Post by DERRENMATTS on Feb 15, 2005 3:23:58 GMT -5
Marcus Williams is a tough guy to guard because he's a dangerous offensive player so you can't lay off of him too much. But he's such a crafty ball handler that if you guard him tightly, he can make you go one way while he goes the other way. And his passing ability is so solid that once he gets by you, he can pick apart the defense and get his teammates the ball.
Finally got to see Danny Granger play and I came away very impressed, but slightly disappointed. First, what impressed me: He is the real deal. He has the goods to be a rock solid wing player in the NBA. He's a ferocious rebounder. He attacks the boards hard and rips down rebounds. He's also a strong help shot blocker and you can tell he takes pride in blocking shots. He's quick going after shots and he gets to a lot of them.
I'm big on comparing prospects to NBA players and IMO, Granger is a cross between Lebron and T-Mac, though he's not going to be a star like the both of them.
Now onto what disappointed me: Like McGrady, Granger has a world of skills, but only uses them when he wants to. He is easily the best player on the court in most contests, but he'll only play like one about 70% of the game. But to his credit, when it comes to rebounding, he's almost always giving it his all. He's also a suspect ball handler, though he thinks he's better than he is. He has the problem Pierce had, where he'd take his man off the dribble and lose control of the ball and get it stolen, or just throw it away. He needs to tighten up his dribbling with both hands if he wants to have more success at the next level.
He's been injured this past year and due to that, his explosiveness isn't fully back yet. From what I've seen, its like his brain is telling him to do one thing, but the body can't fully execute what he has in mind because he's still a bit rusty. But the moves he was trying to do was the right moves to do--but he just couldn't execute it.
Granger is definitely a guy to look at in the first round. If he can promise to improve his attitude so that he's playing hard on every play, and if he can improve his dribbling to be a decent ball handler, I will put him ahead of Joey Graham. Right now, Charlie Villanueva is in the lead in my book for SF's (disregarding guys like Marvin Williams and Rudy Gay who are too young and will probably go too hgh for us to take). Joey Graham and Hakim Warrick don't really tickle my fancy, but they are solid SF's too. Granger showed me a lot, but he also needs to refine his game quite a bit. But the potential is there and he can be a really good one.
Finally got to see Danny Granger play and I came away very impressed, but slightly disappointed. First, what impressed me: He is the real deal. He has the goods to be a rock solid wing player in the NBA. He's a ferocious rebounder. He attacks the boards hard and rips down rebounds. He's also a strong help shot blocker and you can tell he takes pride in blocking shots. He's quick going after shots and he gets to a lot of them.
I'm big on comparing prospects to NBA players and IMO, Granger is a cross between Lebron and T-Mac, though he's not going to be a star like the both of them.
Now onto what disappointed me: Like McGrady, Granger has a world of skills, but only uses them when he wants to. He is easily the best player on the court in most contests, but he'll only play like one about 70% of the game. But to his credit, when it comes to rebounding, he's almost always giving it his all. He's also a suspect ball handler, though he thinks he's better than he is. He has the problem Pierce had, where he'd take his man off the dribble and lose control of the ball and get it stolen, or just throw it away. He needs to tighten up his dribbling with both hands if he wants to have more success at the next level.
He's been injured this past year and due to that, his explosiveness isn't fully back yet. From what I've seen, its like his brain is telling him to do one thing, but the body can't fully execute what he has in mind because he's still a bit rusty. But the moves he was trying to do was the right moves to do--but he just couldn't execute it.
Granger is definitely a guy to look at in the first round. If he can promise to improve his attitude so that he's playing hard on every play, and if he can improve his dribbling to be a decent ball handler, I will put him ahead of Joey Graham. Right now, Charlie Villanueva is in the lead in my book for SF's (disregarding guys like Marvin Williams and Rudy Gay who are too young and will probably go too hgh for us to take). Joey Graham and Hakim Warrick don't really tickle my fancy, but they are solid SF's too. Granger showed me a lot, but he also needs to refine his game quite a bit. But the potential is there and he can be a really good one.
I might play favs... 
