Interesting Article on Douby

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john88

Prospect
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I'm not sure if this has already been posted here or not, but I don't remember seeing it anywhere before. I found it on the VSL website:
http://www.vegassummerleague.com/featured_player.cfm?player=19



TVSL's Dennis Rogers recently caught up with sharp shooting Quincy Douby at a recent NBA workout. Douby, a prolific scoring shooting guard from Rutgers, averaged 25.4 points (sixth in the nation), 4.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists in his junior season. The three-year player from Rutgers was named first-team all-BIG EAST and earned All-America honors from the AP (honorable mention), CollegeHoops.net (fourth team) and Collegeinsider.com. Scored a career-high 41 points against Syracuse on 15-32 shooting. He was named to the BIG EAST honor 10 times his junior season, more than any other player in the league. Douby is a terrific three point shooter with great range and has a great offensive game. He can be streaky at times, but when he is hot, he is deadly. His thin frame (6-3, 175 pounds) is not NBA ready, plus he plays more like a two guard than a point guard. Douby is projected to be picked anywhere from 20-27 in the first round of the draft.

(on his biggest strengths)
"I'm a really good shooter. When guys get double-teamed, they kick it out to me and (the shot) is automatic. I can knock that down consistently. I still have a lot to learn because I've only played organized ball for six years. I'm still developing as a player."
(on more of his strengths)
"I can slash, shoot and handle the ball. I feel like I can bring a lot to a team, and I still haven't finished developing as a player. This is only my sixth year playing organized ball, so I got a whole lot to learn still. I'm just trying to get the opportunity."
(on what he's trying to show during workouts)
"That I can handle the ball. I'm a little bit of a combo guard. I want to show that I'm a legit shooter and really good passer who can get people open shots. The best I've shot in workouts was when I was in Sacramento; I missed probably about two shots the whole workout (out of over 100). I was on fire and knocking everything down in every drill. I shot ridiculously. They told my agent they wanted to clap (during the workout)."
(on his outside shot)
"I feel mine is definitely up there with those players, especially with the way I had to shoot in games. Being the only scoring threat on my college team, I was seeing double teams, triple teams, box and ones, you name it."
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Bricklayer

Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
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nebs said:
He was already on Petrie/Our radar before the workout. He went lights out in the sessions. Why should we pass on him?
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Because we already have a glut of OGs, and he's got terrible size for that position in the NBA. Neither size nor strength.

But we'll see. He can play the game. Just a question of whether his body and game fits the NBA or not. As a franchise we've seen it both ways -- Travis Mayes, and Bobby Jackson.
 
Circa_1985_Fan

Circa_1985_Fan

All-Star
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Fresno King said:
Geoff Petrie wasn't our GM when we drafted Travis Mays, so I think we're good to go.
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You beat me to it, my thoughts exactly...hmmm...who was that guy who drafted him, along with 3 others in the first round in 1990? I think he's friends during the season with Grant Napear.:D Mays, when healthy, was a decent shooting guard...but someone told him to play the point here and kinda threw a wrench in his game. Oh well, Scooby Douby should light it up:)D) a lot for our squad coming up...he's no joke, dude is lights out from the perimeter.
 
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Gary

Gary

All-Star
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I was kinda dissapointed because of the PG from UCONN, but after seeing tapes on the guy, and reading about him I changed my mind.
 
Padrino

Padrino

All-Star
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Fresno King said:
Geoff Petrie wasn't our GM when we drafted Travis Mays, so I think we're good to go.
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that is indeed true. the GM has changed since then, but one thing hasn't changed: the crap shoot that is the nba draft. i'd say any player selected in the top 20 can make it in the nba. i honestly believe that. but less than half of those top 20 are actually made of the stern stuff necessary to hack it out in the early years of their careers as up-and-coming players. of course, there are occasionally gonna be guys in the top 5 that are so good that they can make it on talent alone. everybody else, however, must work very hard to achieve success in the nba, and not very many of them want to do that. it remains to be seen whether or not quincy douby is one of those guys that wants to work to earn his place in the league. i believe he does. he's only been playing ball for 6 years, so the sky's the limit for him. his size may be a limiting factor, though, considering he's more of an OG, so he may need to learn PG skills to make it in the league. is he willing to do that? we'll see.

now, to continue the discussion of draft picks with proper work ethics, i think isiah thomas did a silly thing drafting renaldo balkman. balkman's not terribly talented, but the fact remains that the kid is a very hard worker, banger, and all-around scrapper. marcus williams, on the other hand, has all the talent in the world that a team could want in a PG. however, he's incredibly lazy, and proved that he's not one of those guys that's gonna be able to make it on talent alone by slipping to the 22nd spot on the board. with a chip on his shoulder, under jason kidd's tutelage, he may very well pan out. but isiah may come out smelling like a white mushroom with his pick if balkman carries over his work ethic to the nba. marcus williams or hilton armstrong, or both, could fail if they don't apply themselves. balkman will never be a star in this league, but he could be a solid rotation guy who gives a defensive/hustle punch off the bench. where williams and armstrong can fail (in the willingness to work department), balkman is already succeeding.
 
kingkung

kingkung

Bench
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"I feel mine is definitely up there with those players, especially with the way I had to shoot in games. Being the only scoring threat on my college team, I was seeing double teams, triple teams, box and ones, you name it."

Wonder what his teammates felt about that bombshell...
 
Bricklayer

Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
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kingkung said:
"I feel mine is definitely up there with those players, especially with the way I had to shoot in games. Being the only scoring threat on my college team, I was seeing double teams, triple teams, box and ones, you name it."

Wonder what his teammates felt about that bombshell...
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Heh -- well, while there's some chicken and egg there (I've mentioned there was definitely some Iverson to that system last year), his teammates really did struggle to throw it into the ocean (or at least the Delaware). Most were under 40% on the year as I recall.
 
kingsfanofthemonth

kingsfanofthemonth

G-League
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I watched him drop 20 points in summer league. I was most impessed with his ability to handle the ball and his ability to see the court and make passes. He will get minutes at shooting gaurd but he also has the ability to shift over to point gaurd.
 
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