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Carl Landry
Purdue
  • Birthday:
    9/19/1983
  • NBA Postion:
    Power Forward
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Ht:
    6-9
  • Wt:
    245
  • College Team:
    Purdue
  • Hometown:
    Milwaukee, WI
  • High School:
    Vincent
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Overall
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NBA Comparison: N/A
Strengths: Shows good mobility running the court … Tough nosed player who fights hard every game … Does an excellent job of obtaining space in the post where he gets his body wide for guards to make easy passes … Post footwork, shooting touch and soft hands enable him to convert most opportunities in the paint … Offensively Landry is crafty as he will use a number of fakes to get his defender off balance and draw fouls … Back to the basket skills are quite advanced, displays a nice jump hook and turnaround jumper … Shows mid range shooting ability from 14-16 feet that he makes with regularity … Underrated post passer who is unselfish and sees the floor well … Quality rebounder in his area … Fundamentally sound as he understands how to read where the ball will go on missed shots when boxing out … Upper body strength enables him to finish after contact occurs … Basketball IQ is solid as Landry understands what his strengths are on the court and rarely goes outside of his comfort range …

Weaknesses: Height leaves a little to be desired at 6-7 to 6-8, he may struggle to effectively play the post in the NBA … To compound matters, Landry is just an average athlete not able to outjump his opponents nor explode off the floor offensively … Conditioning and stamina are still points of concern as he can appear winded at times … Not a great rebounder out of position … When defending bigger players, Landry can be prone to picking up quick fouls due to being overly aggressive … Defensively he lacks the explosiveness to be a shot blocker on any level … While kind of a tweener, his lack of consistent three point shooting and sub par perimeter defense will inhibit him from playing the small forward position … In the post, Landry will allow his man too much space and does a poor job of denying position … Potentially he is near his limit …
Matthew Maurer - 4/3/2007