Fischella wrote:Prince was a really good passer too, he pplay some PG in every team he has played.
They're similar, Turkoglu is a similar player too, heavier and worse on D, but you understand the point, Parsons could be a nice comp. but he's more explosive too.
Porter hanst that much room to grow, his shooting form is bad, he has to work on that even if it was efficient enough at NCAA, his handles needs work, he's not strong enough to drive inside, he's slow and unexplosive, that isnt going to change at all.
I just don't see it, he would be good, solid, but nothing spectacular, a good starter, role player.
He compares himself to Prince.
Tayshaun senior Junior stats at UK look really similar to Porter's.
It took Prince 3 years of college to accomplish close to what Porter did in 2. Their stats are similar but Porter drew 2 more fouls a game than Prince on average, and in comparing their first two seasons Porter was a near 50% fg shooter while Prince was .42%.
The stats just point to Porter being a more lethal scorer. I'm not saying that Porter isn't dissimilar to Prince, they ARE similar, but having significantly better free throw rate, shooting percentages and rebounding numbers in less time points to Porter being much better.
Free throw rate is so important when it comes to evaluating how easy a player can score at the next level. Fouls occur because players have trouble stopping you legitimately, and its an underrated statistic. I can't think of great scorers in the NBA that didn't have high FTA in college.Tayshauns average of around 3.5 free throw attempts per game show that he didn't put pressure on defenses.
That's part of the reason why I'm low on Oladipo--3.6 FTA as a junior with only 8 attempts per game. Teams are going to make a huge mistake taking him in the top 6 IMO.
