Most underrated draft hopefuls

[PurpleHaze]

12 listed starting with Thompson, Anderson, Hendrix, etc.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/ncaa/06/10/bp.prospects/index.html

 

[bajaden]

12 listed starting with Thompson, Anderson, Hendrix, etc.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/ncaa/06/10/bp.prospects/index.html

Nice little article. Two guys that I love are Thompson and Anderson. I'm a little surprised that Anderson hasn't gotten more press. I watched every televised game that he played last year and he's a very impressive guy. He's not spectacular. Sometimes you don't even notice him. But at the end of the game he's there with 20 some odd pt.s and 12 rebounds. His rebounding numbers are even more noticible because he shared the floor with De Von Hardin, who was a rebounding machine.
Anderson would be a perfect fit next to Hawes, because he can play inside or outside, is a decent passer and is more athletic than people give him credit for.
Thompson is a slightly taller, more athletic, and less skilled version of Anderson. Thompson also plays a little more physcial than Anderson. Thompson also could play either the center or the PF spot. Both need to get into the weight room and add a little muscle.

 

[Vlade4GM]

Batum

 

[bajaden]

Batum

I would love to say that I like Batum's game, but I haven't seen him play, except for youtube. So I will defer to the pundits on this one.

 

[kings4lyfe32]

i really like Sean Singletary's game

 

[Vlade4GM]

i really like Sean Singletary's game

Me too, Nick Van Exel like to me.

 

[Arby's Roast Beef]

I don't know, but even ignoring his height and athleticism deficiencies, something about Singletary's game rubs me the wrong way. I guess the primary reason is that he's a scoring guard--at his height, those are a dime a dozen, and that often won't cut it to be drafted. Sure, he's got leadership and floor general skills, but his court vision will be relatively pedestrian for a point guard (has a huge field goal attempt per assist ratio). Sure, he plays nitty-gritty, tough defense, but in the speedster big guard athletic NBA, it's about tools, and determination can only lead you so far. More scorer than shooter--all in all, just seems to me to be a volume guy. He may struggle to become a role player, and even if he does somehow manage to convert himself into one, he has no one skill to fall back upon--just probably a scoring guard through and through. His lack of height and average athleticism is obviously going to discourage many GMs from drafting him. So once again, good college player, but just lacks a unique area of expertise, for someone of his height, to cut it in the NBA. There's a reason he's projected to be undrafted.

 

[bajaden]

I don't know, but even ignoring his height and athleticism deficiencies, something about Singletary's game rubs me the wrong way. I guess the primary reason is that he's a scoring guard--at his height, those are a dime a dozen, and that often won't cut it to be drafted. Sure, he's got leadership and floor general skills, but his court vision will be relatively pedestrian for a point guard (has a huge field goal attempt per assist ratio). Sure, he plays nitty-gritty, tough defense, but in the speedster big guard athletic NBA, it's about tools, and determination can only lead you so far. More scorer than shooter--all in all, just seems to me to be a volume guy. He may struggle to become a role player, and even if he does somehow manage to convert himself into one, he has no one skill to fall back upon--just probably a scoring guard through and through. His lack of height and average athleticism is obviously going to discourage many GMs from drafting him. So once again, good college player, but just lacks a unique area of expertise, for someone of his height, to cut it in the NBA. There's a reason he's projected to be undrafted.

I think he may be a little better than you think, but, I found it interesting that in two of the games I watched at the draft camp, Mike Taylor played the pt and Singletary played the off guard. I know one thing. Based on what I saw. Mike Taylor is quicker and seemed to have more pt guard skills than Singletary. Taylor played very good defense and appeared to be a better all around athelete, and he shot the ball better. In the second round, I would take either Taylor or Chalmers before Singletary. I was very disappointed in Hudson. He played opposite Taylor, and Taylor shut him down. You could read the frustration in his body language.