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Thabeet is playing in college (where we can watch him) and Saer played in Europe?
You didn't see Saer in the Hoop Summit, after that game his stock went through the roof, that is why he declared for the draft.
Dude put up 15 points and 9 blocks in 27 minutes against guys who are now top college talents and NBA rookies.
I'm sure he could have had a couple 30-20 games in college against the Savannah States of the world and been a dominant force for a school in a good conference.
That still doesn't change that he was completely a project.
Thabeet is nothing more than a Sene at this point.
I'll give credit to Jim Calhoun for developing big men that become good enough to at least become pros.
The last UCONN guy we heard all this "he's improved so much" slobbering over was Hilton Armstrong.
Dude hasn't done jack **** in the NBA.
All these UCONN bigs are offensively challenged, sure they put up numbers in college, but when they become to the pros they're offensive liabilities, and unlike college, NBA players have game, it's not so easy to just catch two feet from the basket and flush.
Ultimately if the Knicks have a top 5 pick, I want a guy with talent. You don't use top 5 picks on projects, and using college numbers to evaluate how good of a player a guy is going to be in the NBA has been proven faulty year after year after year.