ellobo wrote:2010 wrote:I've been watching a lot of full games to evaluate Quickley outside of highlights. Man, he reminds me of Chauncey Billups. He is not just a shooter, he is a gamer. Just has a winning quality about him. And he is very poised. Then you factor in he is an excellent free throw shooter and a solid defender, and it becomes clear he has the attributes of a player who finishes games. This pick will end up being underrated when all is said and done.
Well, Billups took until the second half of his 20s to figure it out. If Quickley is the next Billups, he'll be winning finals MVPs and making all-star teams for someone else.
My father actually randomly saw Billups in a pre-draft workout with some other prospects at a gym in Stamford, CT. He had no idea who Billups was, but he came home and asked me if I had heard of a guard from Colorado who was going to be in the draft, because Billups was by far the best player in the workout and my father overheard someone say he was from Colorado.
When evaluating a young player, examining their skill set, and pegging a comp, the learning curve of the players are irrelevant. Billups himself is on record as simply stating he wasn't ready. That doesn't necessarily mean IQ will follow the exact same trials and tribulations or accolades.
