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I've been really trying to pin down a good comparison for Arthurs play style and was hoping you guys could help out.

Its hard to say at this point. I'm not wild about any of those guys you listed as a comparison, but I think Bosh may be the closest?

It might be Bosh but I think Arthur's a better defender and lesser rebounder. I'd say he plays a lot like Kenyon Martin and Rasheed Wallace. Sometimes he'll have those type of athletic plays you see from Kenyon, and he reminds me a lot Kenyon on D with his ability to block shots, play good post D, and his good pick&roll defense. On offense though he is a lot like a smaller Rasheed though because his J is good, but at the same time he has some really nice moves in the post.

I said McDyess is the better comparison because of Arthur's build and ceiling.

Watching McDyess last night against Philly reminded me of Arthur. They have similar bodies and both seem to play with similar activity. I saw about 5-6 Kansas games this year and a couple Piston games and it seems that they both tend to vary their aggressiveness occasionally. If Arthur isn't involved in the offense or grabbing offensive revounds he doesn't seem to have interest. From what I've seen, it seemed that at Kansas, Darnell Jackson worked harder but Darrell Arthur clearly had the better tools. Arthur's championship game showed what he is capable of when given the drive, similar to what McDyess is capable of.

Of anybody on that list? Closest to McDyess though Dice had more athleticism before the knee injuries.

Arthur is nothing really like any of the other guys ESPECIALLY not that last two or he'd be talked about as a lock for the top 3-5 which he's not so to those teams with picks late in the lottery...you can stop the fantasies.

^^^I'm not asking about his ceiling I'm just trying to get a better Idea of a comparison on skill type. I don't ever expect him to be as talented as anyone one of these guys except perhaps Martin or Dice. I'm just want a better overall comparison of his game.

He seems more like a Haslem type, you know a guy who will make it b/c he is an adequate defender and can hit a jumpshot from a specific spot. Some of the names above seem awfully optomistic.

Kenyon Martin before the injuries.

His body and skill set coming out of college resembles Joe Smith.

Antonio McDyess compared to all the ones you named.

bosh, kmart, arthur

dallas stylin on yall

in all honesty Marcus Haislip.. arthur seems like your yearly, long, athletic, "doesnt like to be touched" bigman.. very talented, but does he have the balls for the lowpost

Coaching and a slight quickness advantage is the only thing that separates him and Robert Dozier in my opinion.. except dozier doesn't hesitate to get dirty

Upperclass wrote:in all honesty Marcus Haislip.. arthur seems like your yearly, long, athletic, "doesnt like to be touched" bigman.. very talented, but does he have the balls for the lowpost

Coaching and a slight quickness advantage is the only thing that separates him and Robert Dozier in my opinion.. except dozier doesn't hesitate to get dirty

Haislip actually turned into something of a bruiser playing in Turkey.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sX2mpOsqeg

Upperclass wrote:in all honesty Marcus Haislip.. arthur seems like your yearly, long, athletic, "doesnt like to be touched" bigman.. very talented, but does he have the balls for the lowpost

Coaching and a slight quickness advantage is the only thing that separates him and Robert Dozier in my opinion.. except dozier doesn't hesitate to get dirty

Doesn't like to be touched? If you even watched Kansas this season you would have seen Arthur calling for the ball all the time in the post and the guards not getting it to him. Anyone who doesn't think he can play in the low post hasn't even watched him and that is just an ignorant thing to say. He was killing Memphis down low too. He had 2 or 3 fadeaways, some dunks, a nice reverse move under the basket(I think), and he did great down in the post. He's also great at running the floor. He's more Antonio McDyess(prime) than Marcus Haislip.

McDyess with less rebounding

Melvin Ely w/ less hair

McDyess had crazy hops in college, while Arthur just has good hops. Otherwise, it's a good comparison. He's much more talented than Haslem was.

Cammo101 wrote:Kenyon Martin before the injuries.

+1

My boy! Arthur is sweet.