What's so crazy about a Kenyon Martin comparison? I've seen plenty of people use that comparison other than myself, he's a lot like what Kenyon Martin was coming out of college. He scores in a very similar fashion i.e. putbacks, lobs, rolls, set jumpers, and face up drives to the basket. Is this not exactly how Griffin scores?
I'm a little confused here. I thought you were comparing Griffin to Martin in the sense of what they were going to turn into, once in the NBA, not how they compared in college. They wern't even similar in college other than both played in the post. Martin had more post skills than Griffin, but Griffin is still a better scorer than Martin, despite his lack of refined skills. Martin was by far the better defender in college. Griffin was by far the better rebounder.
To me the biggest difference between the two is that Griffin is more of a team player than Martin was, and Griffin is far tougher than Martin. I'm talking about toughness that comes from between the ears. I have never been a fan of Kenyon Martin, but I'am a fan of Griffin's.
Look, in all of my posts I don't think that I have ever stated that Griffin is going to be a superstar or a franchise player. All I've said, is that I think he will be a good player in the NBA. I don't know how good or bad he'll be. I only know what his potential is. And as Vince Lombardi said, " Potential means you haven't done anything yet ". To say a player is incapable of doing this or that based on lack of height, when you don't really know what his height is, is illogical. I try to deal with only what I know to be facts. To do otherwise is merely stroking your own ego as someone thats more knowledgeable than anyone else.
I have somehow put myself in the position of defending a player that I don't think the Kings need. They need an above average pt guard, and I don't know that there's going to be one in the draft. There probably is, but we just don't know who it is yet. There's something about every top guard in this draft that I like. And there's something about everyone of them that I don't like. But I suspect that there's a really good pt guard hiding in one of them.
As an example. I don't know how many of you actually saw Kevin Johnson play at Cal. But he was forced to play in an offense that basicly walked the ball up the floor. Kevin didn't appear flashy or above average. He just appeared workmanlike solid. He just didn't stand out. Thats if you just watched him play one or two games. But if your were a big Cal fan, as I was at that time, and watched almost every game you could, then every once in a while, you would see the real Kevin break out and just take over a part of the game. Sometimes he would be immediately benched for not playing the way the coach ( name eludes me again, help Bricky ) wanted him to play.
My point is, that sometimes players actually play better in the NBA because their finally out from under a system that hid thier true talents. Maybe Griffin could have been a better defender in college, but being the star of the team, he was asked to play in such a way that he wouldn't aquire fouls. He certainly has the athletic ability to play better defense. Why was a player that was so aggressive on offense and rebounding, so passive on defense? Seems a little illogical to me, but I don't really know the answer.
