Grayson Allen - Potential Beal replacement?

Dark Faze · Post #1 » by **Dark Faze** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 10:09 pm

I know there's a draft thread, but I wanted to get some conversation about a kid I thought was an absolute stud in the NCCA tournament last year--Grayson Allen. I didn't think we'd be in a position to draft him--but with how things are going he'll be there for us, and what do you know...at a position where we have an injury prone player center piece.

http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/grayson-allen-1.html

Those numbers are fantastic--and that strength of schedule is about as good as it gets this early in a season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbnVei0R8qE

Footage of him against Georgetown. The kids a star. He's an aggressive and flat out fearless player. There's a lot of Beal'esque plays in the beginning but make no mistake, the kid can get to the rim. He's so fun to root for and I'm not even a Duke fan.

AFM · Post #2 » by **AFM** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 10:21 pm

Cue nate's rant about white SG's at the pro level and the contrast of skin tight jersey sheen on a black body (can't find the actual quote but it was quite bizarre and homoerotic)

Post #3 » by **nate33** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 10:46 pm

AFM wrote:Cue nate's rant about white SG's at the pro level and the contrast of skin tight jersey sheen on a black body (can't find the actual quote but it was quite bizarre and homoerotic)

In a nutshell, it's that blacks of the same size look stronger than whites because of their skin color makes them look more chiseled.

But that's irrelevant here. I don't trust white swing men unless they have truly outstanding measurables, particularly in lane agility.

Sluggerface · Post #4 » by **Sluggerface** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 10:47 pm

So you want to replace an undersized shooting guard..... with another undersized shooting guard? I'll pass.

pcbothwel · Post #5 » by **pcbothwel** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 10:57 pm

I think a combo of Satoransky, Oubre, and Porter could do well as the 2/3. All we really need is another combo guard (Sessions) to backup Wall.

Dark Faze · Post #6 » by **Dark Faze** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 11:13 pm

Grayson might be more athletic than Brad

TGW · Post #7 » by **TGW** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 2:18 am

Thread title should be Garrett Temple—Potential Beal Replacement and daddy

Post #8 » by **Ruzious** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 3:30 pm

Sluggerface wrote:So you want to replace an undersized shooting guard..... with another undersized shooting guard? I'll pass.

Ugg, still calling Beal undersized reminds me of when people used to call Harden undersized.

Even if we did get Allen, we've got the same problems up front. And are Allen's stats any better than Trimble's?