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Earl Clark can easily be the best player in the 2009 draft

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Re: Earl Clark can easily be the best player in the 2009 draft 

Post#61 » by SideSwipe » Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:47 pm

It would be nice to get Taylors determination and toughness matched with Clark's height, shooting and defense, and you have a very good complate player. Griffin will play with a chip on his shoulder, while Clark looks like a guy he's content to go through the motions. Could be why PHX is considering keeping Taylor. They may want someone young that can help teach him about toughness and aggressiveness, who is also a high-character guy. Griffin looks like he could be a slightly tougher Duds without the outside shot.
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Re: Earl Clark can easily be the best player in the 2009 draft 

Post#62 » by Shuttlesworth » Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:35 pm

Nando88 wrote:lol damn taylor really needs some rogaine


Yeah unfortunately Rogaine doesn't work on a receding hairline... only on Male pattern baldness.

I know this, because my hairline looks just like Griffin and I just turned 23 two weeks ago. :(
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Re: Earl Clark can easily be the best player in the 2009 draft 

Post#63 » by The Diesel » Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:26 pm

Here is an Earl Clark video I found.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hb2k_6T4qw

Yes, he's very good defensively, but so is Marcus Banks and he's not a good NBA player.

Clark will be nothing special.

I just have this bad feeling he'll be a bust. He was horrible offensively in the summer league.
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Re: Earl Clark can easily be the best player in the 2009 draft 

Post#64 » by statisback » Thu Aug 20, 2009 1:24 am

Lopez and Tucker were suppose to be great too.. :lol:
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Re: Earl Clark can easily be the best player in the 2009 draft 

Post#65 » by Spartan13 » Thu Aug 20, 2009 5:04 am

11 Man Depth Chart:

Nash 34/ Dragic 8/ Barbosa 6
J-Rich 28/ Barbosa 20
Hill 29/ Dudley 13/ Clark 6
Frye 20/ Amare 12/ Lou 7/ Clark 9
Amare 25/ RoLo 15/ Lou 8

9 Man rotation if Clark does well:

Nash 36/ Barbosa 14
J-Rich 30/ Barbosa 18
Hill 29/ Clark 19
Frye 20/ Amare 12/ Lou 8/ Clark 8
Amare 25/ RoLo 15/ Lou 8

Downside Stats for Clark:

50 games played
12 minutes pg
4 ppg
40% fg
2.6 rpg
0.4 stl
0.2 blk

Upside Stats for Clark:

82 games played
30 games started
28 minutes pg
12 ppg
50% fg
6.5 rpg
1.2 stl
0.8 blk
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Re: Earl Clark can easily be the best player in the 2009 draft 

Post#66 » by The Diesel » Thu Aug 20, 2009 1:55 pm

Here are some serious concerns about Clark:

- When he went up against some of the best teams this past season, he played HORRIBLY!

There was the 2-16 performance against Connecticut and the 2-9 performance against Kentucky.

- The character questions surrounding him

- He's very mechanical on offense

The only good thing about him is that he can guard guys on the perimeter.

You combine Clark's horrible shooting percentage in the summer league and his poor performances against the really tough teams in college, it's VERY worrying and I think everyone should be concerned about how well he'll do against NBA competition.

Again, yes, Clark is a good defender, but so is Marcus Banks and he's not a good NBA player.

Another bad pick by Kerr.

Tucker has been a bust and I don't think Clark will be that good, either.

I still think Lopez and Dragic will turn out to be good picks. Dragic actually played really well after Porter was fired.

And Lopez played well towards the end of the season and has a lot of promise.
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Re: Earl Clark can easily be the best player in the 2009 draft 

Post#67 » by Qwigglez » Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:16 am

The Diesel wrote:Here is an Earl Clark video I found.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hb2k_6T4qw

Yes, he's very good defensively, but so is Marcus Banks and he's not a good NBA player.

Clark will be nothing special.

I just have this bad feeling he'll be a bust. He was horrible offensively in the summer league.

That first shot at like 30seconds was a dumb move IMO. Was a lucky shot.

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