JaJuan Smith

ExplosionsInDaSky · Post #1 » by **ExplosionsInDaSky** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:07 pm

Seriously everybody knows about Tyler Smith and Chris Lofton at Tennessee but I think Jajuan Smith may actually have NBA talent and has probably a better shot to make a team than Lofton (who some consider NBA talent). Smith is a good ball handler, as good of an outside shooter as lofton and is a very solid defender. At 6'3 he has some size but his athletic ability will enable him to play either guard position.
He is on my radar.

bill curley II · Post #2 » by **bill curley II** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:31 am

JaJuan may be more athletic than Lofton, but still not enough to play in the NBA. You may like him as a college player, but come on, you know he has virtually no chance in the NBA.

ExplosionsInDaSky · Post #3 » by **ExplosionsInDaSky** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 2:06 pm

I don't see why... I mean he's comparable to certain NBA players like Kelenna Azuibukie, Jaun Dixon, and Luther Head.

bill curley II · Post #4 » by **bill curley II** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:17 pm

Both Buike and Head are much more gifted physically then JaJuan, and Juan Dixon was a 20 pt scorer on a team that won the nat'l championship. Plus, against teams that made the tournament, other than one good game against Arkansas and a 5-9 performance in the season opener against a mediocre Temple team, he struggled shooting (under 50%) in all other games against those teams.

Look through the last couple years in college basketball, you'll find dozens of undersized two guards that were more athletic, more productive, and more talented than JaJuan and never got a chance in the NBA (i.e. Larry OBannon, Joe Shipp, Denham Brown, Rashad Anderson) so no reason to think he's going to be any different.