Draft Measurements being released

[Boob-No-More]

Luke Harangody also tested pretty decent. I posted a link a few days ago that stated he did the most reps of the bench press, but his lane agility and 3/4 court sprint times were much better than I expected. I still wouldn't mind the Blazers taking a chance on "Matt Bonner with muscles" with one of their many 2nd round picks.

BNM

 

[Rastapopoulos]

If he's that slow will his ball handling be all that effective? And even he is all upside I don't see how he should be drafted at 15 or so with those numbers. Being that bad in all of the athletic categories would just scare me away.

Remember to take these measurements with a grain of salt. Monta Ellis dropped like a stone in the draft after he measured as slow and unathletic. Yes, Monta Ellis. Meanwhile Kirk Snyder was off the charts.

 

[shamelessblazer]

Rodrigue Beaubois - One of the fastest players. 3rd in agility. Wingspan that no one his size rivals at all at 6'9.75". Second highest vertical jump at 39. All of that and he has a decent long range jump shot. This guy is an amazing physical specimen. If he is around with any of our second round picks (if we keep them) I really hope we take him.

Edit: Or even at 24

I fully agree, he'd be Barbosa with defense. (and some of the same limitations) But I really like him (and his attitude) in a couple of years as a defensive stopper/one man fast break, who knows his role.

unlike...nevermind

 

[Nikolokolus]

Very interesting that the supposedly unathletic Hansbrough actually tested better than the "more athletic" Lawal.

Lawal jumped a little higher (0.5" better max. vertical), but Hansbrough absolutely smoked him in the lane agility test and even beat him in the 3/4 court sprint. At 11.93, Lawal had one of the slowest lane agility times of the combine.

So, first we learn that Hansbrough isn't undersized, now we learn that he's not unathletic. What were his other supposed weaknesses?

BNM

He looks like Beeker from the Muppets?

 

[andalusian]

Beeker was a playa'

 

[oldmangrouch]

Very interesting that the supposedly unathletic Hansbrough actually tested better than the "more athletic" Lawal.

Lawal jumped a little higher (0.5" better max. vertical), but Hansbrough absolutely smoked him in the lane agility test and even beat him in the 3/4 court sprint. At 11.93, Lawal had one of the slowest lane agility times of the combine.

So, first we learn that Hansbrough isn't undersized, now we learn that he's not unathletic. What were his other supposed weaknesses?

BNM

Two words for you: Josh McRoberts.

Beware of players whose value is inflated by playing for a great coach/system. Team success/reputaion rubs off. If Hansbrough played for some no-name school, he wouldn't even be mentioned. The butt-kicking he took from Griffen when they went head-to-head was no illusion.

 

[andalusian]

Josh McRoberts was a disappointment at Duke - that's why he went so low - and that's why he never translated to the NBA.

TH seems like a much better prospect than McBob and had a much much much better college career. Granted - he is never going to be an elite PF - but he looks like he has the tools and the motor to be a successful backup PF in the league for a long time.

Think of him as a better scoring, smaller size version of Joakim Noah with worse defense. Noah went #9. If TH is still at 24 - he seems like a very good value for that spot.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Two words for you: Josh McRoberts.

Beware of players whose value is inflated by playing for a great coach/system. Team success/reputaion rubs off. If Hansbrough played for some no-name school, he wouldn't even be mentioned. The butt-kicking he took from Griffen when they went head-to-head was no illusion.

You mean the Josh McRoberts that had 13.7% body fat, was slow footed and unathletic and had a horrible work ethic. Yes, they are both white and played for successful probrams, but that seems to be where the similarity ends. Hansbrough tested out WAY better than McRoberts and no one has ever questioned his desire or work ethic. When it comes to hard work, he's the anti-McRoberts.

BNM

 

[oldmangrouch]

You mean the Josh McRoberts that had 13.7% body fat, was slow footed and unathletic and had a horrible work ethic. Yes, they are both white and played for successful probrams, but that seems to be where the similarity ends. Hansbrough tested out WAY better than McRoberts and no one has ever questioned his desire or work ethic. When it comes to hard work, he's the anti-McRoberts.

BNM

I agree that they are hardly clones. Both, however, have benefited from association with a big name program. If Lawal had played for NC, people would be gushing over him as a potential lotto pick. Instead, he is likely to go in the 20s. (which is where he probably belongs)

 

[Da_O]

I agree that they are hardly clones. Both, however, have benefited from association with a big name program. If Lawal had played for NC, people would be gushing over him as a potential lotto pick. Instead, he is likely to go in the 20s. (which is where he probably belongs)

With that logic, it suggests that Hansbrough would be a lottery pick. He's not even going to come close to that, so are you suggesting that he should be a second round pick instead of where he's supposedly going to go(20-30). If he's there at 24 and both Lawal and Blair are gone, we should have no problems taking him. This team needs a backup 4.

 

[Boob-No-More]

I agree that they are hardly clones. Both, however, have benefited from association with a big name program. If Lawal had played for NC, people would be gushing over him as a potential lotto pick. Instead, he is likely to go in the 20s. (which is where he probably belongs)

I'm not sure you could say McRoberts "benefited" from playing at Duke. The longer he played there, the more it exposed his weaknesses and lack of work ethic. As a result, he fell from a potential lottery pick to a 2nd rounder. Had he not been seen struggling on national TV against top competition on a regular basis, he might have been drafted in the 1st round. More exposure certainly didn't raise his stock.

BNM

 

[Boob-No-More]

Granted - he is never going to be an elite PF - but he looks like he has the tools and the motor to be a successful backup PF in the league for a long time.

Agreed, and if you can get that with a late 1st round pick, that's good value - especially in such a weak draft.

BNM

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Austin Daye with a pathetic no-step vertial and max vertical.

No player in this combine had a max vert of Roy's 41".

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Austin Daye with a pathetic no-step vertial and max vertical.

No player in this combine had a max vert of Roy's 41".

Daye was also the slowest player and from the blank spot under bench I would conclude he couldn't lift 185 at all.

 

[Денг Гордон]

Whoever drafts Austin Daye is a moron. The kid is a beanpole. Not only that, he can't jump high, was the slowest player in the sprint, and the second least agile in the agility drill. Compound that, with you watch him, it isn't really all that evident that he has any type of great skills.

If this isn't a near sure-fire bust, I don't know what is.

 

[Nikolokolus]

My only point about Daye is that any excitement a GM would hve in drafting him would be to develop him for the next 2-3 years and hope he pans out into something ... I said he's "all upside" because his "right now" is pretty uninspiring. I was just answering the question about why he'd be a mid first rounder, I wasn't saying I thought he was the fifteenth best player in the draft.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Daye's ceiling, IMO, is Brian Cook.

6'11" 190lbs and had one of the worst combines in recent memory, he has bust written all over him.

 

[RickyRubio]

Anyone notice Psycho T had the same bench press number as Blair? All I am hearing is that he wont be strong enough to play in the NBA. He is 6' 9.5'' with shoes on, 234 pounds and benches just as much as DeJuan Blair. AND he has a longer wingspan then Blake Griffin. Although that is not saying much lol