NBA Comparison: David RobinsonStrenths: Incredibly fluid athlete for a 7 footer... Tremendous speed in the open court ... A center with his agility and talent comes along roughly every 10-15 years ... Extremely quick and explosive ... Enormous potential ... His game has improved significantly from his sophomore to junior seasons ... Starting to understand how to use his body and how dominant he can be ... Big defensive presence, and a terrific shot blocker with great length, timing and instincts ... Excellent rebounder ... Soft touch around the basket ... Has developed a decent turnaround hook with his right hand ... Very good passer with nice court vision (averaged 3.7 assists per game as a junior) ... Quality kid with a great attitude ... Very coachable, listens and wants to improve ... Team player with a winners mentality ... Improving on a daily basis ... Decent free throw shooter at 64% but needs to and should improve upon it (improved considerably from 51% as a sophomore) ... Weaknesses: Soft spoken. Very humble personality, which is a positive and a negative in that some would like to see him develop more of a swagger of confidence, but Duncan and Robinson were/are both silent (humble) assassins ... Needs to add more nastiness on the floor to dominate ... Still raw in terms of post moves, they are developing, but still have a ways to go ... He is so dominant on the high school level he hasn't needed to develop any range or post skills ... Doesn't have the ability to create offense for himself as he can overwhelm anyone he faces with his size and athleticism ... Still scores mostly on ally oops and put backs ... Has nice touch, but needs to develop a consistent mid range shot (ala Robinson) ... Strength wont be an issue for him ultimately, but right now he needs to add muscle to his upper body and legs ... Almost too unselfish ... Outlook: The top candidate for the number 1 pick in the 2007 draft, one year removed from high school ... A year of college should give him a great stepping stone for the NBA. Thoughts?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>He's 18 years old...</div>it was a joke BCB, I thought you, out of all people would have gotten the joke....I know he's 18 but you're gonna tell me he doesn't look like he's 35, that kid would have no problem buying beer at a packy. He's got a full beard and everything, he just doesn't look 18 although I'm sure he is.
the guy seriously does look 35. i saw him in the micky d's game. he was tearin it up even though he didn't get much minutes. i love that pic tho. that chick is h.o.t.
Living in Indiana I've seen this dude play many times... he's improved VASTLY from his Junior year to this year.I'm telling you right now he's for real.
Man i guarantee that chick is hot....u can tell by how she is dressed....and i doubt greg who is a celebrity around his highschool would dance with an ugly chick!
So by the time Greg is actually drafted, if this thread is around, it should be a couple thousand pages long at least.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (boykinsforpresident @ May 10 2006, 09:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Man i guarantee that chick is hot....u can tell by how she is dressed....and i doubt greg who is a celebrity around his highschool would dance with an ugly chick!</div>Look at AI's wife.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (boykinsforpresident @ May 11 2006, 03:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>AI was in love...!now a days most of us highschoolers arent looking for love....!</div>Actually looking to make love.
I think if you could sum up what Oden's career will be like, it would be: dominance. He will simply control the game at both ends. You'll see some teams tank it next year just for a shot at him. Tht is, if he even enters the draft.
Greg Oden will be the number one pick of the 2007 NBA draft. There are no if's, and's or but's, unless he has a career ending injury.
I think he'll be sort of like a Dwight Howard on defense. He doesnt have a variety of offensive moves, and he doesnt any range on his jumper, so I think he'll be a defensive-minded player when he enters the league. He'll get his points off of rebounds, mainly.
thats how he plays now. b/c he doesnt have to work for his points he has no reason to improve which is why college will be good for him. then in the NBA he might struggle if he doesnt improve or add moves to his game.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nba dogmatist @ May 13 2006, 08:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I think if you could sum up what Oden's career will be like, it would be: dominance. He will simply control the game at both ends. You'll see some teams tank it next year just for a shot at him. Tht is, if he even enters the draft.</div> No NBA teams tank games, not with the lottery.
