Local_NG_Idiot wrote:Kevin Willis wrote:So what's a more valid comparison then? I'm not as impressed with Favors as a top 5 pick right now. He'll be good but he seems like a slower Thomas to with me but with more offensive game. That's why I think McDyess.
Go watch some old McDyess games when he was with Den and Phx, he was just as fast as TT and had just as much hops, he doesn't have TT's wing span though.
The guy I'd compare Favors to is Vin Baker before he learned what an all-you-can-eat buffet was or a taller version of a young Brand. Again, a slight step slower running the floor from the elite athletic PFs but every bit as much in hops, and strength. Plus Favors is long, but I don't think you're that far off with young McDyess other than the speed.
Edit: BTW, I would take Favors over Cousins if I were to be building a frontcourt from scratch. If I'm the Raps and land a top 3 I take Cousins.
OK from what everyone is describing and those videos I can see Vin Baker and a young Brand, which are both not bad. Yeah McDyess was a stud before knee surgery - probaby would've been close to a HOF PF actually. So he's not that good.
Why take Cousins as a Raptor? For his defense next to Bargnani?