Comments on: Syracuse guard, first-round pick Waiters shuts down workouts

By: sigma1575

sigma1575 — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 07:13:59 +0000

Dalucks has his “fact’ wrong. NBA idea for SG is 6-5 and 6-6 is just better if possible. Kobe 6-5, Harden 6-5, Manu 6-5, JR Smith 6-5, Jamal Crawford 6-5, Jason Richardson 6-6, Rip Hamilton 6-6. Kevin Martin 6-7 and the list goes on and on.
Air Jordan and Vince Carter 6-6. Sean Elliot and McGrady 6-8. Ellis just got traded because he is 6-2 or 6-3. Jet Terry is a 6th man but has never worked well as a starter because of his lack of size at 6-2. Top that off with Thornton is not in the top 25 SGs in the NBA.
Sure, some guys make it as undersized a little at 6-4 but very seldom at 6-3. Waiters may be 6-3 or 6-4 but many teams see him as big upside even though he is a little smaller than ideal. But if he “were”, 6-6 he would go 2nd in this draft.

By: cosanostra71

cosanostra71 — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:04:17 +0000

a lot of people would argue that even Kobe isn’t 6’6″. Having seen him in person once before, I’d peg him closer to 6’4″-6’5″.

By: dacapt704

dacapt704 — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:51:27 +0000

Great points! Size doesnt seem to affect Jason Terry, Jamal Crawford or Manu Ginobli either..only thing height means is that you need bigger doorways in your home.

By: ss3walkman

ss3walkman — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 04:18:33 +0000

Agree with Dalucks. Marcus Thornton is another undersized two guard who scores

By: mungman69

mungman69 — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 02:37:49 +0000

When he played high school ball in Burlington, N. J. he didn’t even try to play defense. But then again he didn’t have to. At Syracuse he played a little D but in the pros they will eat him alive.

By: dalucks

dalucks — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:00:26 +0000

The myth that the average shooting guard is 6’6 maybe true but outside of Kobe Bryant, the rest of the top 5 are under 6’6. Dwayne Wade, Monta Ellis, James Harden, Eric Gordon are not 6’6 but they sure do score a lot of points. I wish scouts and the media would spend more time talking about a player’s skill level instead of an intangible that does not properly describe a players chances of making it in the NBA.

By: cosanostra71

cosanostra71 — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:55:39 +0000

top 10 is pretty high for someone who was sixth man in college… as proved by Marvin Williams.