Brackins Projected @ #12

**johnsonjj** · 02-27-2009, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by Clone5

I don't know if this has really been discussed yet but Brackins really doesn't play like any other NBA player I can think of. One thing that will be a key for him sticking in the NBA will be his ability to hit the 3. If he can't do it then I really don't think he has an offensive game in the NBA.

I disagree--I think he has the perfect game to pay the NBA high pick and roll. He isn't that strong yet, but I think his game could look like Odom...which pains me to say as I dislike the Lakers.

**johnsonjj** · 02-27-2009, 09:41 PM

Originally Posted by Cardinal&Gold11

He really needs to work on his mid range game if he wants to make it in the NBA. He really doesn't have a great mid range shot. He'll make it when he's hot, but that doesn't happen all the time. CRAIG! If you are reading this, Stay one more year and work on the little things in your game, and be a top 10, maybe top 5 next year

Wow, I think his midrange game, along with the fact he can use either hand in close are his STRENGTHS!

**johnsonjj** · 02-27-2009, 09:47 PM

Originally Posted by Clones85'

Do you watch the NBA draft? They draft on POTENTIAL! Always have and always will. Why do you think Hansborough might not get picked in the first round?!?!? That in itself tells you all that you need to know

Potential guys that have lived up to it:

High School Players
Kobe
Lebron
KG
Dwight Howard
Stoudamire
Bynum
O'neal
Chandler

Some of those players didn't even come out of the gates swinging. It took them time to develop and now they are very good NBA players. The last 3 of course.

Daquen Cook didn't even start at Ohio St and he is doing well in the NBA. Cory Maggette? Marvin Williams?

Too young to remember Moses, Kemp and Chocolate Thunder?

**johnsonjj** · 02-27-2009, 09:51 PM

Originally Posted by clone4life82

I think a lot of people here are forgetting that although the NBA does draft on potential, it's not the only thing they look for. A lot of the teams have specific holes they need to fill and not all of them (infact the majority of them do not need to draft a PF). IMHO, there are probably 4-5 PF's that you could argue going higher than CB in this draft and to think that those 4-5 PF's are going to go in the first 14 picks seems a little farfetched (even though it may happen) to me.

Who are the 4-5 you put ahead of him?