Napier to the draft?!?

[swami7774]

From this morning's Globe pro hoops column by Gary Washburn:
"...with the potential departures of Jeremy Lamb, Andre Drummond, and even point guard Shabazz Napier, the sophomore who experienced his share of ups and downs during his second season but appears ready to enter the draft."

Napier "appears ready" for the NBA? Was Washburn watching a different player than I was?

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Are you sure it wasn't Chris Washburn (nicknamed Chris Washout) who penned the article?

 

[willie99]

how can reporters be so clueless? is it a prerequisite for getting a media job?

 

[Brochacho]

Apparently people think Shabazz would be the first PG taken in the draft if he declared, this guy isn't the first to say it.

 

[Dann]

nba draft is on potential. bazz shows alot of that. he can put some muscle on and have court vision thats rare(kidd/rondo like) in the nba. his cutting and visioon allows for that and thats what scouts see. he also has some nate robinson in him shooting wise. thats a funky combo skill set but potential wise an interesting pg and with this class of pgs he sticks out becuase there are 10 other guys that all smell the same to most scouts. funky combos skill wise in the nba mean interesting matchups. bazz makes people pay attention and think about down the road.

 

[UConn5]

I like Shabazz, but I am not going to lie I would be shocked if that is actually the sentiment of scouts.

 

[suzyq]

From this morning's Globe pro hoops column by Gary Washburn:
"...with the potential departures of Jeremy Lamb, Andre Drummond, and even point guard Shabazz Napier, the sophomore who experienced his share of ups and downs during his second season but appears ready to enter the draft."

Napier "appears ready" for the NBA? Was Washburn watching a different player than I was?

Read it again, it says "appears ready to enter the draft". Washburn doens't say he thinks he's ready.

 

[bpear1600]

I'm not sure he could make a NBDL roster.

 

[swami7774]

Read it again, it says "appears ready to enter the draft". Washburn doens't say he thinks he's ready.

I read it correctly the first time. "Appears" means he thinks he's ready.
I don't.

 

[Brochacho]

I'm not sure he could make a NBDL roster.

I think another year and NBA scouts may view him as DJ Augustin part 2.

 

[auror]

Well if we're tournament ineligible in 2013...why not?

 

[TRest]

Only if Hofstra isn't an option.

 

[Dann]

draft is potential, not what he can do next week. is drummond ready? no, but teams see it in him....u guys are either just ignoring what the basics of the draft or are funny guys.

do i want him to leave? no way! but lets be real here.

 

[Adesmar123]

Best way to keep Bazz is to let AO go...

 

[swami7774]

Best way to keep Bazz is to let AO go...

You'd think two MA guys could get along.

 

[Kitaman]

Too bad Omar Cook didn't write a book.

 

[Robertelamin]

Or Erick Barkley.

 

[Dann]

Best way to keep Bazz is to let AO go...

explain this to me? i thought they were friends? are you saying on the court or off the court issues?

 

[Pmurph678]

draft is potential, not what he can do next week. is drummond ready? no, but teams see it in him....u guys are either just ignoring what the basics of the draft or are funny guys.

do i want him to leave? no way! but lets be real here.

Shabazz would go undrafted, he is short, not that quick, and I'm not even sure he can dunk.

You are right that the NBA Drafts on potential, you are wrong thinking Shabazz has any.

 

[upstater]

Shabazz would go undrafted, he is short, not that quick, and I'm not even sure he can dunk.

You are right that the NBA Drafts on potential, you are wrong thinking Shabazz has any.

Your third post was not any better than your first two and I haven't even read your first two.

 

[Pmurph678]

Your third post was not any better than your first two and I haven't even read your first two.

I like Shabazz, he'll be a good point guard in the coming years for Uconn, but if you think he'd get drafted you're crazy

 

[tzznandrew]

Your third post was not any better than your first two and I haven't even read your first two.

His first two posts.

One of them was accepting a challenge to fight SouthTampaBill, and another was an accurate point correcting Fishy.

The first two posts were better than this one, but those were pretty good.

 

[Dann]

Shabazz would go undrafted, he is short, not that quick, and I'm not even sure he can dunk.

You are right that the NBA Drafts on potential, you are wrong thinking Shabazz has any.

no potential?
-bazz is a year younger than most pg's in the draft if not 2
-hes 6ft with exceptional court vision. put him with a big guy with hands and a wing shooter in the nba. i bet he can handle it.
-he can score and finishes at the rim. he can dunk but jc would ring his neck if he pulled another 1 vs uk in hawaii. hes also been injured somewhat most of the year so i wonder how much his legs took a beating.

the only guy younger than him in college i see as a before him pick would possibly be the uk pg, but hes not exactly the next great squid kid like wall/rose. the texas kid is no where near this draft same with wroten.

taylor/tu/jackson/wayns are all normal guys who are good prospects, but none of those have the potential to blow up into a big time player. they can be good players in the nba but scouts don't see that big time potential.

i'm not sure where the marshall from unc and the kid at detroit fall into the rankings tho.
if i'm looking for a combo guard, waiters is my first pick guard wise hands down. the potential with him is huge. his court vision tho will always hold him back from being a great pg vs guard.

shabazz has that high potential becuase of that court vision. thats gold in the nba.

 

[champs99and04]

Not sure what you guys are seeing in Shabazz. I think he can be an excellent college player next year and the year after, but call me skeptical in regards to his NBA prospects. I would say he has good court vision, but to compare him to somebody like Jason Kidd seems a bit far fetched. He's definitely not someone who "sees the play unfolding before anyone else does".

He still plays out of control at times, and he'd likely struggle to stay in front of NBA guards. I'm not overly impressed with his quickness, athleticism, or his first step. Best case scenario he's probably a DJ Augustine type player. Granted, Augustine was taken in the lottery, but that was after his junior year and he was one of the best players in the country. I think Shabazz needs to stay one more year and probably two. He's not projected to get drafted at this moment by NBA Draft net or Draft Express. You can question the reliability of those sources, but Bazz isn't somebody who screams NBA to me.

 

[DogMania]

I'm a tad shocked by that. I think Bazz will get swallowed up in the NBA. He's got some skills and the no-fear attitude about him, but I would think he needs 2 years to develop some consistency and get a h*ll of a lot stronger physically. I'm not sure how much muscle his body type can pack on, but he's way too weak for the NBA. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think he'd be a second round at best.

He can really improve his stock if he stays. I guess if there are some teams that are willing to draft him now, it might not be a bad time to go. If he stays and improves very little, his stock will drop. The NBA is all about either instant contribution or long term potential. If a player looks like he's not quite ready for one reason or another, he better have perceived upside or he won't get drafted, and if he does, he won't last very long if he doesn't improve significantly over the first 2 to 3 years of that initial contract.

I'd be shocked if Bazz enters the draft and gets drafted, but what do I know?