Nimreitz

Well, you guys need to understand that when I look at a player and call him out, it's usually because they are good. I'm not dogging out Kammron Taylor because he's not going to be on the NBA radar and he doesn't need to get called out. But if someone gets on that radar, they need to be evaluated as an NBA player, not as a college player.

Alando Tucker is a great college player and he has NBA Athleticism. However he's old as a 5th year senior which doesn't mean much, but it does count for something, and he's too small to play the 3 in the league. He has athleticism, but it's not at that level that will allow him to play up a position. He's kind of like Desmond Mason in that regard; and since DMase was a second rounder, that's probably not a bad comparison.

I love Alando in the post, but he's unorthodox; he doesn't seem to have a go-to move and he banks it all the time. Not that it's bad, it's just weird to see. I don't think he can do that in the NBA, there aren't any NBA teams that run the swing offense, so he'll be posting up Yao Ming, not Jerel McNeal.

Secondly his defense is not good. He cannot defend NBA wings. Anyone notice against Marquette how Wisconsin would run out three guys who were 6'2'' or smaller to defend the Marquette guards leaving Alando to guard the post. That's because Tucker couldn't guard any of them. And as a native Milwaukeean I love McNeal and Matthews of Marquette, but if Alando can't defend them he has no chance against Kobe.

I just don't see him in the NBA, I don't see how he fits in. He cannot shoot. He was lucky because it was falling, but Alando, it's been FIVE YEARS and you still can't shoot. I yell "NO!" every time he shoots a three. He should be automatic by now at this level.

I think he's probably somewhere between Desmond Mason and PJ Tucker.