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NBA Draft Preview 2010: Shooting Guards
The Shooting Guard position has much more depth than the Point Guard spot led by Collegiate Player of the Year Evan Turner. Although there aren’t a lot of big-time shooters there are several good athletes who can contribute in the right situation.
The Best
Evan Turner – 6’7 214, Ohio State: Good size. Extremely versatile and skilled guard who does a number of things well. Passes well and rebounds very well from the guard position.
The Rest
Dominique Jones – 6’5 216, South Florida: Long arms (6’9 wingspan), very strong and good lateral quickness. Scores well and gets where he wants with the ball. Can create his own shot.
Jordan Crawford – 6’4 198, Xavier: Could really have benefited from another year but has talent and can score in bunches. Pretty explosive and has good quicks. Not real big or strong, could be an issue against bigger 2G’s who can post him.
Terrico White – 6’5 203, Ole Miss: Long armed leaper (40 inch vertical). Has NBA body & athleticism but needs to be more consistent, streaky career in SEC.
Elliot Williams – 6’4 180, Memphis (via Duke): Lefty. Role player, active defender at Duke. Became more of a scorer at Memphis but is not at all ready to be that guy in NBA.
Lance Stephenson – 6’6 227, Cincy: Wide bodied guard, thick through hips and shoulders, long arms (6’10 wingspan). Good scoring ability but needs continued work on stroke. Will he work to defend and develop his game?
James Anderson – 6’6 208, Oklahoma St.: Average athletically but can score. Averaged over 22 ppg slashing and getting to the line. Shot it much better from 3 in 2009, a bit streaky.
Others
Darrington Hobson – 6’6 204, New Mexico: Smooth lefty. Weak physically. Good shooter but needs to improve range & consistency. Best attribute may be his passing ability.
Xavier Rabaseda – 6’6 210, Cornella (via Regal Barcelona):Owned by same club that Ricky Rubio plays for but played in LEB Gold for Cornella this year. Very good 3-point shooter. Don’t be surprised if he’s chosen in 2nd round and left in Spain for a couple years.
Willie Warren – 6’3 208, Oklahoma: Not overly athletic, should be in college.
Chris Denker is Managing Partner of NetScouts and can be followed on Twitter @chrisdenker. Photo by FIBA.
NBA Summer League Day 4 & Free Agent Moves
The past 24 hours have not been as much about the Summer League games themselves but rather the talk and rumors regarding Free Agency and moves involving high profile as well as International players.
Hedo Turkoglu (Turkey) is moving from Toronto to the Phoenix Suns in a 3-team trade that would ultimately send Boris Diaw (France) and Leandro Barbosa (Brazil) to the Raps. Josh Childress who left the NBA for more Euros in Greece with Olympiacos is rumored to be close to signing with the Suns as well.
The Miami Heat added Udonis Haslem and shooter Mike Miller to their roster. Two very good moves for a team with lots of roster space, Haslem is a defender and rebounder who is taking a serious pay cut to stay with Wade and the Heat and Miller is another former Team USA guy who can knock down open 3's with regularity. Wade, Bosh, and James will draw plenty of double teams and force rotation and Miller will make them pay.
The San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks are close to finalizing deals that I am very interested in. The Spurs have held the rights to 6'11 250 Tiago Splitter (Brazil) since 2007, he has played in Spain's ACB for Caja Laboral (formerly TAU Ceramica) and this year led them to the ACB Tournament Championship over Ricky Rubio's Regal Barcelona squad. This is a key acquisition as Splitter will be a great compliment to the Spurs veterans specifically Tim Duncan.
Timofey Mozgov, 7'1 Center for BC Khimki in Russia, is a very good addition to the Knicks. He is a lottery pick type of player that the Knicks are snagging from the EuroLeague. He has played for some of the top coaches in Europe such as David Blatt and Sergio Scariolo and is very athletic for his size. He is very well versed in Pick/Roll action and runs the floor well which should suit Mike D'Antoni and the NYK system quite well.
From Vegas...
- The Spurs beat Minnesota 85-61
- Sacramento beat the Pistons 97-68 thanks to five scorers in double figures
- Landry Fields (Stanford) led the Knicks over the Lakers with 17 points
- Derrick Caracter had another double double with 16 & 10 for LA and continues to impress scouts (both NBA and European) with his play.
- Two Bay Area guys, Jeremy Lin (Harvard via Palo Alto (pictured)) and Omar Samhan (Saint Mary's) are playing very well...not like they are going to automatically stick with a club but are doing well for themselves and will get a contract from this event if the NBA doesn't work out.
We'll update more as the day concludes, keep checking back!
Chris Denker can be followed on Twitter @chrisdenker.
More Thoughts from NBA Summer League
Sitting here at the NBA Rookie Officials Training Camp err NBA Summer League in Las Vegas and had a few more observations.
- Dan Majerle is pulling a Dusty Baker today, no not sweatbands, he's coaching in high tops...when was the last time you saw that?
- Sounds like the Warriors have new ownership so the GSW fans have something to cheer about
- Speaking of the Warriors, Reggie Wiliams can play...he has 18 points in the second quarter of the game I am sitting in...
- Speaking of #2...Williams is being 'checked' by Taylor Griffin who the paid handsomely a year ago as a 1st Rd. pick
- Taylor just scored! He now has 2 points.
- Little brother Blake is in the house watching
- Bryan Colangelo was in the lobby yesterday...he and all the Raps Fans seem very happy to unload Hedo Turkoglu.
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The Suns are very excited about the signing of Hedo Turkoglu.
- John Wall vs. Roddy Beaubois coming later tonight!
- LOTS of people around the NBA Summer League think the "LeBron Show" to announce his decision was a joke.
- Per #10, several here say the decision to leave wasn't made "that morning" as he said, but rather a year ago.
- Jaycee Carroll (Utah State) who played in Spain's ACB this past year is rumored to be headed to Maccabi Tel Aviv. He's played solidly with the Knicks.
- Clippers vs. Blazers tonight will be interesting as Eric Bledsoe will face Patty Mills
- Earl Clark has improved. The Louisville/Phx Suns forward is a big, skilled guy.
- Matt Janning continues to make good plays
- The Clippers scored a whopping 50 points in 48 minutes last night
- Eric Bledsoe (Kentucky) was 1/6, scored 4 points, had 2 assists and 7 turnovers as the PG for the Clips
- Will Rudy Fernandez stay with the Trail Blazers? Or go back to Europe with either Regal Barcelona or Panathinaikos? Barca is close to home and has his pal Ricky Rubio.
- Kim Tillie just picked up his 8th personal foul
- The Korean National Team scrimmaged the Pistons today
Wall and Beaubois are about to face off so it's time for me to log off.
Chris Denker is Managing Partner of NetScouts and can be followed on Twitter @chrisdenker. Photo by MKRob.
European Basketball Signings This Week
There were several big name signees throughout Europe from various NCAA, NBA, and Euroleague teams this week...
SPAIN
Barcelona resigned Pete Mickeal (Cincy). Mickeal was a key contributor to the FCB success this past season.
CB Granada signed Russian forward Yaroslav Korolev who was a 1st Round Draft Pick (LAC) and recently played in the NBA Summer League Las Vegas.
Real Madrid signed center D'Or Fischer, last at Maccabi Tel Aviv. This is a good pick up for RM.
Basquet Menorca signed 2-time MVP of LEB Gold, Joakim Donaldson.
Valladolid signed Jason Robinson, last with Melilla Baloncesto (LEB Gold)..jpg)
Caja Laboral signed Marcus Haislip. Hoping to ease the loss of All-EL performer Tiago Splitter who went to the San Antonio Spurs (NBA).
Gran Canaria 2014 signed Spencer Nelson, last at Peristeri.
Gran Canaria also signed Taurean Green (Florida) to a two-year contract.
Menorca Basquet signed Rafa Huertas, who last played at CB Melilla.
Murcia signed Taj Gray, last at Chalon in France. A good sign for the LEB Gold team.
GERMANY
The Artland Dragons signed Boston College PG Tyrese Rice, a lefty scoring guard who last played for Panionios. A good acquisition for the new coach.
The Dragons also signed Bryan Bailey who played last season for EWE Baskets Oldenburg.
Telekom Baskets Bonn signed Arizona’s Nick Wise.
ISRAEL
Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv signed Alabama’s Mikhail Torrance who played very well in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament.
Nymburk signed Chester "Tre" Simmons, who had a nice season last year at Hapoel Jerusalem in Israel.
Galil Gilboa signed Tyler Wilkerson (Marshall)
Maccabi Rishon signed Denis Clemente (Kansas State/Puerto Rico).
Another note from Israeli basketball: The Tokyo Apache (Japan) signed former San Diego high school player Jeremy Tyler, who left school early and played a portion of the season with Maccabi Haifa in Israel. He left the team late in the year after not playing very much.
ITALY
Siena signed point guard Bo McCalebb to a three year deal who is coming off a great season.
Verona (site of Romeo and Juliet's balcony) signed shooter/"point guard" A.J. Abrams from Texas.
Scavolini Pesaro has signed Morris Almond, last at Real Madrid...the experiment apparently didn't work out.
Montepaschi Siena signed Rimas Kaukenas, last at Real Madrid.
Montepaschi Siena signed former Oregon Duck and San Antonio Spurs SG Malik Hairston to a two year deal...he joins Maarty Leunen & Luke Jackson as Ducks in Italy.
Scavolini Pesaro signed USC’s Daniel Hackett.
Sutor Montegranaro signed Bobby Jones (UW).
TURKEY
Bornova re-signed Tennessee’s Tyler Smith.
Aliaga Petkim signed Cal’s Jerome Randle who was MVP of the PIT in Portsmouth but curiously played for the Washington Wizards (John Wall) in the NBA Summer League Las Vegas.
Aliaga Petkim signed Houston’s Aubrey Coleman.
Efes Pilsen signed Lawrence Roberts to a one-year contract. Roberts is coming off a nice year with Partizan.
Chris Denker is Managing Partner of NetScouts and can be followed on Twitter @chrisdenker.