ε ναι λοιπόν! σουπερ παιχτης ο ντελφινο
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QUOTE(rankin @ Jun 9 2008, 14:18 )
Και μιλώντας για τον Γουντς, βρήκα αυτό στην wikipedia:
Coming out of college, Woods was known to scouts as a player with exceptional potential (sometimes compared to Tracy McGrady)
Δε σας θυμίζει κάτι;; Είναι αυτό ακριβώς που συζητάμε σε αυτό το φόρουμ τις τελευταίες μέρες.. Φαίνεται πως την ίδια συζήτηση την έκαναν παλιότερα και οι φίλοι μας οι αμερικάνοι...
εγω ψάχνοντας βρήκα αυτό
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In Yao's case, there's the question of just how game-ready a player trained in China can be.
Woods, projected by some to go as high as third in the draft, is fighting a more familiar stigma among the NBA's deep thinkers: He never played above the junior college level.
JC might as well stand for Just Can't in NBA drafts, the most recent disappointment being Kedrick Brown, Boston's No. 11 pick of the first round last year. He played only 29 games, averaging just 2.2 points this season.
But Woods, a 6-9, 230-pound do-it-all type likened to versatile Orlando all-star Tracy McGrady, says one NBA drafting trend makes it easy to dismiss his JC doubters.
"Look at all the high school players they've been drafting," Woods says. "Don't tell me I don't have the experience."
Woods' basketball experiences this season took place at Northeast Mississippi Community College, in Booneville, about 100 miles southeast of his hometown, Memphis. Northeast also is where coach Mike Lewis groomed Dontae Jones for a Mississippi State career that led to the Final Four.
Originally, the next step for Qyntel would have made him a Tiger Woods of sorts, as in the University of Memphis Tigers. But his rising status led this Woods to declare for the draft.
Memphis coach John Calipari, who had a three-season run as head coach of the New Jersey Nets and was an assistant for Larry Brown with the Philadelphia 76ers, has endorsed Woods' decision and his NBA future.
"He's a great shooter, and I believe he'll be able to score in the NBA," says Calipari, who envisions Woods moving from guard to small forward. "He's got great athletic skills. The things that Qyntel does, you really can't teach."
Woods averaged 32.9 points and 9.8 rebounds, was an 81% free throw shooter and had a season-high 52 points for Northeast. But those "things" that have put him on the NBA radar are perhaps best summarized by one 27-second stretch of mayhem he inflicted on Itawamba.
It started with a drive past a defender for a layup and continued with a stolen inbounds pass that Woods turned into a three-pointer. Then, back on defense, he pinned a layup against the backboard and zipped the ball upcourt while eluding one defender with a behind-the-back move, before pulling up for another three-pointer.
That's eight unassisted points, a steal , a block and a rebound, all in 27 seconds.
"He could have done the same things he did in junior college at Division I, just maybe not as many," Calipari says. "Instead of scoring 33 game, he might have got 24."
Calipari says Woods has to improve his defense and ballhandling but adds that "the real issue is the lifestyle. Are you ready to deal with that lifestyle? ... NBA, No Boys Allowed, that's what that means. Emotionally and physically, if you're not ready to go to war, you'll struggle."
Crash course in big-time hoops
To ease that struggle, his agent, Bill Strickland, brought Woods to the Washington, D.C., area April 20 to begin a six-week tutorial with Adrian Dantley, a two-time NBA scoring champion and gold medalist on the USA's 1976 Olympic team.
"He hasn't seen the big time, but I see all these other guys who are 6-9 or 6-10 and they can't do what this kid does," Dantley says. "Sometimes, with these big guys, they're awkward, but Qyntel's not like that. When he makes a move, he never looks uncomfortable. It's just fluid."
Dantley runs an annual basketball camp for collegiate and professional players and primarily has been working Woods against another Strickland client, Steve Logan, who averaged 22 points for Cincinnati last season.
At times, Dantley has found Woods lacking in some basic NBA vocabulary — not knowing, for example, that a "UCLA cut" is when all five players are active in setting two picks, as the Utah Jazz often open their offense. But Dantley also has found him to be a quick learner.
"Once you have him do something two or three times, there's not much he can't do," Dantley says. "He picks it up real well. From three weeks ago, it's like night and day."
So is Woods' attitude toward basketball, compared to his first two years of high school. Initially, his sports goals revolved around playing quarterback for Carver High in Memphis.
But he had a growth spurt from 6-0 to 6-6 before his junior year, and the basketball team refused to quit knocking on his door.
"I didn't even realize I was getting that tall, until everybody kept telling me," Woods says, laughing.
The key negotiator was Terrence Saulsberry, now playing at Arkansas State. "He just kept saying 'You've got to play,' " Woods says.
They led Carver to a Class AA state championship their senior year. Woods won tournament MVP honors, even while playing with a heavy knee brace to protect a torn anterior cruciate ligament, the season-ending injury he suffered in the second football game of his senior season.
And the payoff is ...
His high school grades kept Woods from attracting Division I offers out of high school. He played his freshman year for Moberly Junior College in Missouri, eight hours from Memphis.
Homesickness contributed to him transferring to Northeast, so he could see his mother, Vanesia, more regularly. As Dantley says, "That's one thing that I really like about him. He's just a good kid.[color=#FF0000]"
Growing up in impoverished South Memphis, Woods just as easily could have turned out another way.
"It's just a really tough neighborhood," his mother says. "In the '90s, it was worse. There was gunfire every day. They were shooting at each other, so most of them are gone now, but it's starting back up again."
Just a few weeks after Woods' birth, his father was murdered. His mother, working a variety of jobs, raised him alone, and Woods is anxious to pay back a lifetime of favors.
"I want to buy my mom a house," he says. "I know everything she's done for me, and this is my chance to take care of her."
And with NBAdraft.net and HoopsHype.com forecasting Woods as the third pick, he figures to be able to take pretty good care of himself, as well.
"Just tell them that I'm ready," Woods says. "And that I'm coming."
Δεν ξερω πως σκεφτεται ο καθενας, αλλα εγω αν ημουν Βασιλειαδης δεν υπαρχει περιπτωση να δεχομουν. Το ίδιο ισχύει και για τον Λουκα.
