Ah, so pre. I am anxious to see him play in the Olympics. Hopefully he gets a few minutes so I can see his mobility
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He has more experience than Babbitt got at lowly Nevada. He'll be what Babbitt will be in a couple of years--Babbitt on steroids. Pretty scary.
I think he was saying that as a negative. I view Babbitt as a D-Leaguer. I don't think he should be on an NBA team. With him saying that Claver will not be better than Babbitt, is saying that he is not an NBA talent.
I got high on Babbitt once, lasted at least 36 hours. Woke up missing my eyebrows, with a used tampon in my shirt pocket and a recently fired pistol in my hand. barfo
Hah, I know. I just wanted an opinion on Babbitt. Maybe I'll create my next account as BabbittHoF....
tester551 is right, I was saying it as a negative. Babbitt has one definite NBA skill though, and that's shooting the three. If he has confidence he's probably around the tops in the league at shooting the long ball. Claver seems very well rounded, I'm just skeptical of that type of overall game translating to the NBA well. Again, I hope he proves me wrong.
I think he's also good at finishing, driving, occasionally putting the ball on the ground, and seems to be a good weakside rebounder. There's at least tools to potentially hone in. But I agree, he'd have to put it together pretty quickly and that's probably unlikely. Like you said, hope he proves us wrong.
I think Babbit showed that he's not just a d-leaguer. He shot 43% from 3pt range, and showed tenacity and athletisism (at least in terms of jumping). Being able to shoot like that earns you a spot on most nba benches.
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They're honestly not particularly similar, at least in game style. Babbitt's deficiencies on defense come from him being rather lumbering of foot. Claver is much more nimble. But Babbitt is (stay with me on this) more of a banger. That is, he'll take the ball inside and try to (honestly) muscle it a bit. Claver is more finesse. Babbitt is just conceivably a stretch 4, but I don't see Claver as anything but a tall SF.
Claver looks as slow, if not slower, than Babbitt to me, and I think he has less hope of being an actual SF than Babbitt. 6'11" guys that aren't very athletic just don't make it as SFs. He'll be a stretch 4 in limited small lineup minutes.
