Re: NBA: A New Decade of Players (CAP)
NEWARK, -- We're back and as promised, we will be giving you a first hand look at the best Centers in this draft pick. Unfortunately, the best is a relative term and in this draft, best doesn't mean much in terms of centers. We only have three centers predicted for the first round and neither of those centers even make it to the lottery.
Firstly we have Chase Baysdell, the center from Duke stands at 7 foot and 300 pounds. While his stock was originally in the lottery, the fact that he failed to impress in the Draft Combine has greatly lowered teams interests in this player. Even teams who needed a big man like Chase Baysdell aren't that interested in him. We've compared him to Andrew Bogut and hey, you never know, he might be the surprise in this season, the Wesley Matthews if you will. The man dominates the pain in more ways than one and doesn't allow anybody to drive in while he's there so he's a solid center thats for sure. He's everything you need in a center, low post offense, rebounds, inside shots, but some were expecting a bit more it seems. Maybe he'll make it to the lottery, maybe he won't we don't think he will, his best bet is Phoenix because Dallas and New Orleans are already satisfied with Tyson Chandler and Emeka Okafor respectively.
Michael Jameson comes next, the 7 foot 1 center is 260 lbs, Raptors scouted him intensively and the original speculation has lowered down. It looks like the only thing he can do is defend on the inside which could be good if you already have scorers on your team. This is something a squad like Atlanta could benefit from. So we might see him go there, you never know. Then we have Dante Dailey from Notre Dame, the 7 foot tall, 244 lbs center has comparisons to Andrea Bargnani, in other words, he's better off as a power forward, and not a starting power forward at that. We don't see him doing anything notable in the NBA, maybe he'll play a back up center, but he's not going to be big.
That's all for the centers folks, next up we have the Power Forwards, the Small Forwards will follow that next and then the most star-packed position, the Shooting Guards.
Firstly we have Chase Baysdell, the center from Duke stands at 7 foot and 300 pounds. While his stock was originally in the lottery, the fact that he failed to impress in the Draft Combine has greatly lowered teams interests in this player. Even teams who needed a big man like Chase Baysdell aren't that interested in him. We've compared him to Andrew Bogut and hey, you never know, he might be the surprise in this season, the Wesley Matthews if you will. The man dominates the pain in more ways than one and doesn't allow anybody to drive in while he's there so he's a solid center thats for sure. He's everything you need in a center, low post offense, rebounds, inside shots, but some were expecting a bit more it seems. Maybe he'll make it to the lottery, maybe he won't we don't think he will, his best bet is Phoenix because Dallas and New Orleans are already satisfied with Tyson Chandler and Emeka Okafor respectively.
Michael Jameson comes next, the 7 foot 1 center is 260 lbs, Raptors scouted him intensively and the original speculation has lowered down. It looks like the only thing he can do is defend on the inside which could be good if you already have scorers on your team. This is something a squad like Atlanta could benefit from. So we might see him go there, you never know. Then we have Dante Dailey from Notre Dame, the 7 foot tall, 244 lbs center has comparisons to Andrea Bargnani, in other words, he's better off as a power forward, and not a starting power forward at that. We don't see him doing anything notable in the NBA, maybe he'll play a back up center, but he's not going to be big.
That's all for the centers folks, next up we have the Power Forwards, the Small Forwards will follow that next and then the most star-packed position, the Shooting Guards.
Comment