He's a darn good player but he isn't going to start, at least not right away. IMO he's too slow to play alongside Nurk and that is my biggest apprehension about Swanigan as a prospect everything else he has in spades. However, he got beat up on the perimeter in SL and pretty obviously is not very comfortable playing defense away from the basket or on the switch on a guard. I can guarantee you that Terry doesnt start him day one, you gotta go with your known commodity (vonleh or Aminu) and let him earn the spot, but if he shows he can I got no problem with his fit in the starting unit. I still think it's more likely we see Collins starting before Swanigan because of his defense.
Problem is, how do you fix it? Contesting shots is the very basic core of individual defense. You can't really teach someone to contest a shot, you either do it or you don't.
ffs I can't make a comparison jesus. Fine fine. You people asked for it. You know I wrote up a big thing as to why I made the comp to Brand but you know what? I'm not going to sit here and defend the comp I made. Even though I wrote up a pretty damn good post before I pushed the delete button on my keyboard. If you people don't like the comp so be it, move the fuck on.
Here's a Biggie comp for all you youngsters out there: Caleb Swanigan reminds me of a young Luke Jackson. Jackson was the 6'9" 240 lb. power forward that played next to Wilt back in the mid to late 1960s. Nurk = Wilt Biggie = Luke Jackson BNM
For a minute there I thought you meant the former Duck player and I was going to slap you upside your head.
Didn't say there was anything wrong with the comparison to Brand. I just found the response to his specific critique odd, given the logical conclusion to which your response led. If you're going to give your opinion on a public forum, you might consider being less sensitive about disagreement.
I've tried to explain this to him but he doesn't want to understand. It's a simple concept and I refuse to think he's that stupid. I guess he just wants to troll.
LOL I was thinking the same. The Ducks' Luke Jackson was a lotto pick if I recall. He and Ridnour were quite a duo.
Searching for 6'7" to 6'9" players who had seasons above 10pts, 10reb and 2asst, came up with some possible comps. Boozer (very similar height and wingspan) Webber Unseld Silas Oakley S. Wicks M. Lucas There were others, but these had multiple years of those states and are the most recognizable.
He wants to be "right" and he wants us all to know it. Some posters are so invested in their own opinions, they'd rather be "right" than see players we drafted succeed. His binary brain wants him to be able to bash Collins and praise Bell based on their summer league performance, but that require him to also acknowledge that Swanigan was a good pick based on his outstanding summer league performance. Oh my, what's a poor troll to do??? BNM
Swanigan's best feature is probably his sheer drive. Anyone who can lose that much weight in that short amount of time has obviously got an iron will. A minor blemish on the Biggie Legend is the fact that Kuzma, whom he was presumably supposed to be guarding most of the time, was the guy who killed us.
I agree with this. Collins can be a useful role player even if he doesn't take a shot. Swanigan can rebound but Collins is more versatile.
Not quite, but I started watching (and playing) basketball at a very early age. My dad also played ball and was a big Wilt fan. My uncle was in grad school at Kansas when Wilt played there. So, he was also a big Wilt fan. We got our first color TV in 1965 and I remember watching Gunsmoke, Wilt Chamberlain and the Apollo space missions with my dad on that set. BNM
A rebound is still a rebound. That's also the one skill most likely to translate from one level to the next. BNM
