Can Cody Zeller be an NBA star? Next year's draft is :garbage:

[labelplant]

Well this year's draft class is trash...

Nerlens Noel should be a nice defensive player with his length athletic ability but his offense is so pathetic and so far away from pro level that I don't think he'll ever be a viable option. Shabazz Muhammad clearly has a long way to go defensively and with his basketball IQ as well. The guy can score but his court vision is non existant at this point.
I like Trey Burke a lot but he isn't much more than a possible starter down the line.

Zeller is clearly the top prospect right now. And that say more about this coming year's draft than his potential. The guy has great touch around the hoop and he is pretty quick for his size but I mean what really separates him from someone like Tyler Hansbrough...

Unless Noel, Poythress, Isaiah Austin and some of these other guys manage to make huge strides once they reach the pros, this draft is going to be the worst since probably the infamous 2000 class.

Actually the kid Dario Saric from Croatia, if he enters, has a shot to become the best player here.

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

Short answer no,long answer hell no.

He shouldn't go top 5 either.

 

[NatiboyB]

No he can't be a star and he will not be picked higher then 3. He is a 14pt 8rb guy on good percentages. High Floor/Low Ceiling

 

[The War Report]

He doesn't have to worry about playing against dominate big men.

 

[labelplant]

You guys see anyone this year that you would take over him right now tho?

I assume you'd probably take a shot with Noel and Muhammad just for the outside chance they become stars? Since Zeller clearly won't be..

 

[Houston911]

Hes way better than hansbrough

Bigger, has great hands and hes a lot less robotic

Zeller looks pretty good to me, but yeah this draft aint shyt

 

[labelplant]

Although, in his defense I gotta bring up Kevin Love.

Of course, Love was a much better player as a fresh than Zeller is now as Soph

 

[PTBG]

Aaron Craft & Hardaway Jr. >>>>>

 

[Da_Eggman]

David Lee with less rebounds maybe

 

[labelplant]

Aaron Craft & Hardaway Jr. >>>>>

Burke is . At the college level at least. I'ma go out on a limb and say Michigan wins it all this year, tho their big men are

 

[Frump]

David Lee with less rebounds maybe

hes a much better offensive player then Lee was at the same age

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

You guys see anyone this year that you would take over him right now tho?

I assume you'd probably take a shot with Noel and Muhammad just for the outside chance they become stars? Since Zeller clearly won't be..

Archie Goodwin
Alex Poythress
Bazz
Alex Len
Noel (He really hasn't shown me anything either though)

Then you have guys like Marcus Smart,Isiah Austin and MCW who will be battling Zeller for draft position...

 

[tremonthustler1]

The draft class is talented. The problem is that you can count the amount of players that are ready on one hand. Most of these guys should stay an extra year.


Dario Saric signed a 2 year deal to stay overseas. He shouldn't enter the draft.

 

[labelplant]

Archie Goodwin
Alex Poythress
Bazz
Alex Len
Noel (He really hasn't shown me anything either though)

Then you have guys like Marcus Smart,Isiah Austin and MCW who will be battling Zeller for draft position...

From the couple of Kentucky games I've seen, I really liked Poythress. But guy can't make a jumper to save his life. At his size, even as athletic as he is, that's going to be a problem at the next level.

The rest of the guys have a lot of holes in their games. I haven't seen Smart yet tho.

 

[NatiboyB]

A random ass euro will be taken before him.