Re: MVC prospects for NBA draft
Posted: July 7th, 2016, 8:26 am
mvcfan wrote:uniftw wrote:I didn't mean to make it sound like he doesn't have athleticism. He does. The NBA is a whole different world when it comes to "average athletic ability".
Damn, try to compliment a guy and say you think it's possible he's about to have a 10+ year career and you're the devil
I get what you mean. Ron isn't an isolate one on one jump over and dunk athletic talent. He plays smart, knows how to move w/o the ball to get open, few turnovers, always in good defensive position, can guard more athletic defenders closely by being smart, fighting thru picks, dig at ball as he runs by when it's not his man, etc. etc.
I agree that Ron is a Kirk Heinrich type of player. KH has a 13 yr. NBA career under his belt.
Exactly.
Trust me, as a UNI fan I'm not one go to "He has no athleticism" because that's been the biggest diss on UNI for the last 15 years. UNI players aren't "traditionally" athletic...though more and more are moving to be that...they are smart players that know how to use what they have. Lucas O'Rear is a prime example of that. 6'6 260lb white kid that could "meh" dunk yet he was a dominant defender and rebounder during his time.
As much as we hated him - Doug McDermott is the same. He has about zero athleticism in the traditional sense, but he just has "it"