<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Chicago --- The 7-foot Australian center with the funky hairdo that everyone came here to see didn't arrive until Friday afternoon. Andrew Bogut made his predraft camp debut and endured a round of measurements and interviews. Former Georgia Tech center Luke Schenscher, the other 7-foot Australian center with wacky hair, was here all week working hard with other draft dreamers. Schenscher didn't attract a fraction of the attention of his countryman, who's projected to be one of the top two picks in the June 28 draft. Schenscher is just hoping to be drafted despite possessing the height --- he was the camp's tallest player at 7 feet, 1 1/2 inches with shoes on --- that used to guarantee a player a name call on draft night. "There was a time when being 7 feet tall maybe was the end-all be-all, but it doesn't guarantee anything these days other than you having to buy long pants," said New York Knicks assistant coach Mike Malone, one of the camp's instructors who also worked out Schenscher during his visit to the Knicks last month. "Luke's a big guy who's going to have to get stronger physically, but he's already long, and we've seen him block some shots here, and he played under a very good coach in Paul Hewitt. "But as I think he's probably realized, it takes more than all that. And I really don't think guys understand this until they get here --- it's very, very difficult to make an NBA roster. Guys walk around talking like, 'I feel like I can play' and all that, but we're talking about the best players in the world in the NBA." </div> Source
I'm beginning to think that some team will bite on Schenscher for his height and the hype had going for him during his Junior year, but when I personally saw him play live, I was far from impressed. He was bullied around in the paint, couldn't rebound the basketball to save his life (unless it fell right into his hands), shied away from contact on defense, and he had a very limited number of post moves. He just looked akward out there (and was even hit with the ball in the face a few times). Maybe if there wasn't the looming age limit or if one was already in place, I would pick Schenscher in the second round, but it's too deep this year for me to consider him.
The Irony is that Martynas was given a free ticket to the early lottery by many...and it will be about 2 years before he's as good as Schenser.I saw Schenser have a pretty good game in the ACC tournament,he likely can be a backup in the NBA,but he's not strong or agile,is tall with some skill.
