Question on Malik Hairston

[SenorSpur]

Malik has that "sneaky" athleticism. He's very deceptive in that, even when moving slowly, he can suddenly explode to the rim for a flush, or to contend a shot, or rebound the basketball. He looks to have good upper body strength and really gets up into guys when he wants to. He's certainly demonstrated some degree of physicality.

Let's not forget that he earned some spot minutes guarding both LeBron, Kobe and Josh Howard last year. Even though these were short stints, the kid demonstrated some moxie and he held his own. As was stated earlier, he's probably a better defender at this point, than he is an offensive player. However one year later, he clearly is a much better shooter than he was last year.

[Fingaroll44]

Hes only 6'5" but he has a reach of 8'7.5" and wingspan of 6'9". Both are above average for his size, When you also factor in his strength and athleticism, he has good size and tools to play as a SF in the NBA.

that makes 3 guys i know of in our camp w/ a wingspan above avg for his size. Malik, Georgie Porgie & DeJuan. Well at least we can say we'll have 3 guys make first team all-wingspan.

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that makes 3 guys i know of in our camp w/ a wingspan above avg for his size. Malik, Georgie Porgie & DeJuan. Well at least we can say we'll have 3 guys make first team all-wingspan.

Gist also has freakishly long arms. I'd bet that guys like Duncan and RJ do too. That said, virtually everyone in the NBA probably has pretty long arms. Josh Howard's got a longer wingspan than all those guys.