Joe Alexander's Vert...

Duffs420 · Post #1 » by **Duffs420** » Tue May 27, 2008 3:34 am

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j218/takemehomewv/joealexander.jpg

This guy might be the steal of the draft... He is an absolute monster, but he is very raw and needs to develop a little bit more consistency. I think he can turn into a borderline allstar and average very very good numbers in his career.

D1SGRUNTL3D · Post #2 » by **D1SGRUNTL3D** » Tue May 27, 2008 3:35 am

He just blew up before the Big East tournament...literally.

Dont know what happened.

the_bruce · Post #3 » by **the_bruce** » Tue May 27, 2008 3:56 am

absurd ups

Canomad · Post #4 » by **Canomad** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:05 am

Sid the Squid · Post #5 » by **Sid the Squid** » Tue May 27, 2008 5:16 am

Every year you guys fall for these moronic numbers..Every year you end up looking foolish ..Alexander couldnt hit the Atlantic Ocean from 10ft..Who f****g cares about his leaping ability..Draft a chimp if that's important to you.

Griff83 · Post #6 » by **Griff83** » Tue May 27, 2008 5:18 am

Sid the Squid wrote:Every year you guys fall for these moronic numbers..Every year you end up looking foolish ..Alexander couldnt hit the Atlantic Ocean from 10ft..Who f****g cares about his leaping ability..Draft a chimp if that's important to you.

Jack Bang CO · Post #7 » by **Jack Bang CO** » Tue May 27, 2008 12:27 pm

Sid the Squid wrote:Who f****g cares about his leaping ability..Draft a chimp if that's important to you.

LOL, too funny. And very true.

This obsession many have with athleticism (and "potential") has always made me wonder. Sure, athleticism has its place, but it's behind offensive fundamentals, defensive fundamentals and intensity, basketball IQ and commitment to the game.

Seems to me that recently more attention is being paid to what matters, and less is being paid to how high a guy can jump.

Or maybe that's just wishful thinking...

wilt · Post #8 » by **wilt** » Tue May 27, 2008 3:32 pm

In this case it

Post #9 » by **tsherkin** » Tue May 27, 2008 3:32 pm

Alexander has a decent mid-range J and some post-up skills to go with rebounding ability. He's not entirely a project, though I do agree that overemphasis on Combine results and on athleticism in general is a poor tactic.

CelticFan101 · Post #10 » by **CelticFan101** » Tue May 27, 2008 3:53 pm

The only people that would be over relying on his combine #s and his athleticism in their evaluation of Alexander as a prospect would be those people who were under a rock for the last 2-3 months of the NCAA season....

Post #11 » by **5DOM** » Tue May 27, 2008 8:26 pm

CelticFan101 wrote:The only people that would be over relying on his combine #s and his athleticism in their evaluation of Alexander as a prospect would be those people who were under a rock for the last 2-3 months of the NCAA season....

Blame Rasho · Post #12 » by **Blame Rasho** » Sat May 31, 2008 8:51 pm

Via Espn...

Alexander also wowed people with his strength. He bench-pressed the 185-pound bar 24 times and, according to one source, is going to show a vertical jump of 40-plus inches.

Just for comparison... look what the Bullish Love did...

Love also did well in the strength training, bench-pressing the 185-pound bar 18 times.

tjfordrules · Post #13 » by **tjfordrules** » Sat May 31, 2008 9:42 pm

damn alexander is an athletic specimen but is he a joey graham version number 2?

Griff83 · Post #14 » by **Griff83** » Sat May 31, 2008 10:05 pm

tjfordrules wrote:damn alexander is an athletic specimen but is he a joey graham version number 2?

Could be but I see alot more basketball IQ and intensity in Alexander then in Graham.

skones · Post #15 » by **skones** » Sat May 31, 2008 10:18 pm

Griff83 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Could be but I see alot more basketball IQ and intensity in Alexander then in Graham.

EXACTLY, you watch Joey Graham out there and it looks like he just has no clue at times. Alexander is a very, very smart player. On top of that, he has the drive to win as shown by him taking his team on his back and carrying them in the Big East tourney and the NCAA tourney (Sweet 16 bid).

toast · Post #16 » by **toast** » Sun Jun 1, 2008 12:06 am

It is not about Alexanders leap that intrigues me. It is amazing and consistent growth in 5 years. This is probably because of the consistent stories of his crazy work ethic. He seems to have a smart work ethic as well, this part of his game reminds me of Kobe and Nash. Players that run through all of their summer workouts at game speed and target specific things for improvement. They then do ridiculous amount of repetition to commit the improvement to muscle memory. If he has half of the smarts and ethic of those two he will have and outstanding career.

ISB · Post #17 » by **ISB** » Sun Jun 1, 2008 1:37 am

Remember Joey Graham averaged 18 ppg in college, so it's not like he was a complete project compared to Alexander.

Not that I think Alexander is going to be as awful as Graham, but I think the expectations for him are going to get a little too high.

sportsoverload · Post #18 » by **sportsoverload** » Tue Jun 3, 2008 7:58 am

Alexander is skilled and has great size for an NBA small forward. His leaping ability is just a bonus.

On a random note, Alexander's brothers (John and Jeremy) both played college basketball as well. Both are older than Joe and played DIII at Washington College in Chestertown, MD. Joe is the "freak" of the family, as no one else in his family is near that tall or athletic.