WizarDynasty wrote:Drummond is the player I have been waiting on for a decade. In two or three years we will have the best young bigman and point guard every night no matter the match. A superstar big and superstar point under age 24 both with great character is the foundation of a dynasty. Its Leonsis destiny to ensure that wizards become a dynasty. Leonsis deserves to be the one responsible not eg. We can focus on role players once we are stuck in middle of the draft because we wont ever be in a position to draft a franchise player.
I posted this a few pages back, but it seems like a decent spot for a re-post:
As Lamar Odom once said of Javale, the game is basketball, not run and jump. The game requires skill in addition to athletic ability. There's absolutely no reason Drummond can't gain the skill necessary to be a dominating NBA center. All it will take is extended, focused, deliberate work to develop those skills. If he's willing to put in years of work on his game, he could be a great player in a few years. But that's true of many draft prospects.
As for Drummond's physical attributes, he's an impressive athlete, but don't get too carried away. His standing reach is a little below average for a drafted center. His max vertical reach (the highest point he could reach) was about the same as guys like as Hassan Whiteside, Okafor, Jeremy Tyler, Bogut, Deandre Jordan, Lamarcus Aldridge, Joakim Noah, Amare, Brook Lopez, BJ Mullens, Tyson Chandler, Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Patrick O'Bryant, Al Horford, Brendan Haywood, Eddy Curry, Chris Bosh, Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje, Enes Kanter...
His bench press reps were average for a drafted center.
His agility time was excellent -- just a bit slower than Boozer, Jackson Vroman, Nene, Miles Plumlee, and more than a full second slower than Josh Harrellson.
His sprint time was very good -- about the same as Tyler Zeller, Bernard James, Splitter, Malik Allen, Chris Burgess, Chris Kaman, Al Horford, Plumlee, Chandler, Greg Monroe... His sprint was markedly slower than guys like Bosh, Festus Ezeli, Jeremy Tyler, Al Jefferson, Nick Collison, Deandre Jordan, Nikola Vucevic, Pape Sow, Kanter, McGee, Amare, Nene, Okafor, and Dwight Howard.
So yeah, the guy is an impressive athlete. But it means nothing until he adds skill. Maybe he'll add that skill, maybe he won't. It's going to take more work than he's ever done in his life.
