"Young man can score in a closet with no lights on"

**Clones85'** · 02-19-2009, 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by StLouisClone

My only problem with Brackins game right now is his shot selection. He takes too many shots fading away from the basket, and he's not shooting it well at all from the outside. I love the improved rebounding, but I still maintain that he's going to have to get his FG% north of 50% in order to be an early draft pick. Just take a look at how many other 6'9" guys there are in D1 college basketball who are shooting 55% or better.

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We're all a little "too close" to Brackins and it's skewing our perceptions of his readiness for the NBA.

It's all relative. Most of those 6'9 players have stars around them. They don't get doubled and are allowed to catch the ball in the paint. They also don't shoot threes.

CB gets doubled and has to shoot three's b/c our team gets very very little open looks. If he played on Kansas, he would not get doubled neither as much and would have not shot 33% last night.

**cyismydog** · 02-19-2009, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by Clones85'

It's all relative. Most of those 6'9 players have stars around them. They don't get doubled and are allowed to catch the ball in the paint. They also don't shoot threes.

CB gets doubled and has to shoot three's b/c our team gets very very little open looks. If he played on Kansas, he would not get doubled neither as much and would have not shot 33% last night.

Don't forget he had like 4 or 5 shots either rattle in and out, or hang on the lip and fall out.

**Tornado man** · 02-19-2009, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by EYEoftheSTORM

even last night showed that Craig Brackins should not be going to the NBA..... Sure he did score alot of points 19 i believe, but he did take alot of bad shots and had a couple times where you could still see room for development....

What are his options besides shooting those bad shots? WE HAVE NO CUTTERS. NO ONE MOVES. As the color announcer said several times last night, after the entry pass is made, players should be cutting to the right or left of the lane, moving towards the basket, ready to receive the ball.
It drives me crazy.

**cybsball20** · 02-19-2009, 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by Tornado man

What are his options besides shooting those bad shots? WE HAVE NO CUTTERS. NO ONE MOVES. As the color announcer said several times last night, after the entry pass is made, players should be cutting to the right or left of the lane, moving towards the basket, ready to receive the ball.
It drives me crazy.

but, it's much more fun to just stand around and watch!

**Wesley** · 02-19-2009, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by cybsball20

I would imagine most of those other guys score the majority of their points in the paint. Craig gets most of his points in the mid range, the same spot he will have to get them in the NBA. I would bet most of those guys shooting over 50% in college will have a REALLY hard time scoring when they get the ball face up 15-17 feet away.

You sure hit the mark with your comment. CB is athletic, he can jump, he can block and he actually can hit some tough shoits for a big man. Not much else that cannot be fixed with a little work in the pros. It would be nice if he was 245 and that he could dribble a little bit more

**cyclonenum1** · 02-19-2009, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by cycloneworld

Who is saying that? Definitely not "most".

People are debating whether or not he would benefit by coming back for one more year. Not many, if any, are saying its in his "best interests."

Explain to me the difference between him "benefiting" from coming back and his "best interests"? Splitting hairs here aren't we? Jeesh!

I'm not going to go back through all the threads and posts but there are a significant number of ISU fans posting on here that think he should stay...because he needs to bulk up, because he needs to work on this or that, because he is too inconsistent, because he'll be a higher pick next year, because blah blah blah.

As some of us are trying to say...the NBA drafts on body type and potential, you can work on everything you need to work on and more while in the NBA more efficiently than you can while in college, and if he can be a lottery pick there really is no debate here.

A kid named Anthony Randolph (LSU) wasn't ready for the NBA and needed to bulk up and work on his game at this time last year and he ended up being a lottery pick.