I want know if you think this kid's game is for real..is he an NBA caliber player? I like him alot..he has an invaluable tangible,heart..but is his game good enough now to enter the draft after the season? Gimme some opinions.
no, he's from texas tech, and bobby knight doesn't produce high quality nba players. emmett is a good college player, and nothing more. look at caron butler.. great rookie season, injury, fell of the damn planet! he's healthy now.. and he'll whoop on andre emmett anyday.. if he can't make something happen in miami.. ha. andre emmett won't even go first round, he'll be lucky to make second round, or even get drafted.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting okaforever:</div><div class="quote_post">no, he's from texas tech, and bobby knight doesn't produce high quality nba players. emmett is a good college player, and nothing more. look at caron butler.. great rookie season, injury, fell of the damn planet! he's healthy now.. and he'll whoop on andre emmett anyday.. if he can't make something happen in miami.. ha. andre emmett won't even go first round, he'll be lucky to make second round, or even get drafted.</div> can someone with some knowledge answer this question....ridiculous assessment by u
I'll try to help you out with this one Widow...Yes, I definitely think Emmett has NBA game. Exactly as you said, the kid has a huge heart. He's a tremendously hard worker who has taken his game up about 10 notches since coming to Tech. I love his athletecism and ability to get to the basket, as well as his willingness to crash the boards. He's a big guard who can post up and create his own shots. Not to mention, he shoots over 56% from the floor. He's an unassuming, but very determined young player whom Bobby Knight fully embraces and supports - that alone speaks volumes. If there's one part of Andre's game that could stand some improvent, it's defense. That'll probably be the reason he doesn't get drafted too highly, but I would expect him to go somewhere around early to mid second round. Anyone out there doubting his abilities needs to pay closer attention.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting OgShowtime:</div><div class="quote_post">I'll try to help you out with this one Widow...Yes, emphatically, I think Emmett has NBA game! Exactly as you said, the kid has a huge heart. He's a tremendously hard worker who has taken his game up about 10 notches since coming to Tech. I love his athletecism and ability to get to the basket, as well as his willingness to crash the boards. He's a big guard who can post up and create his own shots. Not to mention, he shoots over 56% from the floor. He's an unassuming, but very determined young player whom Bobby Knight fully embraces and supports - that alone speaks volumes. I would expect him to be a mid to late first-rounder, possibly higher. Anyone out there doubting him needs to pay closer attention.</div> 'Preciate it OG. I haven't seen him any this year..but last year when I had the college game pack on my cable system I watched him alot. I've heard he's improved alot from last season,then I read the article about him in ESPN Magazine it really piqued my interest...especially the part where he had to run 1500 fullcourt sprints..and didn't complain once....anyway,when a player has Bob Knights endorsement,like you said,that says something.
ridiculous? more on the lines of factual. go ahead.. dig into bobby knight's players.. let's see where they're at and what they amounted to.. nba wise. emmett isn't a nba caliber player.. a good one at least. you were either going to get an agreement, or a disagreement in this topic, and i disagreed. he's good on one level and not another. sorry.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting okaforever:</div><div class="quote_post">ridiculous? more on the lines of factual. go ahead.. dig into bobby knight's players.. let's see where they're at and what they amounted to.. nba wise. emmett isn't a nba caliber player.. a good one at least. you were either going to get an agreement, or a disagreement in this topic, and i disagreed. he's good on one level and not another. sorry.</div> Ridiculous in the fact you made a comparison of sorts to Butler,which made no sense to me.
Where does Caron Butler fit into this equation? Yeah, he's going to be a good nba player, what does that have to do with Andre Emmett? Nobody tried to compare those two, or even mentioned Butler's name. No, Bobby Knight didn't produce a ton of nba stars when he was at Indiana. But this is a completely different team from the ones he used to coach at IU. This is an up-tempo team with a lot more athleticism, Emmett wasn't even his recruit - I was referring to the fact that Knight endorses him because of his hard work and style of play. The Huskies have produced quite a few nba draft pics lately, but for every Donyell Marshall, Ray Allen, and Rip Hamilton, there have been plenty of guys like Donny Marshall, Khalid El-Amin, Travis Knight, Doron Sheffer, Tate George, Scott Burrell, Jake Voskuhl...etc. You can disagree, but realize that just because he plays for a smaller school, one not in the big east or acc, doesn't mean he won't succeed on the next level. Texas Tech doesn't have a great basketball tradition, but neither did UConn until Calhoun arrived. Look at the program before he came to town in '86 - it was terrible. He made UConn basketball what it is today, a perennial contender, which in turn helped bring a higher class of players to the school.
alright.. that caron butler twist.. haha.. ok, i'll explain that in a sec, but everything else i said was accurate. i'm comparing caron butler to andre emmett.. and the colleges players they are/were.. and look what caron butler is doing now.. not a whole lot.. though he did have a good rookie season.. it's just that caron is so much better than emmett, and if he's not going to make any impact or help his team in the slightest, then i highly doubt emmett will.. that's where i was going w/ the whole caron butler reference.. sorry to throw everybody off on that.
yeah i think emmett is nothing more than a great college player...it'll be hard for him to make the NBA...i see him as a second-round pick who likely ends up getting cut in training camp...
