Hilton Armstrong vs Isaiah Whaley

[huskypantz]

In today's NBA, I think they're basically neck and neck in draft position (see what I did there?). The problem with Whaley is that he's kind of a liability offensively as he's just not a go-to guy. His role is 100% D, rebounds, garbage points and hit open shots from the perimeter. That screams D-league to me but I think he could get called up as an effort guy who gets you 5-15 minutes off the bench.

 

[SubbaBub]

I disagree. Hilton was a nice piece and stepped in to fill Okafor's shoes a lot better than most would have thought, but Whaley is much more important to this team than Hilton was for his.

 

[djct1999]

Interesting question. The more I think about it the less I know. I can’t help myself by not getting past that Hilton was drafted 12th. Wow. Although, his jump in ability from soph to junior year, or was it junior to senior year, may have been the greatest single season progression in UConn history.

 

[metsfan2323]

Interesting question. The more I think about it the less I know. I can’t help myself by not getting past that Hilton was drafted 12th. Wow. Although, his jump in ability from soph to junior year, or was it junior to senior year, may have been the greatest single season progression in UConn history.

The way the game is played today it is doubtful Hilton would get drafted. Maybe late second round. Obviously the team that picked him at 12 overreached.

The better comparison for Whaley as far as playing style goes is Josh Boone.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Hilton had the big jump from junior year to senior year but he still a work in progress. I'd definitely say Whaley has a better offensive game and is more versatile defensively. Hilton had 2-3 inches on Whaley and became big enough to guard true 5's straight up. Whaley still struggles defensively with the bigger 4's and 5's. There was the picture last week of Carlton, Polley and Whaley. Carlton was about 2" taller than Whaley and Polley was at least an inch taller than Whaley.

Hilton Armstrong Stats | Basketball-Reference.com (basketball-reference.com)

 

[3rdbass]

Hilton had the big jump from junior year to senior year but he still a work in progress. I'd definitely say Whaley has a better offensive game and is more versatile defensively. Hilton had 2-3 inches on Whaley and became big enough to guard true 5's straight up. Whaley still struggles defensively with the bigger 4's and 5's. There was the picture last week of Carlton, Polley and Whaley. Carlton was about 2" taller than Whaley and Polley was at least an inch taller than Whaley.

Hilton Armstrong Stats | Basketball-Reference.com (basketball-reference.com)

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Yeah but Whaley's reach is insane and makes up for his lack of height. The problem is NBA he is a 4 without the offensive skills to play at that level(can't take his man of the dribble and hasn't shown he can shoot well enough and be a volume 3 point shooter which he would neee to do as and NBA 4.