Kalk-Blocked: The Ryan Kalkbrenner Thread

[Diop]

Take the Peterson talk to his thread, Walt has even bumped it for you!!

[yosemiteben]

Still sorting out how I feel about Kalkbrenner so watching random scouting vids on him on youtube. Found one where they make the point that his rim protection and defense is particularly impressive given his very low foul rate, which suggests that he'll be able to stay on the floor. Went and checked and, other than his freshman season when he didn't really play, he never averaged more then 2 fouls per game or 2.5 fouls per 40 minutes.

That's pretty damn impressive.

In case you're curious, here is the video I was watching where they brought this up:

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[GiggitySmalls]

Unimpressive in summer league and I wanted Maxime reynaud

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[GoBobs]

Unimpressive in summer league and I wanted Maxime reynaud

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He clearly outplayed Reynaud in the head to head, and was maybe the best player in the championship game. 15 pts on 6 shot attempts is very strong work.

[GoBobs]

I think the 3pt shot is good enough that he can share the court with moose for stretches during the regular season. That might give us a chance to have rebounding and shotblocking on the floor at the same time.

[wilson115]

Brook 2.0 with the D on the generational prospect

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One of these is an overreaction.

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[Diop]

there are some obvious holes in his game at this early stage, but he already feels like a great find in the 2nd round.

having 2nd rounders that can play minutes is an instant win and it appears we've found 2. thats good scouting.

[JustBuzzin]

Reminds me of a young Brook Lopez before he started shooting 3's.