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its a new age
With many
teams looking at what may be a full roster available for a 2016/17 campaign
another avenue that front office’s are
looking at exploring will be the vastly underrated european big man stocks
which there seems to be plenty of scattered amongst many analysts first round
mocks for the 2016 NLL draft
This of
course would be in the hope they would choose to continue deleloping overseas
A quick look
over past drafts sees a trend heading back toward the more skilled big men in
the NBA / NLL
2015 – Kristaps Porzingis (9th)
2014 – Jusuf Nurkic (17th),
Nikola jokic (33rd), Clint Capela (35th)
2013 – Alex Len (12th),
Joffrey Lauvergne (59th)
2011 – Donatas Motiejunas (26th)
All could
now be considered value picks in their current drafts (NLL) and while Enes
Kanter and Jonas Valanciunas were #3 and #4 picks in 2011 and both have gone
onto have pretty good careers value is probably a stretch though.
Onto the
2016 draft class and the trend looks set to continue with a large number a
potential candidates either plying their trade in other leagues or leaving the
college scene for the big show
Dragan Bender – Croatia, 7’0, 220lbs
A versatile
big man capable of playing 3 positions with relative ease, not a great athlete
but smooth with a very high bball IQ
Jokob Poeltl – Austria (Utah), 7’1,
240lbs
Another of
those 7 footers that can run the floor like a gazelle, often known for getting
on top of opponents for pure hustle, copped some flack for being outplayed
recently by Domantis Sabonis, those that saw the game also seen constant double
/ triple teams on Poeltl
Domantas Sabonis - Lithuania
(Gonzaga), 6’10, 240lbs
Son of
Lithuanian star Arvydas Sabonis this big man has a range of developing post
skills but is not a great athlete and hasn’t shown an ability to hit a shot
away from the rim. A non athlete centre or a non jump shooting PF hmmm
Ivica Zubac – Bosnia, 7’0, 240lbs
7’4 wingspan
and a great / mobile athlete already excellent size for the NBA. Unfortunately has
been prone to injury breaking a foot (2014) and injuring a knee (2015)
Ante Zizic – Croatia, 6’11, 230lbs
a Nikloa
Pekovic type centre with a light frame and strength has pretty good size for a
C but skills posessed will limit him to that position. Has been professionally
since the age of 16
Thon Maker – Australia, 7’1, 220lbs
Another 7
footer with a crazy wingspan and rediculous ball handling ability his strength
is not good and post moves still pretty raw. Rebounding / boxing out will be
tough for thon at higher level
Zhou Qi – China, 7’2, 210lbs
China has
been praying for their next basketball star to come through and dominate at an
NBA level (sorry jeremy Lin) is Qi that guy has pretty good feel for the game,
a high IQ and solid ball handling. @7’2 210lbs things may get messy if he goes
down low with todays NBA bigs. 7 rebounds per 30mins in the CBA ?
Juan Hernanagomez – Spain, 6’9,
225lbs
Physically strong
Juancho Hernanagomez displays all the skill required by a modern day big big,
fast, strong, smart. Juan at the same age playing at the same level is
recording a higher PER than Splitter, Rubio, Fernandez, Calderon ect…
Petr Cornelie – France, 7’1, 210lbs
7 foot
player without shoes with reported 7’1 wing span and an even bigger standing
reach, explosive leaper that can defend pick and roll with ease. Still pretty
raw and rake thin though
Gerschon Yabusele – France, 6’8,
260lbs
A french
tank, a bull in a china shop type of body kind of like big baby davis with a
motor and very high bball IQ…SOLD
10 possible
first round big man candidates that could be absolute steals in the first or
second round..
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