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Flystripper · 06-24-2008, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by RockyBalboa

IF Trent could learn to face up to the basket.....

IF Trent could learn to take a 10-15 jumpshot.....

IF Trent could learn to play defense......

IF Trent could learn how to use his body better in the paint....

IF Trent could learn how to take a shot without releasing it from his hip double pumping while a guy who's 6'4 just blocked the shot of a guy who supposedly has a 40+ inch vertical......

Then he'd be a first round draft pick,,,,but he has none of those....Trent is not 1st round talent at all.

Trent is a marginal Euro talent at best. The Euro leagues expect their big men to actually have basketball IQ and skills.

DrumNFeather · 06-25-2008, 01:58 AM

He'll probably land in the NBDL when someone takes a flyer on him in the second round...which won't be all bad. He'll probably get some summer league time as well. By then he'll know what he needs to do to make it in the NBA. After that, it's all up to him. I suspect that this is probably the best experience he could hope for, including coming back for his senior season.

If only he were a Euro with grainy film...Fran Frachilla would be touting him as a "project," which he is. When you come from the college game, you don't get that as much. I wonder why that is.

06-25-2008, 01:58 AM	#12
DrumNFeather Active LDS Ute Fan Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Nantucket : ) Posts: 2,566	He'll probably land in the NBDL when someone takes a flyer on him in the second round...which won't be all bad. He'll probably get some summer league time as well. By then he'll know what he needs to do to make it in the NBA. After that, it's all up to him. I suspect that this is probably the best experience he could hope for, including coming back for his senior season. If only he were a Euro with grainy film...Fran Frachilla would be touting him as a "project," which he is. When you come from the college game, you don't get that as much. I wonder why that is.