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Originally Posted by Heavystarch
I don't know why Anderson is at all a stiff. At the Real Deal Rivals singled him out as one if not the most impressive prospect there, and a month ago when he visited Kansas, one of the great talent evaluators out there, Bill Self, handed him an offer. I think Anderson will be a monster in the blocks on offense and have a Stiemer-like defensive presence.
At his absolute basement, I still see him having an overall better impact than Butch, who was a major contributor for three years.
His ceiling? I don't think he has much of an outside shot, so maybe a more athletic Roy Hibbert. I pray daily for his commitment
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I don't know how his basement could be Brian Butch. Butch had great range and skills for a big man. He also played with passion. His drawbacks were his poor footwork and strength. Anderson has the same below average footwork that Butch had. He has strength, but if you don't have passion, it doesn't amount to being useable. He only did average six rebounds per game in high school, so obviously he's not fully utilizing his strength/size. He doesn't have an understanding of how to play in the post on offense, as evidenced by his 8 point per game output. I played with a kid in 8th grade (R.I.P., died of an overdose in his early 20's) who was just so much bigger than all of his opponents, probably 6'7" or so, but he'd get blocked by kids over half a foot shorter because his arsenal comprised solely of a telegraphed right-handed hook with little lift. Size can only get you so far. If Evan Anderson has no offensive game right now, nor can he rebound, who is to say he'll ever gain those skills? Shot blocking? Didn't he only average around 2 per game? And that doesn't project to near as high of a total in college when he isn't playing relative dwarfs and when he doesn't have the lateral quickness to get in position. I think Berggren blocked around 7 shots per game at 6'10" this season.
Anyways, here's a couple older pictures and an article about Evan from 8th grade, if anyone's interested:
The Next Big Thing