Clutch0z24 wrote:PushDaRock wrote:Clutch0z24 wrote:
Ppl get too hyped on Measurements/Atheltic Abilities way too much in the drafting process....These things are not as big of a deal when you realize these are basketball players and not Olympic athletes or high jumpers....They matter to a certain extent....
What matters more to scouts/gms are what translates on the basketball court....And how good they look in a 5 on 5 setting....Masai will see all these guys in workouts how good they are at the game of basketball....And a guy like Queen is not going to wow you as an athlete but as soon as you see him in games in a 5 vs 5 setting you realize he is 1 step better than the athletic types because of his basketball skills + IQ...
These measurments and athletic tests mean nothing to me personally....What matters is how they look on the court...Not in an open gym but in a 5 vs 5 setting...Thats all that really matters at the end of the day.
I don't expect him to wow anyone with his athleticism but testing out bottom tier like this does not help his outlook in any way. I posted the list of his comparables in testing, it wasn't a list you want to be on. Maybe he's an outlier and can overcome the physical limitations but history tells us these things do tend to matter.
I judge the players with what they do on the court and how they look in a 5 vs 5 setting....That matters to me more than how high a player can jump....You don't need to be an athlete to be a good smart basketball player....Does it help to be athletic sure...But its not something that defines you as a basketball player...
There's still a baseline combo of size and athleticism needed to succeed in the NBA. Mediocre even below average athlete is fine sometimes, but bottom tier maybe not so much. If it didn't matter, we would see more unathletic and undersized high IQ and skilled players that are excellent college players make it to the NBA.
