Who would you pick? Alexander or Harrell? (Undersized center)

[Sixth Man]

Cauley-Stein?

[jwmann2]

 I don't think KG is an accurate comparison to Montrezl Harrell. He's more like a Kenneth Faried. Not that great of a shooter but has a knack for rebounding and has a motor that just doesn't stop.

[jwmann2]

Cauley-Stein?

No way. I don't see how anyone would consider this guy a possibility to be a dominant NBA player. Good defensively but that's about it.

[Tr1boy]

I don't think KG is an accurate comparison to Montrezl Harrell. He's more like a Kenneth Faried. Not that great of a shooter but has a knack for rebounding and has a motor that just doesn't stop.

Harrell is a better shooter than Faried.  Faried can't shoot if his life depended on it. Harrell can make the open 2. He has really improved vs 1st year in college. 

But yeah, overall kind of similar in terms of size, explosiveness, above the rim, go all out style.  Harrell has a longer 7'4 wingspan, 8'11 reach but Faried is slightly more explosive and quicker.

[CFAN38]

Having watched both play season I think Harrell looks more and more like a Paul Milsap style 4/3. He is going to be a really good pro but a bad fit for the current Cs roster. He would be great on the Kings next to cousins. Alexander is a tough prospect to peg he is good at alot but great at nothing. Good size at PF, good athleticism not super skilled. I think he should stay in college 1 year to further develop. That said the season is young maybe he picks it up as the season goes on and is a more explosive sully, I just dont see it yet. 

[hwangjini_1]

Having watched both play season I think Harrell looks more and more like a Paul Milsap style 4/3. He is going to be a really good pro but a bad fit for the current Cs roster. He would be great on the Kings next to cousins. Alexander is a tough prospect to peg he is good at alot but great at nothing. Good size at PF, good athleticism not super skilled. I think he should stay in college 1 year to further develop. That said the season is young maybe he picks it up as the season goes on and is a more explosive sully, I just dont see it yet.

thanks for the update cfan. you have watched alexander and i have not, so i have a question for you about him.

i know he is not tall, but his standing reach is the same as olly's standing reach. plus alexander seems to be able to jump well. do you think he has the strength and athletic ability to play the center position in the nba?

thanks, i'll hang up and listen now.

[freshinthehouse]

Having watched both play season I think Harrell looks more and more like a Paul Milsap style 4/3. He is going to be a really good pro but a bad fit for the current Cs roster. He would be great on the Kings next to cousins. Alexander is a tough prospect to peg he is good at alot but great at nothing. Good size at PF, good athleticism not super skilled. I think he should stay in college 1 year to further develop. That said the season is young maybe he picks it up as the season goes on and is a more explosive sully, I just dont see it yet.

thanks for the update cfan. you have watched alexander and i have not, so i have a question for you about him.

i know he is not tall, but his standing reach is the same as olly's standing reach. plus alexander seems to be able to jump well. do you think he has the strength and athletic ability to play the center position in the nba?

thanks, i'll hang up and listen now.

I think he definitely does.  Dude is a mountain of muscle, and while a 6'9" center is never ideal, his reach does help mitigate some of that.

[CFAN38]

Having watched both play season I think Harrell looks more and more like a Paul Milsap style 4/3. He is going to be a really good pro but a bad fit for the current Cs roster. He would be great on the Kings next to cousins. Alexander is a tough prospect to peg he is good at alot but great at nothing. Good size at PF, good athleticism not super skilled. I think he should stay in college 1 year to further develop. That said the season is young maybe he picks it up as the season goes on and is a more explosive sully, I just dont see it yet.

thanks for the update cfan. you have watched alexander and i have not, so i have a question for you about him.

i know he is not tall, but his standing reach is the same as olly's standing reach. plus alexander seems to be able to jump well. do you think he has the strength and athletic ability to play the center position in the nba?

thanks, i'll hang up and listen now.

I dont think he will be able to play anything more then spot backup minutes at the 5 on a good team. I dont think he will be able to provide much rim protection in the NBA. Physically he reminds me a lot of Bass just 1.5" taller. They seem to be similar athletes with similar length. Alexander is currently averaging 1.5blks per which is about what Bass averaged in college. The leads me to the rhetorical question of "How good would a 6'9 (not 6'7.5") Bass be as an NBA center?". Another comp might be JJ Hickson at center. He has some good matchups to watch coming up, tonight at 9 VS Florida (they lack a dominat big but have high prospect Walker and Al Horford young brother), the 10th Vs Georgetown (and giant Josh Smith) and the 13th VS Utah (they have potential 1st rd pick 7' Jakob Poeltl) 

[dwoumn]

Cauley-Stein?

No way. I don't see how anyone would consider this guy a possibility to be a dominant NBA player. Good defensively but that's about it.

Did you see Cauley-Stein against Texas, who have very good bigs? Cauley-Stein is only 21 and still has room to grow but could be an answer for the Celtics. If Cauley-Stein can be close to his comparison Tyson Chandler, then he can be a decent role player down the line and a backup to Zeller. Not only would he be a decent backup but a complement to Sully and Olynyk. Very good defender both on ball and off the ball, athletic, and could work well with Rondo in the P&R. Celtics need to seriously be following him through the college season.

[knuckleballer]

Cauley-Stein?

No way. I don't see how anyone would consider this guy a possibility to be a dominant NBA player. Good defensively but that's about it.

Did you see Cauley-Stein against Texas, who have very good bigs? Cauley-Stein is only 21 and still has room to grow but could be an answer for the Celtics. If Cauley-Stein can be close to his comparison Tyson Chandler, then he can be a decent role player down the line and a backup to Zeller. Not only would he be a decent backup but a complement to Sully and Olynyk. Very good defender both on ball and off the ball, athletic, and could work well with Rondo in the P&R. Celtics need to seriously be following him through the college season.

He was great in that game and would be a nice complement to Sully and Olynyk as you said.  I'm hoping for more with our draft pick, but if we finish in the late lottery, I think he'd be a good pick for us.

[Sixth Man]

Cauley-Stein?

No way. I don't see how anyone would consider this guy a possibility to be a dominant NBA player. Good defensively but that's about it.

I don't know anyone who thinks he will be a 'dominant' NBA center.  However, the Celts need a defender/rim protector/rebounder. 

[esel1000]

What a dumb play by Turner

[R19Pa]

LB/DE Chase Thomas - fine, fine college player, but I just dont see how you fit him in a 4-3 defense. Probably as a SLB, but hes not a great fit there IMO.  Id actually maybe use him as an undersized DE as hes an incredibly saavy pass rusher.

[hwangjini_1]

LB/DE Chase Thomas - fine, fine college player, but I just dont see how you fit him in a 4-3 defense. Probably as a SLB, but hes not a great fit there IMO.  Id actually maybe use him as an undersized DE as hes an incredibly saavy pass rusher.

that's nice. now take a second to look at which blog this is.

[Tr1boy]

We got to get this guy with one of our picks.  Now he has become a sharpshooter. All kidding aside, he has gone from a bad shooter to a decent one.  Plus all the other crazy things he will do on the court to help a team win.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHnAKaNPMJ8