Poor agility and average speed?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.
I'm going by statstics. At the Chicago physicals, he tested very horribly.Originally posted by STING
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.
Just because someone has a different opinion than you have does not make them a "hater", okay?Originally posted by HEATLUNATIC
BBallFan = HATER!!!!!!!!!!!:yes::devil::laugh:
Caron Butler = ROY!!!!!!!!!!!!:yes:
When i say an excellent ball handler, I'm talking about his position. During the Chicago physicals, he complained of hamstring strains the entire time and was definitly not 100%. If you look at some of the highlight reels of him in college, you'll see him blow past everyone on the court repeatedly, he has natural athletisism, and could end up winning ROY.Originally posted by BBallFan
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.
I know that's what you meant... but I can easily list a handful of SFs with better ballhandling skills than him from this year's draft. (Grizzard, Slay, Dunleavy, Jeffries to name a few)Originally posted by STING
When i say an excellent ball handler, I'm talking about his position. During the Chicago physicals, he complained of hamstring strains the entire time and was definitly not 100%. If you look at some of the highlight reels of him in college, you'll see him blow past everyone on the court repeatedly, he has natural athletisism, and could end up winning ROY.
Originally posted by TheRifleman
I sincerely hope Butler does well, even well enough to get the ROY because I have such high respect for Riley and the Heat.
One thing we all know about Riley is how he teaches players to become very good team defenders or they get bench time. Some, like Todd Day get released in weeks because "he had no committment to defense."! Butler will be a player who does it on both ends - if Riley has anything to say about it.