<u>MVP </u>Jared Dudley, 6-7, Senior, Small Forward, Boston College Our staff?s unanimous MVP, Jared Dudley embodies exactly the type of underrated role-player that NBA teams can seek out here to help them win games. He did a terrific job showing off the many facets of his game, crashing the boards with 14 rebounds in 40 minutes over the last two games, pushing the ball up the floor with terrific poise, dishing out some excellent assists, playing very smart, tough defense at the small forward position, and shooting the ball extremely well from 18-22 feet out. He played unselfish, winning basketball?shooting 60% from the field and 89% from the free throw line?showing outstanding leadership skills amongst his teammates and carrying Team Four on his back late in the last game when they needed some clutch points to pull off the victory. As it turns out, he didn?t lead the strongest conference in America in points and rebounds while shooting 56% from the field and 44% from behind the arc and dishing out 3 assists per game for nothing. Who would have thought? While most ACC player of the year award winners wouldn?t come anywhere this event if not for the physical only portion of the camp, Dudley was here showing NBA executives how he can be of service to them next year. He certainly has his limitations?shot-creating ability, a lack of explosiveness around the rim, lateral quickness?but to his credit, he is very much aware of them and wants to be drafted by a team where he can minimize them in an effort to compliment other players and win games. He clearly has the basketball IQ to do so, already having ?figured out? how to get the most of his skills. Now that he?s figured out that he needs to abandon the college mentality of outmuscling the competition to outquicking them (he?s already lost over 12 pounds), he?s already improving his physical attributes, with even more room to go. His teammate Craig Smith at Boston College was underappreciated by draft gurus (DraftExpress included) similarly exactly one year ago, and went onto be one of the best rookies in the NBA this past season. We learned our lesson not to dismiss the non-prototypes even if they don?t physically look exactly like most NBA superstars?will NBA GMs do the same? http://draftexpress.com/viewarticle.php?a=2094
Alright J-Dud! I'm happy he had himself a good camp, I hope he gets taken higher than expected and succeeds. He's such a hard worker and he can help a team. People get so flabbergasted asking themselves "What position does Dudley play?" He's a combo forward, and as playa said in another thread... he's just a basketball player. I'm also happy that Coby Karl had a good camp. Coming back from cancer, playing hard, and outplaying the majority of the players in camp. That's great, it's a great story. I hope he makes it.
