Poor Monty had his pick ripped out right under his feet. I hope working out players to trade them to other teams was worth it. Who did he end up with? Craig Brackins and Quincy Pondexter? Did he even work them out?
I liked that Monty interview. It reflects well on Babbitt - and it also shows us why Monty was so well regarded. Fantastic, level headed answers from someone that clearly knows what he is talking about.
Chris Gatling comparison is a good one. I hadn't thought if that one. So sad Monty is in NO instead of our head coach
This is an ignorant comment on my part (moreso than normal) but.... Gatling? WTF? Gatling was left-handed, sure. He had a good perimeter game. For a center. He only attempted 201 3's in his career, with almost ALL of them coming in his last two or three seasons. He also was a 66% free throw shooter. I would/will be interested to see if the comparison is at all valid. Ed O.
Gatling was only 6'10", so their size is about the same. I think he was refering to game, and not his shooting. Gatling isn't in Babbitt's league in shooting. Their shot also looks similar
Lock this thread please. He won't get any playing time! Unless we are hit with injuries again, he might not ever even be on the active roster!
I freely admit that I don't get a great feeling when I look at Babbitt and I openly bitched about the trade when it went down in the draft thread, but the more I look at film on him and his combine numbers, the less certain I am about my initial reaction. I'm willing to give the kid a shot, and if he can pass, dribble and hit an open three pointer he can potentially give you 12 valuable minutes a night. The main positive I take from his acquisition is that it firmly entrenches Nicolas as a 35 minute a night starter (if healthy). If he turns out to be as good as Luke Jackson I won't be surprised, but if he really does have something more in the tank and can be an effective stretch 4 with the ability to do more than just stand on the wing and jack up shots then I'll be pretty happy.
Rather than Luke Jackson, I think his upside is closer to the PAC 10 player who beat Jackson for the conference Player of the Year award: Josh Childress. I don't know that Babbitt has J-Chill's defensive potential, but it seems to me that he has the athleticism and headiness to approximate Childress' all-around production.
I just think Jackson is his floor, a Rashard Lewis/Childress like player seems like his ceiling given his physical profile (take that as either a Rashard Lewis type that can pass and defend or a Childress type that can shoot the hell out of the ball.)
I like what I've seen of Babbitt. He seems much smoother and in control than Luke Jackson. The kid has plenty of tools to build a nice career in the NBA.
No offense, but Chris Gatling? Really? I'd love it if Babbitt is as productive as Gatling, but I just don't see the simlarities in their games. At. All.
If you put any stock in Yahoo's knowledge of prospects, here is how they see our picks' best case scenarios: Luke Babbitt: Danny Granger Elliot Williams: Manu Ginobli Armon Johnson: Ramon Sessions
I tend to put more faith in Kevin Pelton's player comparison tool, it had them rated as such: Babbitt = Troy Murphy Williams = Mo Williams (I guess the 6'4" version of Mo) Johnson = Sessions
And you are so sure of this how? Dude can fill it up. During some stretches of last season we needed bench scoring punch in the WORST way. Webster and Rudy were a fucking DISASTER last season. I don't know what happened to those two. But screw them for BOTH having bad seasons. Couldn't they alternate? If Webster had improved his consistency, and Rudy had built on his solid rookie year we should have had a SICK bench unit. Instead we have to rebuild the bench. I think we will see quite a bit of new blood getting a shot to show what they can do during the regular season until the rotation is tightened up.
Yahoo said, "Babbitt is very reminiscent of former Oregon forward Luke Jackson, another highly skilled swingman whose lack of athleticism prevented him from creating his own shot in the NBA or being a competent defender."
