- Yi Jianlian (7'0'' SF/PF from China compared to Pau Gasol) - Marco Belinelli (6'6'' SG from Italy compared to Ray Allen) - Tiago Splitter (6'11'' PF/C compared to P.J. Brown) - Rudy Fernandez (6'6'' combo guard compared to Manu Ginobili) - Sun Yue (6'9'' player that can play 3-4 positions, compared to Boris Diaw) - Mirza Teletovic (6'8'' combo forward compared to Bostjan Nachbar) These are the top International prospects that I hear the most about. I will be 100% honest and I'll tell you that I know bascially nothing about any of these guys except for what I have been reading about them. I have never seen any of them play, excluding a couple videos on YouTube (which basically mean nothing). Does anybody here know anything about these guys? Has anyone here ever seen them play?
I have seen Marco Belinelli play this past summer for Italy and this guy is money, hopefully the league overlooks him and the Raptors can draft him. But yeah hes basically a guard who can shoot the lights out, he torched the States in the summer with back-to-back 3pters. Some people may be reluctant to draft him but I think he'll prolly take a season to adjust to the NBA before he starts opening some eyes.Although I havnt seen him play I think Tiago Splitter could turn out to be a solid NBA player....no explaination just a feeling.
I read some stuff about - Yi Jianlian (7'0'' SF/PF from China compared to Pau Gasol) And I sure hope he turns out to be something close to Pau that be great Pau puts up all star #'s to bad he was hurt earlier.
The NBA is just getting flooded with International talent, if this continues then in the future we could see some N.America v. The World All-Star games!Just a question if anyone knows but didnt Fernandez and Splitter enter the draft last year? Did they withdraw or not get drafted or am I just high or something?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MosDefinitely @ Jan 19 2007, 03:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The NBA is just getting flooded with International talent, if this continues then in the future we could see some N.America v. The World All-Star games!Just a question if anyone knows but didnt Fernandez and Splitter enter the draft last year? Did they withdraw or not get drafted or am I just high or something?</div>I did not here about Fernandez at all. Splitter I read I think something about him but also don't know anything.But as far as I remember no they were not drafted last draft. lol
I have read some stuff about Yi Jianlian and seen some Youtubes. I think he will turn out good but idk since I have not actually seen him play in a game. The others I do not know much about.
Tiago Splitter was on nbadraft.net's mock drafts since 2005. But I don't know much about any of them.
Tiago Splitter, Marc Gasol, Yi Jianlian, Artem Zabelin, Nicolas Batum, Danilo Gallinari, Ante Tomic, Vitor Tatsch. These are the big names around the world right now, these are going to be the big guys in the draft for the next 3 years. Splitter is a decent prospect but has been overrated until recently. Other than Nic Batum and Yi, I don't really care for any of them. Artem Zabelin and Ante Tomic are gigantic projects. I like Nic and Yi because they can play right now. I can go into more detail with all these foreign player over the weekend.
Marc Gasol would be a nice project, I would like Detroit to go after him. If he's anything like big brother Pau, then Detroit would have a talented center on their hands.
Yi JianLian is pretty good. His shot is ok. But he isnt really big. He's a really skinny guy that is tall. And I want the Raptors to draft him. =D
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (HoNgKoNgKoBe @ Jan 19 2007, 09:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yi JianLian is pretty good. His shot is ok. But he isnt really big. He's a really skinny guy that is tall. And I want the Raptors to draft him. =D</div> I don't know much about Yi, but even from the youtube videos, you can tell that the kid is athletic. I don't know what kind of player he'll be, but from the little youtube videos I have seen: he looks like he's a pretty good ballhandler for a 7 footer, he has nice form and looks to have a nice shooting touch from even 20 feet, and he is pretty damn athletic. I'm interested in learning more about Marc Gasol though. In all likelihood, he'll never be like Pau, but it's cool knowing that Pau's brother is the same size as him and an NBA prospect himself.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SunnyD @ Jan 19 2007, 05:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Marc Gasol would be a nice project, I would like Detroit to go after him. If he's anything like big brother Paul, then Detroit would have a talented center on their hands.</div>I was thinking the same thing.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ Dec 22 2006, 03:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>- Yi Jianlian (7'0'' SF/PF from China compared to Pau Gasol)- Marco Belinelli (6'6'' SG from Italy compared to Ray Allen)- Tiago Splitter (6'11'' PF/C compared to P.J. Brown)- Rudy Fernandez (6'6'' combo guard compared to Manu Ginobili)- Sun Yue (6'9'' player that can play 3-4 positions, compared to Boris Diaw)- Mirza Teletovic (6'8'' combo forward compared to Bostjan Nachbar)These are the top International prospects that I hear the most about. I will be 100% honest and I'll tell you that I know bascially nothing about any of these guys except for what I have been reading about them. I have never seen any of them play, excluding a couple videos on YouTube (which basically mean nothing). Does anybody here know anything about these guys? Has anyone here ever seen them play?</div>Yue is in america, he's been playing in the ABA the last few years, if I'm not mistaken
someone sent me this:<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>1. TIAGO SPLITTERF-C, 6-11, 236 pounds, Spain's Tau Ceramica Vitoria, Brazil native, 22 years old.Potential immediate NBA starter. Plays well with back to basket. Fundamentally sound. Good rebounder. Owns toughness and decent speed. Has a buyout issue.2. RUDY FERNANDEZG, 6-6, 172 pounds, Spain's Joventut Badalona, Spain, 21 years old.Athletic. Played major minutes on Spain's national team at 2006 World Championship. Long arms. Dishes the ball well in the lane. Status is rising.3. MARCO BELINELLISG, 6-6, 200 pounds, Italy Climanio Bologna, Italy, 20 years old.Big-time shooter. Tough. Very confident. Doesn't make many mistakes. Solid all-around player. Good enough speed. Can he guard quick shooting guards?4. YI JIANLIANF-C, 7-0, 230 pounds, China Guangdong Tigers, China, 19 years old.Mid-first round pick. Extremely talented. Blossomed in 2005 Asian championships. Skilled. Toughness is in question. Good shooter. Finesse player.</div>I would really like to see Yi play more. I tried to watch some during the summer tourney but he didnt play all that well against USA imo.
