And that's after being a dominant player in the PAC-10. It just goes to show how difficult a road Cunningham and Pendergraph are going to have to make any sort of impact in the NBA. Ed O.
I'll add that after a full season with the 2nd rounders, Pritchard will have a pretty good idea if he has a decent back-up PF in one of them. I really think that Pendergraph has a shot to be the guy. Looking at his college stats, it's hard to not like what he did. He shoots a ridiculously high percentage and he also hits his FTs. Plus, he played with James Harden for two years and didn't decline in production. Also amazing to me is that he tested at the same vertical as Jordan Hill. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=26880
I look at the same player four years, pretty much. I'm sure he matured physically and got better at SOME level, but not impressively to me. His efficiency (scoring, turnovers/minute) got a lot better as a senior, but his blocked shots and free throw shooting went down from his junior year. He looks like a guy that plateaued as a sophomore and those kinds of players seem unlikely to turn into real NBA players. Ed O.
Coincidently, that's when James Harden entered ASU. Shooting 66% from the field as a senior is ridiculous, and 59% as a junior isn't shabby, and his FG% and FT% improved after his sophomore season. He's likely going to get some minutes this year, so I guess we'll be able to witness what he offers as an NBA player.
His FG% is very impressive, but his rebounding numbers are really not impressive for a guy who presumably rarely left the paint at either end. We will see. Probably. First step is making the team. Ed O.
I watch a lot of Pac 10 hoops. Pendergraph has an excellent shot out to 15'. That's what makes his FG% all the more surprising to me. It's not like he was just dunking like Przy to give an artificial number. Pendergraph was an excellent spot-up shooter at ASU.
PapaG, did you watch the UW games against Brockman? I only saw the overtime one, but for being a defensive and rebounding guy, Jeff didn't fare well. He was scoring, but one of the big reasons UW won was b/c JP fouled out trying to guard Brockman.
He went for 24/13, 21/15, and 18/7 against Washington, losing two with one being in OT. He fouled out of the OT game, but only had two fouls in each of the other games. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=26880 Those are pretty good numbers by Pendergraph IMO. Brockman went for 10/9, 21/11, and 13/6 while accumulating 4 fouls twice and 2 fouls once against ASU. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=26870
