Dat2U wrote:CCJ, I'd bet dollars to donuts that Zeller never makes a significant impact. Maybe he's another Chris Mihm and gives you 6 ppg 5 rebs a night. I just don't think he's got the length to compete against starting caliber types at C.
I liked Lillard too. Has a bit of Kyrie Irving his game. I just wasn't sure he could finish at the rim though.
Waiters has top notch talent and very skilled but is a bit immature and out-of-control.
Beal I think will be fine but if this is anything like his Florida experience he's in an adjustment period and it will take a month or two for him to figure out. I remember seeing him at Florida early last season and being thoroughly unimpressed at his lack of aggression however by March he had become arguably their best player.
In hindsight I would make the player John Henson at 11, Dat.
Zeller will become a journeyman, pick-and-pop player. If he makes an impact I think it will be like Battier or Juwan Howard. He's very intelligent, can shoot, and Zeller runs the court well. Short arms and a lack of explosive athleticism limit him. Tyler Zeller, IMO could surprise and become a Bill Laimbeer type big over time with added weight. Dat, he was the ACC POTY. So was Todd Fuller, but he was not an Academic All America like Zeller. Smart guys find a way to compensate IMO. Not many big man can shoot 80% FTs.(see Edit)
What Zeller really needs is to play a lot of PF next to a true big man. I could see Zeller at stretch 4.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Fuller
Fuller graduated from Charlotte Christian School in 1992 and played collegiately at North Carolina State University (NC State). While with NC State, he led the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in scoring during his senior year with 20.9 ppg and 9.9 rpg. He was an Academic All-American, and declined to accept a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford in order to play professional basketball. He was also inducted in to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics from NC State.[8] Fuller is also a frequent public speaker.[9]
It was the other way around. Fuller was an Academic All America, totally disproving what I said above. Fuller was a real smart guy but he ended up playing in Europe after not making much impact with several teams in the NBA.
