BEST NBA COMPARISON: ZYDRUNAS ILGAUSKAS
Note: The current or past NBA player comparisons for these prospects do not indicate that I'm predicting that they will be as good or as bad.
HE ALREADY HAS A SURPRISINGLY POLISHED OFFENSIVE GAME FOR HIS AGE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE WAS SURROUNDED BY TERRIBLE GUARD PLAY AT MARYLAND THAT INHIBITED HIM FROM DISPLAYIING HIS OFFENSIVE TALENTS. HAS SURPRISINGLY GOOD RANGE ON HIS JUMPSHOT AND HAS AN ARRAY OF POST MOVES IN THE PAINT. ALTHOUGH HE NEEDS MORE WORK ON THE DEFENSIVE END, HE DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE AN ABOVE AVERAGE DEFENDER IN THE PAINT DUE TO HIS SUPERIOR SIZE, LENGTH AND ATHLETICISM. HE PROBABLY HAS THE MOST OVERALL POTENTIAL OF ANY BIG MAN IN THIS DRAFT CLASS. LET IT BE NOTED THAT HE DID OUTPLAY NERLENS NOEL IN THERE ONLY MEETING HEAD-TO-HEAD BY SCORING 23 PTS AND GRABBING 12 BOARDS COMPARED TO 4 PTS AND 9 BOARDS FOR NERLENS NOEL, EVEN THOUGH KENTUCKY STILL WON THE GAME.