Alexis Ajinca?
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Alexis Ajinca?
Anybody have an update on him? Will he enter this year's draft?
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vincanity1 wrote:Anybody have an update on him? Will he enter this year's draft?
Isn't he that 7'3" guy that weighs like 195lbs?
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You don't know what your talking about. He's actually pretty skilled, he just needs to get stronger and play against better competition.useless wrote:and no ability to play basketball ...
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It would be best to take this with a grain of salt as the Hoop Summit can be a very odd place to evaluate talent, but I did get a chance to watch Ajinca fairly extensively.
I'll put it this way - he's skinny. Really skinny. Maybe the skinniest prospect I've ever scouted. So skinny it really hurts his mobility, in a Shawn Bradley sort of way.
I'm not certain if he has a poor feel for the game, or if he just needs to add about 40 pounds of bulk. His skill level isn't bad at all, but he really had trouble translating it into anything useful when I watched him.
Batum on the other hand...
I'll put it this way - he's skinny. Really skinny. Maybe the skinniest prospect I've ever scouted. So skinny it really hurts his mobility, in a Shawn Bradley sort of way.
I'm not certain if he has a poor feel for the game, or if he just needs to add about 40 pounds of bulk. His skill level isn't bad at all, but he really had trouble translating it into anything useful when I watched him.
Batum on the other hand...
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His potential is through the roof.
He's got a 7'9 wingspan with no telling what freakish reach.
He can actually put the ball on the floor. There is a clip of him doing the VC elbow in the rim dunk on a break.
But in order for him ever to live up to his potential he has to put on an inordinate amount of weight. Im talking 40 pounds.
That sounds impossible but believe it or not that's exactly how much Dwight Howard and Josh Smith individually put on since leaving high school.
Josh Smith was once listed at 195 pounds in HS. Now he's a solid 235.
Dwight Howard was a wiry 225. Now he's a man beast at 265.
If Alexis Ajinca got to 240 pounds, this kid's ceiling is through the freaking roof. But right now he looks like Kevin Durant could bench twice as much as he does.
He's got a 7'9 wingspan with no telling what freakish reach.
He can actually put the ball on the floor. There is a clip of him doing the VC elbow in the rim dunk on a break.
But in order for him ever to live up to his potential he has to put on an inordinate amount of weight. Im talking 40 pounds.
That sounds impossible but believe it or not that's exactly how much Dwight Howard and Josh Smith individually put on since leaving high school.
Josh Smith was once listed at 195 pounds in HS. Now he's a solid 235.
Dwight Howard was a wiry 225. Now he's a man beast at 265.
If Alexis Ajinca got to 240 pounds, this kid's ceiling is through the freaking roof. But right now he looks like Kevin Durant could bench twice as much as he does.
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_BBIB_ wrote:His potential is through the roof.
He's got a 7'9 wingspan with no telling what freakish reach.
He can actually put the ball on the floor. There is a clip of him doing the VC elbow in the rim dunk on a break.
But in order for him ever to live up to his potential he has to put on an inordinate amount of weight. Im talking 40 pounds.
That sounds impossible but believe it or not that's exactly how much Dwight Howard and Josh Smith individually put on since leaving high school.
Josh Smith was once listed at 195 pounds in HS. Now he's a solid 235.
Dwight Howard was a wiry 225. Now he's a man beast at 265.
If Alexis Ajinca got to 240 pounds, this kid's ceiling is through the freaking roof. But right now he looks like Kevin Durant could bench twice as much as he does.
Josh Smith was around 220, and Howard was like 240.......
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Josh Smith was around 220, and Howard was like 240.......
Maybe at the NBA draft camp they were. Im talking about where they were listed in HS.
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Dwight Howard
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Josh Smith
It can be done.
35 pounds and 40 pounds respectively
Would you think this kid would bulk up to 265?
How about this one to 235?
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I had some interesting updates on him recently on my website
http://www.europeanprospects.com/1988-b ... eo-update/
http://www.europeanprospects.com/1987-b ... t-meeting/
http://www.europeanprospects.com/1988-b ... eo-update/
http://www.europeanprospects.com/1987-b ... t-meeting/
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Oh definitely, but Dwight is a rare case, I think that 265 is bull, he's well over 280
Josh Smith is a good example though.
Oh definitely, but Dwight is a rare case, I think that 265 is bull, he's well over 280
Josh Smith is a good example though.
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