Josh Heytvelt

[boffacheerios]

Seriously, has anyone really looked at this guy? He's a 6'11" PF with great athleticism and pretty good defense and jumper. I was fairly sold on him on youtube as a second rounder after watching some footage from games, but what really popped out to me was his nbadraft.net comparison. While i do realize this is not completely valid, the comparison was Scott Pollard, which if i can recall is what a lot of people are thinking we could use right now. All I'm saying is why not? Obviously I'm no expert as i really just discovered the guy today, but if you guys have some comments or knocks on him please share.
Heres a link to what i saw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InqJS6ONXPE

[10B10]

I go to Gonzaga so I have watched Heytvelt play pretty extensively. He is big and pretty athletic for his size and also has some serious range on his jumper. However, I really don't like the Scot Pollard comparison because he isn't really a physical player down on the block at all. I can't tell you how many times I have watched one of Heytvelt's shots get blocked or contested because he tried to lay the ball in instead of just throwing down a dunk. And this was when he had a physical advantage over almost all of his competitors.

He truly has all the tools to be a first round pick, but it seems like he doesn't use them consistently! I wouldn't mind picking him up in the second round but #31 might be a little high for him. For the record I am completely against Austin Daye at #23 - I don't have much, if anything, to say that is positive about him.

[boffacheerios]

he measured out vey well at the combine as well at 6'11" in shoes and a 7'1.25" wingspan. How would you say his interior d is?

[SacKingZZZ]

He's a solid player, he could be a good choice at 31 depending who else is available. I'd much rather nab one of the super athletic combo F's like Damion James or Derrick Brown.

[RoyalCourtJestr]

Dear god, NOOOOOOOOOOO.

[10B10]

Dear god, NOOOOOOOOOOO.

Kind of how I feel about all three Gonzaga players possibly in this draft. Although, Heytvelt I could honestly deal with. Pargo and Daye - not so much.

[RoyalCourtJestr]

Curse you Gonzaga... you bring your filth to the WCC, and now to the Kings? CURSE YOUUUUUU.

But honestly, of the three evils, Heytvelt is the most dealable. I will litterally kill something if we draft Daye, he's so completely overrated.