NBA Comparison: Danny Schayes (less athletic)

Strengths: A role player with good size and length for the center position … Plays hard and is willing to do all the dirty work inside … Will fight for position on the defensive end, get to the glass and rebound … Effective setting screens to get his teammates open … Rebounds the ball extremely well thanks to his size and aggressive approach inside … Has a very good nose for the ball and is able to get to a  number of missed shots that are out of his area …  A high character guy, a good teammate and a nice locker room piece … Shows decent hands, and can make catches in the paint in drive and dish situations …

Weaknesses: Style of game would fit better in the NBA if it were 1980 … Big, tall, unathletic centers don’t have much of a place in the NBA nowadays … Not a scoring threat inside … Lacks footwork, touch and body control to be effective with his back to the basket … Does not have great mobility and his motor is also fairly poor – demonstrated by his inability to run the floor and stay on the court for extended periods of time … Extremely foul prone …  An awkward athlete with very stiff and robotic movements …

Borko Popic – 06/23/2010

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