Willie Cauley-Stein

[teerfour+40LG]

When I watched Ben McLemore play for Kansas, Jeff Withey caught my eye every game with the way he shut down the paint and was always in the right position to send players running the other way.

Watched Kentucky a few times, and WCS doesn't catch my eye like that.

I sometimes compare WCS to Ryan Hollins, another athletic 7'0 "alley-oop threat" who doesn't rebound. He may be a little more productive defensively than Ryan Hollins, especially with his steal and block rates, but that's still just bench C material, and WCS has less offensive skill than Ryan Hollins.

[Kurosawa0]

You have to go for a star potential player with a top 5 pick. I think WCS could be a quality starting center in the NBA, but you don't take that kind of player with a top 5 pick. It will be interesting to see if he falls past Sacramento though. So he could go #6.

[Killboard]

When I watched Ben McLemore play for Kansas, Jeff Withey caught my eye every game with the way he shut down the paint and was always in the right position to send players running the other way.

Watched Kentucky a few times, and WCS doesn't catch my eye like that.

I sometimes compare WCS to Ryan Hollins, another athletic 7'0 "alley-oop threat" who doesn't rebound. He may be a little more productive defensively than Ryan Hollins, especially with his steal and block rates, but that's still just bench C material, and WCS has less offensive skill than Ryan Hollins.

Ryan Hollins averaged 0.2 steals and 0.9 blocks, 4 rebounds and 5.7 ppg in 20 mpg in his four years in college.

Willie averaged 1.1 steals, 2.2 blocks, 6.2 rebounds and 8 points in just 4 more minutes.

And Ryan Hollins is an amazing prospect from athletic standpoint, the bad thing about him is that he dont produce anything on the defensive end.