http://reclinergm.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/is-roy-hibbert-overrated/ Where we never thought 7 years, 70 million for Kenny Thomas was a good idea, and where we've logged as many minutes as Chris Webber in '07 but got paid $15 million less! Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:47:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://reclinergm.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/is-roy-hibbert-overrated/#comment-981 Dannie Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:54:06 +0000 http://reclinergm.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/is-roy-hibbert-overrated/#comment-981 We've moved, and comments are closed here. Please head over to http://www.reclinergm.com to continue the conversation. We’ve moved, and comments are closed here. Please head over to http://www.reclinergm.com to continue the conversation.

]]> http://reclinergm.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/is-roy-hibbert-overrated/#comment-114 Tyler Hansbrough Goes “Psycho T” on 7′7 Center Kenny George « The ReclinerGM Sports Blog Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:55:30 +0000 http://reclinergm.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/is-roy-hibbert-overrated/#comment-114 [...] Not just drive around him but rise above the tallest player in college basketball and bang on him with deuce-hands.  Kenny George said himself that he hadn’t been dunked on in the last 3 years.  That speaks volumes about a player most scouts say is not a superior athlete and who struggles against taller/longer defenders.  Hansbrough’s sheer determination is what drives him to be as good as he is, regardless of the naysayers.  His will is also what keeps him from becoming another hyped-up college ball player that never lives up to the lofty expectations (i.e. Roy Hibbert).  [...] [...] Not just drive around him but rise above the tallest player in college basketball and bang on him with deuce-hands.  Kenny George said himself that he hadn’t been dunked on in the last 3 years.  That speaks volumes about a player most scouts say is not a superior athlete and who struggles against taller/longer defenders.  Hansbrough’s sheer determination is what drives him to be as good as he is, regardless of the naysayers.  His will is also what keeps him from becoming another hyped-up college ball player that never lives up to the lofty expectations (i.e. Roy Hibbert).  [...]

]]> http://reclinergm.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/is-roy-hibbert-overrated/#comment-37 Dannie Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:18:26 +0000 http://reclinergm.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/is-roy-hibbert-overrated/#comment-37 My rebuttal with regards to Hibbert specifically is his style of play. Unless he gets tougher he won't succeed in the NBA. He doesn't have a 17ft shot and isn't agile enough to face up and play offense in the mid-range game a la KG at that size. So that means he will have to post up and score inside. Well when matched up against a strong forward of a slightly less stature (Joey Dorsey) he wasn't able to get in close enough to be effective. Image what it will be like in the pros when everyone is that strong and that big. System or not he either must get tougher or develop a face-up mid-range game. My rebuttal with regards to Hibbert specifically is his style of play. Unless he gets tougher he won’t succeed in the NBA. He doesn’t have a 17ft shot and isn’t agile enough to face up and play offense in the mid-range game a la KG at that size. So that means he will have to post up and score inside. Well when matched up against a strong forward of a slightly less stature (Joey Dorsey) he wasn’t able to get in close enough to be effective. Image what it will be like in the pros when everyone is that strong and that big. System or not he either must get tougher or develop a face-up mid-range game.

]]> http://reclinergm.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/is-roy-hibbert-overrated/#comment-33 Amos Leak Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:26:41 +0000 http://reclinergm.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/is-roy-hibbert-overrated/#comment-33 Roy Hibbert is very overrated but only in a college system...when it comes to a college system..he really isn't needed but in the NBA system, he would fit great. People tend not to realize or understand that the college system of basketball is totally different than the NBA. The college system of basketball is the only system that fits pretty much perfectly with a certain type of player. Depending on what you learned in high school...depends on how well you will do in college. In college, everything is a play and very difficult to make it thru scoring well...but depending on what you do in that system depends on how you do in the NBA..Lots of players tend to go to College and not understand how to play the game of basketball thru a system, which makes it very difficult but can go to the NBA and succeed. It all depends on what's best for the players. The NBA does both very different than college, where college works thru a system and you can't do what you want..that's why no one averages 30 in college and very few is close, but in the NBA...you do what you want and in high school it's the same way! Roy Hibbert is very overrated but only in a college system…when it comes to a college system..he really isn’t needed but in the NBA system, he would fit great. People tend not to realize or understand that the college system of basketball is totally different than the NBA. The college system of basketball is the only system that fits pretty much perfectly with a certain type of player. Depending on what you learned in high school…depends on how well you will do in college. In college, everything is a play and very difficult to make it thru scoring well…but depending on what you do in that system depends on how you do in the NBA..Lots of players tend to go to College and not understand how to play the game of basketball thru a system, which makes it very difficult but can go to the NBA and succeed. It all depends on what’s best for the players. The NBA does both very different than college, where college works thru a system and you can’t do what you want..that’s why no one averages 30 in college and very few is close, but in the NBA…you do what you want and in high school it’s the same way!

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