Will Pendy Just End Up A Scrub?

[ABM]

I would have to say the skills are there. He just doesn't have the tools to put them to use. I've always felt he's way too slow/deliberate laterally to be a productive rotation player, and that affects all phases of his game.

Interesting points. To be honest, I've generally felt the same regarding Martell.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

I think that gets into the area of combine-type athleticism vs. real game athleticism. Tough to separate out athleticism and coordination in that respect... Likewise, we've seen Pendy demonstrate a good shooting stroke in practice, but little ability to translate that to game speed. I would have to say the skills are there. He just doesn't have the tools to put them to use. I've always felt he's way too slow/deliberate laterally to be a productive rotation player, and that affects all phases of his game.

Maybe all he needs is a bit of seasoning. More practice time. Maybe he'll earn some more playing time and the game will slow down a bit for him. I suppose it's also possible he could go to the D-league.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

His macho reputation for not being nice is the only advantage he supposedly has. He's a C, not a F, with a ceiling of maybe a Duane Causwell or even maybe a Kelvin Cato, but that's just dreaming.

Kelvin Cato was a pretty good rotation center. I liked him as a Blazer, and actually didn't like that he was traded; would have rather kept him through the lean years. If that's Jeff's ceiling, I'd be pretty pleased. But you might be right in that Cato's probably a bit too high for Pendy to reach.

 

[handiman]

Maybe all he needs is a bit of seasoning. More practice time. Maybe he'll earn some more playing time and the game will slow down a bit for him. I suppose it's also possible he could go to the D-league.

That's the old catch-22 of needing playing time to develop but not being good enough to warrant playing time...

 

[MickZagger]

Kelvin Cato was a pretty good rotation center. I liked him as a Blazer, and actually didn't like that he was traded; would have rather kept him through the lean years. If that's Jeff's ceiling, I'd be pretty pleased. But you might be right in that Cato's probably a bit too high for Pendy to reach.

Blazers fans had a lot of hope for Cato and he was showing promise. In fact, he was a major peice in that Pippen trade. But, he never really lived up to his potential. I don't really see any kind of hype surrounding Pendo's potential.

 

[Ed O]

The new development being discussed here is that the Summer League showed he has less potential than thought.

Hmm... I don't see how he's been any sort of disappointment. There's a reason that he went in the second round: he's never been thought to have THAT much potential.

He does, though, have more than players at his playing ability who are 5 or 6 years older than he is.

Ed O.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Amare has made several All Star games as a center. Athleticism and size aren't Jeff's limitations, skills/coordination are

STOMP

6 of one half a dozen of another ... it all adds up to the same result, which is "scrub."