Measuring Athleticism

[Tully365]

Both Draft Express and ESPN have posted articles in the last few days predicting that Anthony Randolph will be a draft bust. In other articles though, draft prognosticators have claimed that his athleticism is "off the charts." Using the numbers from Draft Express, I did a comparison...

No-step Vertical leap:

Michael Beasley: 30"
Kevin Love: 29.5"
Trent Plaisted: 30.5"
Anthony Randolph: 29"

Max. Verticle:

Beasley: 35"
Love: 35"
Plaisted: 35.5"
Randolph: 35"

Lane Agility:

Beasley: 11.06 seconds
Love: 11.17
Plaisted: 11.32
Randolph: 11.86

3/4 court sprint:

Beasley: 3.24 seconds
Love: 3.22
Plaisted: 3.17
Randolph: 3.26

[JamStone]

So based on those things, it's more a more surprising fact that Kevin Love is about just as athletic as Michael Beasley.

[ShoogarBear]

I'll wait to hear what Hollinger has to say on it . . .

[Tully365]

So based on those things, it's more a more surprising fact that Kevin Love is about just as athletic as Michael Beasley.

Yeah, I thought that was unexpected too. I didn't really know anything about Plaisted, but his numbers caught my eye when I was looking for another comparison with roughly the same height.
Ironically, after I posted this I drove to get dinner and Chad Ford was on ESPN radio talking about how Randolph has dropped to #16 in his latest mock draft, and how lots of teams are re-evaluating him....

[Tully365]

I'll wait to hear what Hollinger has to say on it . . .

It was probably Hollinger's extremely low rating for Randolph that got this whole thing started.

[Tully365]

Another interesting fact: Love measured 12.9% body fat while Beasley was only 7.7%. It's hard to believe Love is so close to him in terms of athleticism.

[exstatic]

Randolph suffers from the LSU curse. Every PF to come out of BR in the last decade has busted out. People are starting to note the trend. :lol

Stro Swift
Brandon Bass
Tyrus Thomas

[Ghazi]

Bass is a serviceable backup power forward