No way I'd take Montrezl in the draft
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Montfizzle can flex and make faces with the best of them. And lord knows that 6foot7ish players who can dunk are few and far between. You combine his freakish ability to flex AND make faces while screaming after a dunk.....oooooh baby that is a rare combination.
Lol I was thinking the same think bigblue, Harrell will end up being a broke man's Kenneth Faried.
You're one of those "rational fans" that I've heard about, huh? Why else would you argue so adamantly against one of our guys?
Hezzel doesn't have half the maturity that either of the Harrisons have. He's a disruption to the team he's on now and will be a bigger distraction on whatever team is saddled with him in the future.
Mr. I'm-Gonna-Prove-What-A-Rational-Fan-I-Am-By-Trashing-My-Team....
One of the biggest types of jackass message board posters...
One of the biggest types of jackass message board posters...
I am not avoiding you. As hard as you're fighting for Montrezl and against the Twins I won't call you a troll but I see VERY few Cat fans spend your type energy fighting against the UK players or a post about them. Maybe you can explain that? Not wearing blue-tinted glasses is not a good enough excuse. It's not.
Just this once:
Take your pick which Twin; They fit a lot better in their position than Montrezl does at his, it makes no difference in college but it does in the Pro's. The Twins have a winning mind set and they can play AND shoot from anywhere on the floor. They can dunk and rebound as well as Montrezl. They handle themselves better in every situation and are much more grounded in their approach to the game. I don't think their potential has been realized yet. Montrezl is playing above his ability now. Montrezl plays the game on emotion and adrenalin. He does not have the skills for his position to play any other way or he would.
I do not know basketball anywhere near like I know baseball but it is very easy to see the Twins have a much better chance to excel at their position in the Pro's than Montrezl does at his.
I stand by my original post; either Twin should be drafted before Montrezl.
You kinda challenged me with your response to me in this thread, so i took a strong position.
Most of your points don't hold much weight when you dive into the numbers, but i'm going to stop right here. If i Break it down player by player, people in this thread will think i'm out to bash the Twins.
Your spot on. The twins has led us to the title game last year and has led us to 20-0 this yr. and yet some think they can't play. My back hurts so I guess that is the twins fault. I'm totally surprised and actually shocked the way some fans have treated the twins.
Anthony Bennett was a 6'6 PF and he went # 1 overall 2 years ago.
Granted, he was a top 10 pick based on production his FR year over a #1 pick but still if you can play, your size isn't gonna matter if you have other attributes to cover it.
Granted, he was a top 10 pick based on production his FR year over a #1 pick but still if you can play, your size isn't gonna matter if you have other attributes to cover it.
Harrell can have a future in the league but as a low 1st rounder or early 2nd. Just looks outmanned against nba length and doesn't yet know how to play to his strengths against those guys.
What he needs to do is get Chuck Hayes or Charles Barkley to work with him. A short guy like him can survive in the league all you have to do is look at the few in the league. Barkley was as dominent as u can get. Dude had no mercy on the court.
What he needs to do is get Chuck Hayes or Charles Barkley to work with him. A short guy like him can survive in the league all you have to do is look at the few in the league. Barkley was as dominent as u can get. Dude had no mercy on the court.
This.
The little secret about Harrell that will come out in the combine is how much UL has been overlisting his height, in reality the guy barely even scrapes 6'6", which for a guy who really only has the skills for the power forward spot is mighty small.
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Still, there are such undersized 4s who've made it as designated high energy/rebounding specialists, Faried would probably be the best current example and the guy Harrell would be best served to emulate.
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I agree with you for the most part, except that his wingspan isn't what I'd call absurd by NBA standards. That's pretty comparable to a large amount of PFs in the league. Of course it depends on how he gets used; 7'3 is pretty damn good for a wing, but it's hard to picture him playing there consistently
Tonight Bennett played 10 minutes and didn't score, had one rebound, and one foul. In his first year, Bennett had one of the worst years ever for a number 1 pick. He was traded to Minnesota, one of the worst teams in the league, and he doesn't play much.
Bennett is a great argument why Montrezl will not do well in the NBA and should be a second round draft pick.
Bennett is a great argument why Montrezl will not do well in the NBA and should be a second round draft pick.
I don't quite understand how you can say he is clearly a better prospect. His game is around the rim. In college he may get away with what he does, however, in the Pros he is simply to small and too weak to go in against the big guys. He doesn't have the talent to play any place else. The Harrison's, though maybe not the greatest players in the world, are solid guards and will be able to contribute at their positions. Now it may well be true that the Harrison's are not as individually talented as Harrell, but as far as NBA prospects are concerned they are way ahead simply because they play a different position.