One mock draft puts Shan Foster in the lottery. Another lists him in the middle of the second round. After what happened to Byars last year, I don't think there's any doubt Foster finds himself in the second round.
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That hoops addict draft is an absolute mess. Aside from the obvious mistake of Shan as a lottery pick, he has two consensus top 10 picks outside the top 15 in DeAndre Jordan(17th) and Anthony Randolphy (on the cusp???). From the looks of things Shan is looking more like a mid-second rounder like nbadraft.net has as well as ESPN's Chad Ford. I think an interesting question is how the hell did JJ Redick go 14th, hes really not that different than Shan other than his ability to get to and convert from the line and hes an awful defender. I think the answer probably is something about where he went to school.
Great point on Reddick, no disagreement here. Another thing to look at is this: who's a better pro -- Shan Foster or Derrick Byars? If you asked me last year, it would've been Byars hands down. He was an above-average shooter, solid defender and a good ball-handler with good size. However, the fact that DB still hasn't latched on with an NBA team suggests that while he was pretty good at everything, he didn't excel at anything. For guys like DB to make it as bench players in the NBA, they need to have a specialty (shooter, rebounder, defender, passer, etc.). Shan's certainly got that, which is why I think he has a chance to stick as a shooter off the bench at the next level.
Indeed it is a mess. He seems to downplay potential and instead awards his draft based on season accolades. Great comparison, too. Equally perplexing is that Sheldon Williams went No. 5 overall a couple years back. You'd think NBA executives would learn a lesson from drafting mediocre talent from Duke (this has been a recurring trend).
Good point, Jarred. Regarding the Byars-Foster discussion, you sort of know what you're going to get with Foster. Could he perhaps become a Daniel Gibson type player? Byars was marginally more athletic than his competition in college, but his abilities were clearly quickly overshadowed in the ranks of the NBA. Foster, meanwhile, won't have that issue with his shooting ability--and his 3-pt numbers are every bit as good as Reddick's were. While Foster has been good on defense this year, he's not Byars equal in this regard. Moreover, he doesn't have the passing ability of Byars. Call me crazy, but I think Foster--all things equal--has a better chance of earning a spot on the bench (for the reasons you mentioned), but that Byars was a better college basketball player.
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