I'm not a hater, i think Caron Butler is a skilled player, that at times dominated college basketball... I'm just still very skeptical if athletically he can match up with players in the NBA.
Originally posted by BBallFan
Caron Butler is 6'5 and tested in as not nearly as strong as people thought he'd be, along with only having average speed, and poor agility.
I think he'll have a fair amount of trouble guarding a lot of 3s in the NBA, just because he's not tall enough, and not athletic enough.
Poor agility and average speed?
That is the epitome of a fallacy
He has excellent speed and agility, not to mention an excellent shooter and ball handler.
He has excellent speed and agility, not to mention an excellent shooter and ball handler.
I'm going by statstics. At the Chicago physicals, he tested very horribly.
He ran the 3/4 court sprint in 3.33 seconds... worse than almost every top-prospect whose results were listed. He was also one of very few players that took longer than 12 seconds to do the agility drills.
Overall, he finished as the 68th best athlete in the draft.
And I wouldn't say he's an "excellent" shooter or ballhandler. They're not weaknesses of his game, but he's far from being a sharp-shooter, and doesn't have anywhere near pointguard skills.
Originally posted by HEATLUNATIC
BBallFan = HATER!!!!!!!!!!!
Caron Butler = ROY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just because someone has a different opinion than you have does not make them a "hater", okay?
He made some good points about that Chicago work out. It may well be that Butler has some deficiencies; most players do have "some". Then again, he may overcome them and become the ROY. Only time will tell.
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