Saturday, April 4, 2009

Final Four - Best Pro/ Body Doubles

As far as players are concerned, there are only four right now

Tyler Hansborough, Ty Lawson, Scottie Reynolds and Hasheem Thabeet

1) Hansborough not going to be that productive but will stick around for 10 years, body double all the tall white guys who have gone to UNC and Duke, e.g Joe Wolf, Shavlik Randolf, Kevin Salvadori, Christian Laetner, Eric Montross, in fact for all the old school hoopers out there, Rich Yonaker..... Years in League 10.

2) Lawson too small to be a major player, spot duty guy who comes in and stirs things up, possibly a starter on not good teams, body doubles are Earl Boykins, Tyron Lue or Derek Fisher. Years in League 5

3) Scotty Reynolds is sort of positionless, he can play point but he's not really a pass first, shoot second guy but he's smart and serviceable, he can play PG and he'll be okay but he's really a 2 guard which he can't play in NBA, not going to be able to cover the Kobes, Pierces, Finley, Richardsons, Rashard Lewis, Gilbert Arenas of the world. But I see him as a pro and being around. Years in League 7

4) Thabeet is probably the best gamble because of size, he can come in and play because there are very few size guys and quality backups. Someone has to cover Howard, Shaq, Yao, Garnett, etc. Body doubles McGhee, Samuel Dalembert, maybe if he puts on weight an Oden, old school body double Manute Bol. Years in League 10 +

So NBA GMs it looks like Thabeet, Hansborough, Reynolds and then Lawson.

Having said that the players with the most impact on the final four will be the inverse order. Lawson plays like the MVP UNC advances, Reynolds outplays Lawson NOVA is going, Hansborough regains his form from being dominated by Griffin then UNC will be tough and if Thabeet plays like Bill Russell, Calhoun will win his 3rd NCAA Title.

By the way, the best pro prospect might be Jay Wright going to the Philly 76ers!

Time to enjoy the games.

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