OT - Tyrone Brazelton

Cigamodnalro · Post #1 » by **Cigamodnalro** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:28 pm

I've been watching a couple of the W. Kentucky tournament games (see link in C. Lee thread to stream), and I've been really impressed with Brazelton. He has great ball handling, plays very tight defense, and is an instant offensive threat. IIRC, he declared this year and went undrafted (big board had him ranked #68 heading into the draft).

He's small (6'0, 180), but he is a hustler on both ends of the floor. I'd love to see him get a Summer League invite, if only to play with Courtney Lee again.

Optimus_Steel · Post #2 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:35 pm

Cigamodnalro wrote:I've been watching a couple of the W. Kentucky tournament games (see link in C. Lee thread to stream), and I've been really impressed with Brazelton. He has great ball handling, plays very tight defense, and is an instant offensive threat. IIRC, he declared this year and went undrafted (big board had him ranked #68 heading into the draft).

He's small (6'0, 180), but he is a hustler on both ends of the floor. I'd love to see him get a Summer League invite, if only to play with Courtney Lee again.

I like him. He is really quick, good penetrator. Has alot of nice moves and he is a real good outside shooter. A real good scorer. However i disagree on the ball handling. He is a terrible ball handler and he is a PG! I saw two games and he kept fumbling the ball over, way to many turnovers mainly because he cant handle the ball. I bet thats the reason he went undrafted because he is a pretty good player. He is the dreaded SG in a PG's body. If he was a better ball handler i bet a team picks him with a late 2nd roundner. But yea sure bring him to summer leauge camp, why not.

Cigamodnalro · Post #3 » by **Cigamodnalro** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:40 pm

I was referring primarily to his ball handling as it relates to creating for himself and others. He has all kinds of crafty moves to create open shots, and he does this primarily with his dribbling.

I see what you are talking about with the turnovers, but it appears that most of his turnovers occur in the open court, and most can be attributed to carelessness, something that a good coach could hammer out of him. He is so crafty in cutting through the lane and getting past his defenders that i would view his handling skills as a tremendous asset in aiding his offensive game.

richboy · Post #4 » by **richboy** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:53 pm

Yeah he was very good in the Ucla game. He is really quick. I could see him being one of those guys you hear about in 2 or 3 years.

Just Plain Mark · Post #5 » by **Just Plain Mark** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 7:03 pm

As much as I root for my fellow WKU alum, I'd be wary of using the tournament games as a sample size for Brazelton. He really kicked his game up, but as prorl said, his TO issues can be just silly.

He could be a kind of 3rd string, emergency, instant offense guy, but he's even smaller than Jameer.

He'll probably catch on pretty well overseas with his quickness and range.