Posted by gunsnewing:

you can say Taft isn't ready either but the way I look at it both Taft and Splitter could be ready to errupt next year. Especially Taft who people forget is only a Sophmore and bigs take longer to develop. So if the Knicks draft him next year will be his Junior year and thats when Bigs really make their impact. This is also why I'm so impressed with what Bogut accomplished as a sophmore as well.

Taft will be featured offensively a lot more by Marbury and the Knicks then he was in the guard oriented college game.

[Edited by - gunsnewing on 05/08/2005 16:22:18]

Posted by DarkKnicks:

Posted by BRIGGS:

first off that darn PG for Maccabi, the kid from Maryland is a darn good player.

Splitter played better. he needs time. I think he is probably close to 7-1, he's a very, very agile dude. Runs up and down th court and his best asset right now is he kind of shuts down the lane with his length. But in the 2 games I have watched, I havent seen any sign of the offensive game. Hes aguy who could play with an NBA team off the bench, but there is risk because you are talking about a guy I dont think has
A. any real sort of polished O game
B. His best position would be C but doesnt play it for Tau, atleast it didnt appear that way on the O

But he did have a pretty good effect on the D> he could be good IF he learns a full offenisve arsenal. I dont know what to say, but he is a guy who is agile probably 7-0 7-1, fast

I dont know. If someone could work with him, he could be a real force in 2 years because he is about Bogut size a little skinnier

You are very right about Splitter, BUT his offensive game is not worse than Petro's for example in my opinion.
Hehe, and Sarunas Jasikevicius is simply the best European player now. Well, he has won 3 consecutive European championships. He played for Barcelona, but we let him go away...

Posted by gunsnewing:

having offensive skills and good footspeed is a heck of a lot more important than being athletic and jumping high!