Reply With Quote
Jalen was a sub-par jump shooter and rebounder.
I don't agree with the Paul Pressey comp either. Just because they're both considered point forwards doesn't make them similar players. To me, Anderson is more like a less athletic Jalen Rose.
Jalen was a sub-par jump shooter and rebounder.
And Anderson isn't known for his perimeter shooting either, though he did improve as a sop re in a small sample size. We can agree to disagree on Rose's rebounding. The point is they're very similar players, not exact carbon copies in every single solitary facet. No two players are.
Boris is an excellent comparison imo.
Jalen never shot higher than 35% from 3 in 3 college years and rebounded at about 4rbs per game. Not knocking Jalen, but his game was different.
Like I said, we can agree to disagree on this one.
Don't worry about his rebounding. UCLA was weak in size so his numbers are a bit inflated, but one game his freshman year, in fact his entire freshman year when he was greatly back seated for the likes of Shabazz Muhammed should be weighed with a grain of salt.
I think the best comparison I've heard was Turkoglu. There aren't too many point forward types to come out recently, so a lot of comparisons are forced. People mention Jalen Rose, Evan Turner, Gordon Hayward. Of course we all think of Diaw too. Of course that's not to say he'll have the success of some of those names, but as far as his skill set and style of play
How about a bigger Mark Jackson. IQ and passing ability off the charts.
I think it all depends on how he is used. I think he's a guy that needs the ball in his hands. Which is fine. Can see him starting to take over the playmaker position off of the bench hopefully in the future. He could allow you to keep someone like patty mills as just a quick and small scoring guard. He can create for over people.
Spurs pass a ton, but you also got players who can make passing plays: Manu, Diaw, Parker (Kwahi at a elementary level...I think he's learning to try and do this). Anderson could slide into that roll when Manu injuries himself next year after playing for Argentina again ..
Tyler Ennis' game actually reminds me a lot of Mark Jackson. Anderson has some Penny Hardaway to his game. Minus the athleticism obviously.
Unfortunately, we hear this same "analysis" just about every year. Crediting the Spurs with a smart and savvy draft is about as fresh as saying they're old, boring and unathletic. While I personally agree with the sentiment this year, this general statement can easily be crafted most years in relation to Spurs draftees.
There is a lot similarity to drafting Blair, high profile prospect who slip on draft day because of question mark... Slow mo like teddy Blair has glaring disadvantage that makes him a high risk to translate to the Nba game, there is a good chance that like Blair he will become doing more bad than good Nba player!
Last edited by kobyz; 06-28-2014 at 05:33 PM.
Did you just wake up from under a rock. Green cut by Cavs and ths Spurs twice. Coach Roy had to call Pop to give him another shot. Neal, undrafted and Spurs scouted him in Europe. Mills out of the
league and given another shot bc of coach Brown. Same goes for Baynes. Temple and Gee are in the league due to playing decently while with the Spurs.
Seriously kid, go educate yourself before posting on this board. There is a thing called researching the Internet to find answers.
Green, mills , Sjax, Baynes, Neal, Temple, Gee, etc. where all guys that are in the league and their careers would probably over if not for the Spurs. Spurs are hands down the best team at developing players.
My comments were intended to be a compliment. If you get a player similar to Pressley with the 30th pick, you are in good shape.
Pressley could defend 1-3 and was an extremely smart floor general. He had great floor awareness and was unselfish. He seemed to always make the right play.
Lamar Odom with a brain.
He looks slow but he gets where he wants to go. Sometimes big guys look slow when they're really just smooth.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions
