Not that they're very reputable, but NBADraft.net has us getting Troy Brown. You Oregon people - is he good? He sounds like my kind of player - PG skills in a SF body but apparently he can't shoot? Can he play defense? Would you be happy if he fell to us?
I don't remember him performing PG duties at all with Oregon. He's OK at rebounds and assists and steals. I just didn't see anything really intriguing about him.
I haven’t heard that? I heard he said he may not come over this year, but I thought that just meant if he was drafted he’d be stashed over there.
Every time I saw Brown play my impression was the dude can’t shoot... sometimes that’s fixable sometimes it’s not.
lol.....thats true! However, he could have gone just about anywhere he wanted. Ive seen him a few times and you can just tell he has that BBIQ and Instinct.
Oregon fans always love their guys. I read a 2015 dressy thread where apparently, Joe Young was the next Damian Lillard.
People looking at Troy Brown as a prospect saying "he won't be good because he didn't score at Oregon", to me, are looking at all the wrong things. Brown has a LOT of qualities that you can't coach - length, court vision, great handle (okay you can probably coach that one, but his handles are rare for a wing). But to me, the thing that was most intriguing about him was the way he responded in games where he wasn't scoring well. A lot of kids coming out of the AAU circuit would jack up 40 shots to get their #s or pout... Brown focused on the little things -- he got aggressive on the glass, doubled down on his defensive intensity, looked to get his teammates open shots -- that's veteran stuff from a much-hyped (but at least mildly disappointing) 19 year old kid. I don't know if he'll ever live up to his 5* pedigree, but he's certainly athletic enough for the scoring to come. He's far from a finished product, but I don't think it's outlandish to say that he, probably as much as anyone else that would left when we're picking, has the highest potential to be a star/quality starter in this league. We could certainly do a lot worse...
Wow that’s a lot of slow mo dunks... Who knows maybe he’ll be a steal for someone he is obviously athletic.
Honestly Bell was the only Oregon guy I remember that I really wanted on the Blazers. Thought and still think he can be a really good defender in the NBA, not sure he’s got the offense needed for most teams though.
