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Originally Posted by Jcwisco
Jk has NBA potential based on his intensity, how he dives on the floor, a good rebounder high basketball IQ. What coach doesnt want that .He may not be the greatest athlete in the world, but being a great defender does not require jumping ability when I look at Shane Batteir, Ron Artest, Bruce Bowen Ect. None of them are great athletes but to a lesser extent JK posses all those same skills...The only way Marcus makes it is if this year he learns to put the ball on the floor without dribbling it off his foot. If he could do that with resonable effectiveness his ceiling would be much higher although he would have a tough time defending the perimeter I dont see him with great lateral quickness... Trevon maybe to small. He is not yet as good as Dee Brown was and Dee Brown rarley plays. That is the beauty of Bo Ryan as well as his demise he rarely ever has NBA players and yet he does nothing but win, until he reaches the Sweet 16 that is and loses to teams with NBA players on them. That said the perimeter players of this freshman class as well as some of the guys he is bringing in may change all that. P.s. Troy Can I join that start Curt Phillips club, anyone who thinks they can win with Sheer next year is sorley mistaken.
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I pretty much agree with everything you said.
I want to expound on one of your points. Krabbenhoft's intensity, or I'll rephrase it as consistent desire, is essentially a translatable NBA skill. In the NBA it's paramount to able to dig down deep, but also not get too high or low, when you play 82 games and generally about every 2-3 nights. If one can't just observe that Krabbenhoft has consistent desire from watching his facial expression, it's also manifested in defensive ability and pace adjusted rebounding statistics. Both defense and rebounding are effort activities. Shooting, to different degrees, comes and goes.
Look no further than the Milwaukee Bucks to find a guy who played a similar role in college to JK, who's already thriving in the NBA. Luc Richard Mbah Moute was a stellar defender and rebounder at UCLA, but his pro prospects were somewhat overlooked because he was overshadowed by that teams stars and he wasn't an offensive juggernaut. If one watched LRMAM closely, you'll see that his facial expression basically never changes, like Joe's, but he's always active. And his offensive game has expanded after being asked to be a scoring threat because the NBA has more offensive talent.
Krabbe doesn't quite have LRMAM's athleticism, but some great case in points were already made about good defender's who are seemingly below average athletes for their position. And he's not unskilled. Ball-handling is historically tougher to develop than shooting. LRMAM could always handle the ball fairly well, as does Joe. He's improved his jumper via repetition.