1985Vols
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Draft Express (now at ESPN) is the top guys in the industry and has him #24 overall. The Ringer has him #9 on their big board. You can have your opinion and that's perfectly fine but don't try and act like nobody has a first round grade on him and thinks he can play in the NBA.
Anything outside the lottery is far from a guarantee and it’s just the first three picks and the proceeding eleven. The elite players are taken in the first 14 picks. Even a late first round pick in the NBA isn’t that valuable as compared to the NFL draft. It’s a much different process. Grant Williams is not a lottery pick. The NBA is a different animal. He doesn’t have the ball skills against athletic forwards that he will face nor the size to be a force down low. Forwards his size in the NBA shoot the three and handle the ball quite a bit
If I owned a NBA team, I am not sure I could dreaft him in the first round. As many have stated, he is not tall enought to play a 3 or 4 in the NBA and he would have to vastly improve his handle and three point shooting. His shoots inside the 15 foot area would be blocked and I am not sure he can rebound with the 6-10 and taller players who can sprint the court. If he comes back and can improve in the areas mentioned, he may make the league in 2021.Draft Express (now at ESPN) is the top guys in the industry and has him #24 overall. The Ringer has him #9 on their big board. You can have your opinion and that's perfectly fine but don't try and act like nobody has a first round grade on him and thinks he can play in the NBA.
The thing with Grant Williams is that he is what he is. Is coming back next year going to improve his draft stock? He'll still be playing the post and he'll still be a generous 6'7. He strikes me as the academic and college legacy type, though. As a GM, I would not draft him, but at the same type his stock is not getting higher. Tough call for him.
We don't have a guy in the 6'4" or taller range that can put the ball on the floor and take it to the basket or get into the lane and break the defense down. How many times did Smart do that today (even though I didn't notice us try to force him left at all)? Our guards have specialized skill sets, but none of them can consistently go at the basket. They are either too short (Bone, Turner) or not aggressive enough (Bowden). This team is a lot of fun to watch and could still have a tourney run in them, but teams with size can take away our best player. As much as we play a team game, and it's beautiful to watch when it's clicking, we don't have a guy that can create his own offense when things start to stall. AS can do this at times, but his preference is pulling up for the jumper instead of taking it to the basket. His handle is also very average. JMO.
Hopefully the James kid coming in can give us this facet. GBO!
Anything outside the lottery is far from a guarantee and it’s just the first three picks and the proceeding eleven. The elite players are taken in the first 14 picks. Even a late first round pick in the NBA isn’t that valuable as compared to the NFL draft. It’s a much different process. Grant Williams is not a lottery pick. The NBA is a different animal. He doesn’t have the ball skills against athletic forwards that he will face nor the size to be a force down low. Forwards his size in the NBA shoot the three and handle the ball quite a bit
Yes, they lack a consistent driving threat. And, when we do it seems they run right in to the teeth of the defense.We don't have a guy in the 6'4" or taller range that can put the ball on the floor and take it to the basket or get into the lane and break the defense down. How many times did Smart do that today (even though I didn't notice us try to force him left at all)? Our guards have specialized skill sets, but none of them can consistently go at the basket. They are either too short (Bone, Turner) or not aggressive enough (Bowden). This team is a lot of fun to watch and could still have a tourney run in them, but teams with size can take away our best player. As much as we play a team game, and it's beautiful to watch when it's clicking, we don't have a guy that can create his own offense when things start to stall. AS can do this at times, but his preference is pulling up for the jumper instead of taking it to the basket. His handle is also very average. JMO.
Hopefully the James kid coming in can give us this facet. GBO!
I was wondering yesterday how he got as big as he is, because I can't understand how he eats with hands like his.Hard to disagree with this. He started the season with some intensity but has trailed off considerably as of late. I tire of seeing him getting out-physicaled and getting his hands on the ball, only to have it ripped away from him.
Admiral, Grant, Bowden and Bone can all drive to the basket and score.......... Alexander's forte is rebounding and protecting the rim on defense and any points he scores is gravy.
I don't disagree with any of those comments, but Alexander is soft and weak, he gets pushed around the whole game. I don't see a dimes worth of difference between Alexander,Fulkerson or Walker. I would say between the 3 Fulkerson gives the most effort he just don't have much skillThe team's main weakness is cold or no outside shooting (Turner and Bowden) and a weak bench.
You think our rebounding is questionable with Alexander well it's worse with Fulkerson and Walker. Pons has all but disappeared offensively. It seems his best game should be driving but I'm guessing he either doesn't have enough confidence or is not a strong enough dribbler at this point in his career.
On a day where LSU rotated plenty of size, Fulkerson barely sniffed the court in the 2nd half and Walker can't get off the bench. After seeing much of the season, I can understand why. Fulkerson at least gave us some scrappy minutes to start the year and is good for 2-4 points but rebounding and defense suffers. Walker just doesn't give anything. He will either need to improve or become a transfer candidate. We will find out about Kent next year. I think if we had one more competent big man around Kyle's size that would solve the too many minutes issue.