Julius Hodge could really end up being something. A 6-6 guy who can play 2 positions?! 3 once he gets his body stronger! I call that tremendous upside.

Posted by gunsnewing:

none of those guys other than Bynum and maybe Charlie have very high ceilings imo. Hodge, warrick, blatche and splitter will be nice nba players, perfect guys to land after the lottery

No offense but if Bynum is being compared to Brendan Haywood then I question how "high" that ceiling is. You got to be kidding me, is that where we are now. I would expect guys like Warrick, Blatche, and Splitter to have ceilings than a Haywood. I expect Hodges to be one hell of team leader with championships.

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Posted by Pharzeone:

Posted by gunsnewing:

none of those guys other than Bynum and maybe Charlie have very high ceilings imo. Hodge, warrick, blatche and splitter will be nice nba players, perfect guys to land after the lottery

No offense but if Bynum is being compared to Brendan Haywood then I question how "high" that ceiling is. You got to be kidding me, is that where we are now. I would expect guys like Warrick, Blatche, and Splitter to have ceilings than a Haywood. I expect Hodges to be one hell of team leader with championships.

Bynum has a much higher ceiling than Haywood

Interesting can you please explain how you know his ceiling is higher than those players.
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Look here crazy fans....Lebron is the only high-school player that will come into this league and have an immediate impact...Even that wasn't a shocker, because he has been playing with professional players since he was 13...His track record is very welly documented. We didn't know anything about the Bynum kid until 2 or 3 months ago, if he was that good, at 7'+ the media would have followed him around just like they did Lebron...

I am not saying that he is or not a good ball player, but he has yet to prove that he can play...

Posted by diderotn:

Look here crazy fans....Lebron is the only high-school player that will come into this league and have an immediate impact...Even that wasn't a shocker, because he has been playing with professional players since he was 13...His track record is very welly documented. We didn't know anything about the Bynum kid until 2 or 3 months ago, if he was that good, at 7'+ the media would have followed him around just like they did Lebron...

I am not saying that he is or not a good ball player, but he has yet to prove that he can play...

That's my point. I am sure Briggs did his homework on this guy but he wasn't even on anyone's radar until a month ago. You still have him in the late 1st round on most mock drafts. Josh Boone was someone who JC liked alot too but I wouldn't have taken him 3 years ago with the 8th pick. I mean with the 8th pick for a HSer he has to be KG. My question is he more developed coming out of school than Eddie Curry or has as much potential as Chandler was thought to have? Is his upside as good as Kwame Brown? Or is this kid the reason why Stern wants to put in an age limit?

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Posted by Pharzeone:

Posted by diderotn:

Look here crazy fans....Lebron is the only high-school player that will come into this league and have an immediate impact...Even that wasn't a shocker, because he has been playing with professional players since he was 13...His track record is very welly documented. We didn't know anything about the Bynum kid until 2 or 3 months ago, if he was that good, at 7'+ the media would have followed him around just like they did Lebron...

I am not saying that he is or not a good ball player, but he has yet to prove that he can play...

That's my point. I am sure Briggs did his homework on this guy but he wasn't even on anyone's radar until a month ago. You still have him in the late 1st round on most mock drafts. Josh Boone was someone who JC liked alot too but I wouldn't have taken him 3 years ago with the 8th pick. I mean with the 8th pick for a HSer he has to be KG. My question is he more developed coming out of school than Eddie Curry or has as much potential as Chandler was thought to have? Is his upside as good as Kwame Brown? Or is this kid the reason why Stern wants to put in an age limit?

no, i mentioned bynum two-3 months before the draft, is aid he had potential to turn the draft on it sears because he was not expected to enter, but i knew what he was. go look it up

when i say brendan haywood, im kind of comparing bodies, andrew will be a much better offensive player, capable of 20 a night in his prime

That is different. I keep seeing this Haywood stuff. I may have miss it but could you compare his game to someone in the NBA now, or in the past. Also what is his average weight? I can understand he had to lose weight because he was injured most of the year. Fish is right about getting guys with weight problems.

Posted by diderotn:

Look here crazy fans....Lebron is the only high-school player that will come into this league and have an immediate impact...Even that wasn't a shocker, because he has been playing with professional players since he was 13...His track record is very welly documented. We didn't know anything about the Bynum kid until 2 or 3 months ago, if he was that good, at 7'+ the media would have followed him around just like they did Lebron...

I am not saying that he is or not a good ball player, but he has yet to prove that he can play...

I have a friend, Derek Character who was 6-3 at age 12 and was a good ball player. He has been getting hyped since he was about 13-14 years old as he grew to about 6-8. And it isn't just because he is 6-8, he is an extremely skilled big guy, he shoots well, posts well rebounds and all that. Its hard to imagine that this Bynum guy at 7 feet could be all that good and he just started getting press. The 7 feet alone is enough for many people. He could have made a quantum leap in a year, but the point that you raise here definitely makes me raise my eyebrows a little. How good is he really? We'll see in the next workouts.