Re: sportstalk: diop has worst vertical in Chicago

[David A Wickerham <aw623@bfn.org>]

If you want a scouting report on Antoine, go to the USENET draft site and
check out the 1996 draft.  The URL is

www.ibiblio.org/craig/draft/1996_draft/scout/sf.html#AWalker

A very interesting evaluation, in light of his career.  The only weird
thing to read was that he would be the 2nd sf taken after John Wallace.
You have to remember that everyone thought Shareef had pulled himself out
of the draft.

****dave

On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, John Lyell wrote:

> 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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