Posted by SkyWalker:

Travis Knight was a stoner. That is why he was so laid back and nice. I have first hand knowledge of this.

Posted by nyk4ever:

I don't get where this comes from. He "looks" like a primadona and "bad body language." Why don't we judge Mr. Taft by what he did on the basketball court for Pitt which was put up 2 very solid seasons for them and lead them to the NCAA tournament twice and against a very solid Big East those years as well. Sophmore seasons in the NCAA are notoriously slow years for most players, just look at Josh Boone, Charlie V, both whom were highly touted for big years. Taft can postup, he can shoot the 16-18 footer, he can rebound and he can block shots, this crap about him looking like a primadona doesnt cut it with me, I'll judge him by what he does out on the court and not give him the wrong end of some "judgemental opinion."

Posted by EnySpree:

Posted by SkyWalker:

Travis Knight was a stoner. That is why he was so laid back and nice. I have first hand knowledge of this.

Keep talking like that and David Stern will be fining you 100,000!!!!!!

Posted by nyk4ever:

I don't get where this comes from. He "looks" like a primadona and "bad body language." Why don't we judge Mr. Taft by what he did on the basketball court for Pitt which was put up 2 very solid seasons for them and lead them to the NCAA tournament twice and against a very solid Big East those years as well. Sophmore seasons in the NCAA are notoriously slow years for most players, just look at Josh Boone, Charlie V, both whom were highly touted for big years. Taft can postup, he can shoot the 16-18 footer, he can rebound and he can block shots, this crap about him looking like a primadona doesnt cut it with me, I'll judge him by what he does out on the court and not give him the wrong end of some "judgemental opinion."

Posted by pizza:

Posted by nyk4ever:

I don't get where this comes from. He "looks" like a primadona and "bad body language." Why don't we judge Mr. Taft by what he did on the basketball court for Pitt which was put up 2 very solid seasons for them and lead them to the NCAA tournament twice and against a very solid Big East those years as well. Sophmore seasons in the NCAA are notoriously slow years for most players, just look at Josh Boone, Charlie V, both whom were highly touted for big years. Taft can postup, he can shoot the 16-18 footer, he can rebound and he can block shots, this crap about him looking like a primadona doesnt cut it with me, I'll judge him by what he does out on the court and not give him the wrong end of some "judgemental opinion."

Thanks man. You said what needed to be said. Great post.

Posted by nyk4ever:

Posted by joec32033:

Posted by nyk4ever:

I don't get where this comes from. He "looks" like a primadona and "bad body language." Why don't we judge Mr. Taft by what he did on the basketball court for Pitt which was put up 2 very solid seasons for them and lead them to the NCAA tournament twice and against a very solid Big East those years as well. Sophmore seasons in the NCAA are notoriously slow years for most players, just look at Josh Boone, Charlie V, both whom were highly touted for big years. Taft can postup, he can shoot the 16-18 footer, he can rebound and he can block shots, this crap about him looking like a primadona doesnt cut it with me, I'll judge him by what he does out on the court and not give him the wrong end of some "judgemental opinion."

NYK, I agree, I mean years ago a player named Tracy McGrady had the same knock on him when it came to body language and work ethic. He turned out pretty well.

good point Joe, the same people said the same things about Jermaine O'Neal as well and I think he turned out pretty well. The new guy in the NBA to say this about is Kwame but thats a whole different story and a whole different thread so I won't get into that. I'm just going on what I saw Taft do in college which was put up good numbers in a offense that was guard-oriented becuase thats how the coach likes to run things. Yeah Chevy Troutman might have been a better rebounder then Taft but so what, Troutman was also stonger and a senior last year, Taft was only a sophmore. Chicago workouts are going to be telling on ALL of these players but I for one believe that Taft is going to perform well and he might even raise his stock to the point where he won't be available at 8 anymore, the kid has that much talent.