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Message: [QUOTE="Chin Diesel, post: 3854882, member: 34"] I'll put this out there. Bouk reminds me a bit of a taller Allen Iverson (Cue the "practice? we talkin' 'bout practice?"). No way am I suggesting Bouk is better than a HoF guard. At least not yet. He's also about 4" taller than Iverson and can obviously has a much higher top height when he jumps. But.............. Much like Iverson, Bouk has a way of creating space when he gets to the rim to get off his shot against bigger players. He knows how to use his body, shield the ball and how to use the opposite side of rim to negate taller players. Bouk has a good pull up game where he gives a hard dribble to the rim and pulls up for J's. Bouk has a much higher percentage of clean looks on pull up J's in the half court than most other players. The defender has to respect the ability to get to the rim and the hard jab step and dribble creates space. Bouk is a good rebounding guard and has no problem getting a defensive rebounding, navigating through the transition and finishing at the rim. They are both lithe in build and get knocked down a bunch near the basket. It's the nature of their game. Both have the combo of old school and athleticism to change pace, throw a hedge or get defender off balance and then use superior athleticism to finsih the play. Once they get the advantage on a defender their athleticism prevents any recovery from the defender. Both finish strong at rim for And 1 opportunities Iverson is a 4-time scoring champ and a HoF player so obviously he is more accomplished. Averaged As most have posted in this thread, it's tough to nail down a perfect Bouk comp, but every comp we have tried to make is that of elite, generational talents. [/QUOTE]

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