness and athleticism, Schortsanitis will be the back up center, a guy who will need to offer some of his individual skills in order for this team-oriented group to achieve some easy baskets when the guards and starting big man Lazaros Papadopoulos won't be able to contribute.

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Very disappointing ! He is not ready for the NBA. He seem to be maybe 2 years away.

RonRon wrote:I am very surprised that he is listed at only 6'9, he is believed to have have a lot of fat in him to go with the big boy. It is amazing how agile he is, how fast he is, and how big he looks. He looks much more NBA ready to me than Jerome Jordan, I would bring him in for a work out and see where it goes from there. Does anyone have is rights or can he be signed as a free agent?

I am not saying he is going to be a star rather would like to evaluate all cheap talents on the position we seriously need help in. He is listed at 6'9 but i think its possible he is taller, I never trust players are listed at than they actually are. The way he moves for his size can earn him about 10minutes, a role Jared Jeffries is suppose to play. If Jarred could do it with foot speed, this guy can possibly do so too? He can also push people around with his weight, unlike Jeffries, easily can dunk instead of missing point blank layups.

Bring BIG SOFO in if we can!

I know we are also limited on roster spots, I think we have to consider cutting some players. Get them in practice and see if the players improved over the year, Rautins, Turiaf *with injury*, and Balkman. At this point, I wouldn't even look to sign Jordan because of our limited roster spots. This is quite a recent game of him and he see he needs a lot of flaws, needs to work + improve his strengths/weaknesses, gain weight/muscle, and develop skills.

Jordan doesn't look too long/good reach for a 7 footer, horrible jumping ability, and very bad timing/footwork/coordination. Is that Jordan Farmer that did that layup and he gave him the and 1 foul? Maybe I am being too harsh on this kid but we all know that we need serious help with the center position and he is just too raw and not talented enough to take a roster spot at this time.

We seriously need to look for better center options and consider the above players I mentioned on the other post because Stat would be throw in to play lots of minutes at Center with Dantoni if not....

TheGame wrote:Jordan definitely does not look ready to me. Hopefully, Walsh found another Fields in Jorts, because we definitely need a bigger body at center.

Fields is insanely hard to replicate. Hopefully Jorts is a mini Oakley. That I can live with,