Well that's quite a range of possibilities with his game
That would make him the functional equivalent of every big man we've signed since Adams. All 3 of them.
Well, if a big can walk and chew gum at the same time, you never know, they could turn into something. After all, the last 2 highly rated 4-5 star bigs we had, Birch and Adams, showed up on campus with absolutely nothing in the way of any offensive game or skills. So I don't know what you need to show to be rated 4 or 5 star. If Peace and/or Brown have any athletism at all, I'd say they don't fall all that short in the amount of potential either offer relative to either of the latter 2 when they stepped on campus.
Tyrone Haughton was really athletic as well.
Nice hands, footwork and touch. Put some meat on his bones. Looks pdg to me.
Right. He just couldn't play basketball.
point being, just being 6'10 and highly athletic doesn't mean $hit if a guy doesn't have any skills and/or doesn't grasp the principles of team offense and defense.
Birch was awfully limited offensively , he had no shot away from the basket , Adams was raw and struggled in JDs offense . The reason why one is playing in the NBA and one isn't is size . Adams is just a really really large human being with athletic skills , but they weren't any better than Birchs . If Birch had Adams body he'd be in the NBA .
If you watch Birch's HS highlight film it showed a face up game, a mid-range jump shot, some handle, some fundamental skills, and great athleticism. If you watch Peace's highlight film you're not even sure what sport you're watching.
Might be , but watching Birchs offensive skills he showed very little away from the basket in his college career and that why he isn't in the NBA .
He just needed to develop a better offensive game away from the basket his defense and rebounding were NBA ready . I talked to him a couple of times at Greentree seemed nice enough .I did notice that Pitts players weren't very friendly towards him .
I talked to him for about ten minutes both times he seemed friendly enough and I didn't get the impression I was bothering him . He liked the city and the school at that point , but some of Pitts players were definitely giving him the business one time . Nothing over the top , but definite jabs . I got the feeling they were a little envious of his press clippings and he was going to have to earn their respect . ( not unreasonable ) I got the impression he wasn't fitting in easily . He went up against Blair one of those times and was pushed around like a rag doll and they were giving it to him " this is a mans game " etc . We talked about gaining strength etc.
