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It's a sad illustration of exactly how far college basketball talent has fallen over the last decade. I'm sure Otto and Caron's 2nd year stats are pretty similar.Agreed, Caron was way better.
It's a sad illustration of exactly how far college basketball talent has fallen over the last decade. I'm sure Otto and Caron's 2nd year stats are pretty similar.Agreed, Caron was way better.
It's a sad illustration of exactly how far college basketball talent has fallen over the last decade. I'm sure Otto and Caron's 2nd year stats are pretty similar.
Yeah pretty much my point. You just had to be a lot better to get those stats 10 years ago than you do now.I didnt even look at stats before when I made the comparison and after looking they are mirror images, just about. Caron was also 2 years older than Otto going into their freshman seasons. They both do everything well on the court. You guys are really under rating Otto Porter.
Here are Otto and Caron's 2nd season stats.
Caron: 20.3 pts, 48.6% fg, 40% 3pt (shorter 3 than now), 77.9% FT, 3 ast, 7.5 rbs, 2.1 steals, 0.4 blocks
Otto: 16.1 pts, 51.1% fg, 46.8% 3pt, 76.4% FT, 2.5 ast, 7.6 rbs, 1.9 steals, 0.9 blocks
Nolan will be a nice player next year. He's not incredible yet, might never be. I'd rather him get the min over TO for the last few games, see what we have in him.
I had the same observation, nice player but lacks quickness.Porter is a great player, not sure how he will translate to the NBA. Not sure he will ever be a star. He looks painfully slow with the ball.
Porter is an above average college player. He is slow on defense and his handle is fairly clumsy. He has a beautiful stroke BUT nearly every 6'9" player in the NBA also has that stroke. I don't see him mixing it up with the bigger, faster , stronger forwards in the league. The fact that he didn't play the top comp in aau will also hinder him. The NBA is not a training ground. A lot of All Americans never became successful NBAers - he is good but I would take the Harris guy from Virginia over him any dayPorter is a great player, not sure how he will translate to the NBA. Not sure he will ever be a star. He looks painfully slow with the ball.
Porter is an above average college player. He is slow on defense and his handle is fairly clumsy. He has a beautiful stroke BUT nearly every 6'9" player in the NBA also has that stroke. I don't see him mixing it up with the bigger, faster , stronger forwards in the league. The fact that he didn't play the top comp in aau will also hinder him. The NBA is not a training ground. A lot of All Americans never became successful NBAers - he is good but I would take the Harris guy from Virginia over him any day