jay santos |
02-12-2007 03:41 PM |
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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
(Post 60098)
I'm beginning to understand that there are very few people actually interested in talking about BYU basketball. Probably due to the lack of coverage.
So here's the question. If you are Trent and want to play in the NBA, are you better off as a 5 or a 4?
And why? Indy and many other argue he is better as a 4. I'm trying to understand the reasoning.
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Trent will need to play the 4 in the NBA as he is too small to play the 5. However, the skill that is most important for 4's and 5's in the NBA is interior D, post up offense, and rebounding. These are skills Trent needs to hone in college. Playing the 5 in college and honing those skills, IMHO, increases Trent's NBA value the most.
This works out well, because BYU needs him at the 5. Keena is the perfect 4 in the Cleve/Rose philosophy. Can score inside but can face the basket from 18 feet out, can hit the 15 ft jump shot, and can both defend on the perimeter and outside. Plaisted does not have these skills. He is a college center.
Trent will also need to develop these 4 skills: outside shot, facing the basket, perimeter D if he wants to play the 4 in the NBA, but I think those skills are easily attained than the inside skills, and NBA coaches seem more interested in inside players and can be patient in them developing the outside game.
Trent at the 4 in college is a bad idea, and IMHO, will never happen.
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