The Case for Boban Marjanovic

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Boob-No-More said:
Boban is sort of the anti-Meyers. With Boban, his slowness is purely physical. Getting that huge body moving in the right direction is like turning an aircraft carrier. His brain knows what to do. Getting his body to cooperate is the problem.

With Meyer's he has the physical ability to move faster, it's his brain that gets in the way. It's his reaction time, not his physical slowness (for his size) that limits him. Go back and watch him running the floor and blocking shots his rookie year. He was playing out of control most of the time, but at least he was doing something. Now his brain needs to slowly run through a mental checklist to decide what he's supposed to do before he does it, and against NBA caliber athletes, there is no time for such indecision.

Edit: I didn't mean that as too much of a condemnation on Meyers. He has been playing better in a much more limited role this season. Of course, his play doesn't warrant his contract, but that's Summer of 16 sunk cost. If he can give us an occasional 4 or 5 productive minutes when Ed and Nurk are in foul trouble, that's all you really expect from a 3-string center.

BNM
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Well, he's actually a power forward, but let's not split hairs.
 
jlprk said:
During the game, I kept comparing him to Meyers Leonard. Boban is 2-3 inches taller (gotta be 7-4, not 7-3), and much wider than Leonard (barrel-chested, though arm muscles are the same). His height makes up for lumbering lack of quickness, at least while in the paint.
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Do you remember Swen Nater? An adequate center but he lacked so much quickness that he was easy to go around. Well, this behemoth reminds me a little bit of Swen except Swen had some skills.
 
Lanny said:
Do you remember Swen Nater? An adequate center but he lacked so much quickness that he was easy to go around. Well, this behemoth reminds me a little bit of Swen except Swen had some skills.
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Good comparison Lanny. Maybe Mark Eaton.
 
Lanny said:
Do you remember Swen Nater? An adequate center but he lacked so much quickness that he was easy to go around. Well, this behemoth reminds me a little bit of Swen except Swen had some skills.
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I watched Nater on local Los Angeles TV every game of his junior and senior years. He was extremely muscular, by the standards of the day. In one game, Notre Dame coach Digger Phelps had his players getting dangerously physical, so Wooden told him to back off or Wooden would put in Nater. Suddenly, they became the non-Fighting Irish.

tykendo said:
Good comparison Lanny. Maybe Mark Eaton.
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Nater was better. Not one-dimensional like Eaton, who was just tall.
 
jlprk said:
During the game, I kept comparing him to Meyers Leonard. Boban is 2-3 inches taller (gotta be 7-4, not 7-3), and much wider than Leonard (barrel-chested, though arm muscles are the same). His height makes up for lumbering lack of quickness, at least while in the paint.
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His ears slow him down though
 
riverman said:
Case for headbands!
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We already have sleeved jerseys, and with so many players wearing hooded warm-ups, it's only a matter of time until we start to see hooded jerseys, too. That should help shave a couple tenths off Boban's 3/4 court sprint time.

BNM
 

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Everybody loves Boban:


Dallas seems to want to use him more than his previous teams. We shall see.
 
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