By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:41:00 +0000

@Fenris-77: I don't know how much of a bust one has to be when the entire rookie class itself is considered underwhelming. I'd be surprised if more than six of these guys get drafted in the first 150 picks. I'm not on Vesely's bandwagon either, though I give him more defensive credit than it sounds like you do. Leonsis digs his uber-athletic guys. My guess is this is what he sees in Vesely. He, like McGee, has the ability to jump out of the gym - whether or not he'll even get the opportunity is another matter entirely.

By: Fenris-77

Fenris-77 — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 02:05:26 +0000

I’m really not on the Vesely bandwagon at all. First off, he was already having some trouble guarding his own position as a SF at the Euroleague level – his athleticism is great, but he’s big and lateral quicks are so-so at best. I think he’ll really struggle to guard a lot of 3′s at the NBA level. If that’s the case his minutes are going into the crapper. Personally, I’d draft Singleton ahead of Vesely for the upcoming season (and I;d cal them a wash at best long-term). Singleton can guard three positions, maybe four, with high-end NBA-level defense. That’s going to earn him some minutes, minutes I expect to come at Vesely’s expense. Singleton can also rebound really well for a SF, and Vesley doesn’t even rebound that well for a Euro SF. Just sayin’.

Anyway, it’s all very IMO of course, but I have Vesely tabbed as one of this draft class’s big busts. Unless your league counts immensely tall, hot, girlfriends as a category. Then Vesely is cash money.

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