Re: sportstalk: diop has worst vertical in Chicago

["John Lyell" <johnlyell@hotmail.com>]

I would think we would pass on Bradley for one reason. He is a horrendous
free throw shooter, around 50-60%! Like shaq, he shoots a higher % from the
field.

The scouting reports says he a great inside game though. It would be
interesting to see what such a scouting report would have said for a Bird or
Mchale, or even Antoine. Something like "Not a great athlete, slow on foot,
with limited jumping ability."

http://www.geocities.com/maurerscouting/Bradley.html


----- Original Message -----
From: "OzerskyJA" <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>
To: "'j.hironaka'" <j.hironaka@unesco.org>; "OzerskyJA"
<OzerskyJA@cmog.org>; <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 10:06 AM
Subject: RE: sportstalk: diop has worst vertical in Chicago


> I'm with Mark on this one.  If Curry really has
> a longer wingspan than Loren Woods, than he really
> is Baby Shaq.  Trade all three picks to get him now.
> On the other hand, Michael Bradley sounds like he really
> has some McHale-esque arm length to go with his low-post
> moves; I'm also encouraged to see that Joe Forte is 6'4" and
> a smidgen in his shoes.  (Unless they are elevator shoes, as
> Joe suggests.)  Haywood has an impressive wingspan too; we
> definitely need to pick up one of these guys somewhere.
>
> Diop apparently has such a weak lift for reasons connected
> to his injured foot.  I don't really care, but I would hate
> to see us go into next year without a single impact rookie.
> I wish Gasol had been there to be measured; I am so not excited
> about him....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: j.hironaka [mailto:j.hironaka@unesco.org]
> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 12:58 PM
> To: OzerskyJA; 'celtics@igtc.com'
> Subject: Re: sportstalk: diop has worst vertical in Chicago
>
>
> At 12:09 15/06/01 -0400, OzerskyJA wrote:
>
> >Eddy Curry - 6'11.75" shoes; 6'10.25" w/o shoes - 301 lbs - wing span -
> >7'6.5"
> >DeSagana Diop - 6'11.25" shoes; 6'10" w/o shoes - 314 lbs - wing span -
> >7'6.5"
>
> Curry is half an inch taller than Diop in shoes, yet only a quarter inch
> taller in socks.
>
> I guess it really IS the shoes. ;-)
>
>
> >Michael Bradley - 6'11" shoes; 6'9.25" w/o shoes - 227 lbs - wing span:
> >7'1.5"
> >Brendan Haywood - 7'1.5" shoes; 6'11.75" w/o shoes - 266 lbs - wing span
> >7'6.5"
>
> Bradley and Haywood both showed up wearing an inch-and-three-quarter
heels.
> What did they have a date afterwards?
>
> I wonder if these shoes were specially designed for the NBA physical, or
if
> they actually play in them?
>
> >Richard Jefferson - 6'8.25" shoes; 6'7.25" w/o shoes - 223 lbs - wing
span:
> >7'0"
>
> Richard Jefferson's taller than I imagined. I wonder how his ball handling
> skills are.
>
> >Troy Murphy - 6'11" shoes; 6'9.75" w/o shoes - 230 lbs - wing span: 6'11"
> >Jason Richardson - 6'5.75" shoes; 6'4.75" w/o shoes - 213 lbs - wing
span:
> >6'11.5"
> >Jamaal Tinsley - 6'2" shoes; 6'0.75" w/o shoes - 199 lbs - wing span:
> 6'7.5"
> >Rodney White - 6'8.75" shoes; 6'7.5" w/o shoes; 243 lbs - wing span:
> 6'11.5"
> >Loren Woods - 7'1.75" shoes; 7'0.75" w/o shoes - 245 lbs - wing span
7'5.5"
>
> Stop for a minute and imagine a 40 inch vertical without taking a step.
> That defies gravity. The worst of them, Sagana Diop, has like double my
> hops on a good day. Coming in last in hops with all those WBs around, he's
> a disgrace to his people. ;-)
>
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>
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