NCAA Tournament Playalong Thread

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Originally Posted by King Glorious

Felton has averaged:
14.0 and 7.0
14.4 and 7.4
13.7 and 6.8 this season

Those aren't great but they are respectable and even a little bit more when you look at the team he plays for. The Bobcats are the second lowest scoring team in the league and points are at a premium there. I don't agree with you in him being in the bottom third. I'd put him in the top 15.

I'm not sure what kind of athlete Curry is but I know he's a big time player. Seeing what he did against major competition was enough to let me know that. Watching him this year was even more impressive. I thought he made a very smooth transition to point guard. He had a lot of turnovers but the more I watched, the more I became convinced that it was more his teammates fault than his. They seemed like they were never able to catch his passes but his passes were often on the mark. I think he's going to be able to hit the NBA and give a team 15+ a night and I think he might make a bigger contribution as a second team point guard because he's going to be much better than what any opponent will bring in.

I don't know about Hudson declaring last year but I think any team will be lucky to have him. He's only 6-2 but he's such a great athlete. He rebounds like he's 6-8. I know his league is full of suspect competition but over the past two seasons, he's gone for 35 and 10 boards against Memphis, 27-11 against Mississippi St, 26-11 against UNLV, 36-9 against Vanderbilt, and 33-12 against Auburn. That's getting it done. Last year, he had 11 double-doubles and two triple-doubles (one of them a quadruple). This year, 11 more double-doubles. He's also had 10 games where he missed a double-double by just one rebound. Now, I don't expect him to produce like that in the NBA and of course, he won't be putting up 7+ boards a night in the league but there are some guys that are undersized that just have a knack for how to get it done. Guys like Lafayette Lever and Jason Kidd. Guys like Rajon Rondo and Russell Westbrook, both guys in that 6-1 to 6-3 range that average around five boards a game.

I think that Curry has one strength, shooting open shots. Nothing else he does is very good. He is not an NBA point guard. Just because he handled the ball against a bunch of 2nd raters doesnt mean he can play the position. West virginia had guys with length which he will be matched up with at the next level and he absolutely was awful. He is a mirage. When people talk about a guy being a player and having intangibles, i cringe. Because those guys almost never make it at the next level. Curry does not have the physical gifts to be a factor in the NBA. If he goes to a team that can use him properly, as a spot up shooter playing off of another good scorer he will be ok. If someone tries to make him a point guard they will be really disappointed.


PG's better than Felton
Chris paul
Deron Williams
Tony Parker
Chauncey Billips
Steve Nash
Baron Davis
Jasn Kidd
Gilbert Arenas
Mike Bibby
Jamal Crawford
Rajon Rondo
Derrrick Rose
Devin Harris
Jameer nelson
Mo Williams
Allen Iverson
Andre Miller
Jason Terry
TJ Ford
Jose Calderon

ok the last 2 are stretches