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I was totally not interested in him. I'm thinking PF, uses his beef to move guys around in college, a skill that doesn't translate as much in the pros. But, he is a bit of a tweener, very athletic, and can score from all over. Maybe if he played SF for us, he could be a possible pick at #8? I've been totally thinking Porter, McLemore, Oladipo - but maybe Bennett could be our guy.

Bennett lacks a real motor, will battle weight issues and is a tweener. Undersized for the 4. Too fat for the 3. Stay away.

Bennett as our 3rd head to the 3-headed BIGS monster......maybe. He could be our stretch-4. Still rather take a wing.

But if we draft him to attempt to turn him into a SF, that will be a disaster.

ComboGuardCity wrote:Bennett lacks a real motor, will battle weight issues and is a tweener. Undersized for the 4. Too fat for the 3. Stay away.

LOL. That's pretty much what I was thinking, but after watching a bit of video, he does seem to have a motor.

theBigLip wrote:

ComboGuardCity wrote:Bennett lacks a real motor, will battle weight issues and is a tweener. Undersized for the 4. Too fat for the 3. Stay away.

LOL. That's pretty much what I was thinking, but after watching a bit of video, he does seem to have a motor.

On offense he seems to go all out, but on D he reminds me of Amare...which is awful.

If I'm not mistaken Ford has us taking Bennett in his latest post=lotto draft

I really like him - as a SF.

If he can't play SF though, no way. We don't need any more undersized PFs.

I'd be ok taking the gamble if Shabazz is off the board, but I'd rather have Shabazz.

The one interesting thing about him though is we actually have a need for a 3-4 tweener now. Because we're set up front in terms of size with Monroe/Drummond, we will never be a small team again. But in todays league you kind of need that 3-4 tweener in addition to your normal frontcourt, so that you can match up with LeBron, Melo, and Durant when they go small.

So IF Bennett proved capable of playing SF just to start games for 6-7 min, then when we sub out Dre or Moose we move him up to the 4, I think it could work. Just like if we signed Josh Smith iin FA, we could use Bennett the same way.

Start games huge up front with Dre/Moose/Bennett, then downsize as necessary as the game goes on.

He would totally make sense as our 3rd big, can get a lot of minutes with his shooting. He's not going to be an SF in this league IMO.

In fact, here's what Ford wrote about him in his first post-lotto mock —

Analysis: The Pistons' biggest need is at the three, and if Bennett falls this far, I could see Detroit convincing themselves that Bennett could make the transition. While Bennett looks like a power forward, he can really shoot and handle the basketball. He has enough talent to be the No. 1 pick, but his recent rotator cuff surgery has caused his stock to slide just a tad. He'd be a great fit in Detroit and give the Pistons, along with Greg Monroe and Andre Drummond, one of the best young front lines in basketball.

Emphasis mine, but that's the most important line — Joe drafts guys who fall too far, and if he's legitimately got that kind of talent, we'll take him and find a way to make it work. At worst (as other have already written), he completes our three big man rotation with Dre and Moose and we can spend our FA money elsewhere. If he works as a hybrid SF/PF, seeing time at both positions but starting the game at the 3 'cuz he's got the outside shot and handle to do so, all the better.

P.S. for the Mods — I know I'm well within the "three paragraph" quoting rule, but Ford's Mock Draft is an Insider article; if that's illegal for me to quote, I sincerely apologize and ask that you please strike all but the part I emphasized (or else my post will make no friggin' sense).

He's a four, and much like the FA thread I just think we have to take a perimeter player. I guess if everybody takes wings/guards above us then we'll consider Bennett. He has talent and would fit with either Moose or Dre, but I don't see him fitting with both.

And no Len or Zeller for that matter.

I dont trust Ford with actual talent evaluation. He's useful for figuring out which teams are interested in whom

ComboGuardCity wrote:I dont trust Ford with actual talent evaluation. He's useful for figuring out which teams are interested in whom

This, and he's only useful closer to the draft. Right now he's just speculating.

Bennett is another guy in the Beasley, D. Williams mold. I have no interest in him, he has no position in the nba

No interest in Bennett. He is undersized @4 and he can't defend. That is a very bad combination.

Tough one on Bennett. In ways he's a great third big for us.

The question is if he will turn out to be Derrick Williams, Michael Beasley , Thomas Robinson bust or a Paul Millsap, David West, Josh Smith type undersized player

I just think that the thought of Jason Maxiell everytime I see Bennett. I keep thinking he will be the Thomas Robinson of this draft.

Bennett has a highly developed all-around offensive game. He's a great scorer. He's also can be a monster on the boards. Guys, we're talking about a terrific talent here. He's not a raw player like T-Rob was. He's way bigger and a better version of Shabazz, IMO.

Picture him as a highly conditioned professional. I think if he drops to us, we pretty much have to either pick him or MCW. If we can project him as a SF, something I posted about a couple months ago, then we could field a monster and versatile front line of Monroe, Drummond, Bennett, Singler, Middleton, and a veteran or two. That could be awesome.

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ComboGuardCity wrote:Bennett lacks a real motor, will battle weight issues and is a tweener. Undersized for the 4. Too fat for the 3. Stay away.

CGC nailed it.

He's a guy who doesn't have a position. I don't see as much "upside" as some people seem to. I saw a kid who completely stunk it up in the first round of the NCAA tournament, didn't play hard, and looked lost when the defenses played up on him.

No need to take a tweener who can't shoot when you have ShaMu on the board.

Who is ShaMu?

Also, I get the thing about him ptentially not having a position. I think he'll be a very good David West like PF. I'm not sure if he can play SF as well, but if he can, he could be a very valuable NBA rotation player.

^ Shabazz Muhammad

Best case he is a scoring 4 that rotates with Drummond/Monroe????

I want a shot-blocker for that more and Bennett scares me anyways.

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He can absolutely play SF in the NBA imo. He's got the shooting and ball handling ability on offensive, and the length and athleticism on defense.

I really don't get why ppl still look at a 6-7, 240 lb player as not being a SF, when the 2 best SFs in the league are 6-8, 240+ lbs.

Who cares if he's too big to guard some small scrub SF? Its more important to have a big SF who can matchup size-wise with LeBron and Carmelo, than some small-ish quick SF, who's really just a tall SG that gets overpowered by the best SFs.

Bennetts game screams SF to me. 3 pt shooter, face up high post shooter, can take you off the dribble and dunk. He just does all those SF things with a power to it, instead of a finesse, but that doesn't mean he's a PF. idk, to me he plays more like Carmelo than David West.