Comments on: NBA Draft Stock On the Rise: Tyreke Evans and Jrue Holiday

By: doc

doc — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:38:35 +0000

Give me Evans because I saw him a lot and he a problem.

By: ctkennedy

ctkennedy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:37:17 +0000

evans is jamal crawford with way lesser range
holiday is a more athletic kirk hinrich i rather have the scorer cause offensive is so much harder to teach than defensive

By: ctkennedy

ctkennedy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:34:29 +0000

evans is jamal crawford with way lesser range
holiday is more athletic kirk hinrich i rather have the scorer and deal with the d later cause o is so much harder to teach

By: manuel s.

manuel s. — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:36:18 +0000

Seriously Mr.Katz?? Were we watching the same game? In your comment:
I remember going to see UCLA at the Garden during the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic and Holiday was actually running the high post for Ben Howland. That offers some explanation behind his unimpressive numbers – 8.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 3.5 apg. But scouts aren’t holding that against him.

That was actually one of Holiday’s best games of the year. No scouts will hold that game against him. UCLA lost but Holiday was something like 6-8 shooting with about 15 points on a night when the team only scored 52pts. That was a game against Beilein’s infamous 1-3-1 zone. Come on! No one else could score from the high post and that’s why Holiday was there. To use that game to somehow justify a mishandling of Jrue is not only specious, it just makes you look plain dumb.

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By: Ekstor

Ekstor — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:31:18 +0000

i haven’t seen tyreke evans… being a west coast guy, i have seen holiday and while his numbers are not impressive, his ability and natural talent was obvious. i spotted westbrook as having nba-ability long before the scouts started to drool over him… and i’ll tell you now that holiday’s upside is even greater!

By: CCB

CCB — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:17:50 +0000

Real quick, look at the Jordan Classic picture of Reke. What do you see? I can’t help but notice how long his damn arms are. He is turning the corner on a defender and the ball is less than a foot from his hands and his back is damn near straight up which allows him to still see the floor and maintain control of the rock once he makes his decision. Most guys when they turn the corner on someone they are leaning into the dribble which typically forces them to take an extra dribble to make a pass or to shoot. Reke’s arm length allows him to create better and to get off the really awkward “step” layup, that he did so much during the tourney, when he picks up the dribble to attack the basket. We saw it all year here in Memphis, the kid is going to be the real second coming of Magic Johnson.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:07:40 +0000

Evans looked like a beast in college… I wouldn’t be surprised if he somehow made it all the way up to the 3rd spot.

By: Michorizo

Michorizo — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:05:33 +0000

I love these articles leading up to the draft…thanks dime

By: Kobeef

Kobeef — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:59:44 +0000

I’d take Evans

Jrue is like an unproven version of Russell Westbrook.