<font color="#0000ff"><font size="7">Darrell Arthur</font></font> </p> <font size="4">Darrell Arthur is a 6 foot 9 inch, 230 pound Power Forward for Kansas. He returned for his Sophomore season 9.8 PPG and 4.7 RPG in only 19 minutes of playing time. As long as Brandon Rush recovers from his surgery, Arthur won't have to be the primary offensive threat for Kansas; however, he needs to play like he did against Florida last season when he put up 19 points and 9 rebounds against the Gators' future first round picks. It will be interesting to see how he starts the season after suffering a stress fracture in his left leg during the U19 practices. Personally, I want to see him attempt to dominate from the post on offense instead of relying upon his face up jumper. </font> </p> </p> Links</p> DraftExpress Profile - http://draftexpress.com/viewprofile.php?p=484 </p> nbadraft.net Profile - http://nbadraft.net/admincp/profiles/darrellarthur.html </p> Kansas Profile - http://kuathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-baskb..._darrell00.html </p>
Heres what I already wrote about him in the Warriors board: I was really, really high on him in his freshman season but he didn't show a lot of improvement his sophomore season. Hes got the total package to dominate in college; athleticism, size, skills, etc. but he just never played with consistency. His intensity is questionable and he is certainly not aggressive enough. While he is a good athlete, hes not an elite athlete which will hurt for a guy who is, in my estimation, about 6'8 220 lbs. His go-to shot is his fadeaway jumpshot, hes a nice finisher inside and has a developing jumpshot. His post game gets the job done in the college level but his skills down there aren't anything special like a Diogu. Again, for a guy who is as athletic as he is he should be a better defender but he doesn't have a big impact on defense. I haven't seen anything that stands out about his man defense that would make me hopeful for him, especially not with his height/weight. As far as protecting the rim, he isn't much of a presence, 1.3 bpg isn't bad but I don't think he was changing a lot of shots in there. Hes also not as good on the glass as he "should" be. Watching him as a freshman I was salivating at the potential but he was basically the same player his sophomore season and really killed my buzz on him because the frosh-soph jump is supposed to be pretty profound. I wouldn't really be upset with the pick at 14 because he'd probably be about as good as anyone considering the skills, tools, athleticism, and whatnot but I'm just not that high on him anymore.
