[IknoBall12Participant]

now i kno im going to get bashed for this and porbably gonna lose points to but f*** it. I think Brian Zoubek will get drafted late into the 2nd round of the draft. I also think whoever gets him will be getting a hell of a rebounder. Brian Zoubek cant play long stretchesat a tim ebut wat he can do is clean the glass with the best of them. zoubek isnt an offensive post player and prob wont be much of a defensive presence but he odes play his role which is rebound. I hear people say all the time oh hes too slow and cant shoot, he fouls too much, hes this hes that but so wat? hes a smart player who has gotten this far on doing wat he does well and will continue to work hard. Now if a team puts him in a position to do sumthing he cant then they should expect him to fail. but if they put him in a position to jus play his game and let him fulfill his role then he will be a great contributor. wat do u guys think?

[wellinapParticipant]

i would take him in the 2nd round. you would be hard pressed to find someone with that kind of size that late in the draft. long term he plays in a rotation as a backup center providing a big body to grab rebounds and run the pick and rolls which he can do. i don’t see him as a scorer but certainly has value as an energy guy off the bench much of the same way of a scot pollard type.

[cycloParticipant]

I see him as a taller Jeff Foster.

7.7 rebounds in only 18.7 minutes per game is very impressive.

I think he will be a second round pick.

Should have a long career as a third, maybe second, string center in the NBA.

[BothTeamsPlayedHardParticipant]

When people look at rate statistics they should also consider why if his numbers factor out over a greater period of time are so good that his actual minutes were so few. Only Daniel Orton picked up fouls at a more frequent rate than Zoubek among guys in the draft. Who cares about that? NBA coaches. As IknoBall12 pointed out, he is not an offensive threat nor a defensive presence in the middle. He can’t guard anyone because he is slower than Roy Hibbert, and his range his 2-feet. A rebounder can rebound at any level, but one has to understand that no NBA team is so remarkably weak on the glass that they would want such a limited player on the floor or even bother having him on a roster. You can say he is smart and wrap it in the fact that he played at Duke, but nothing he ever did on the floor would constitute that claim. The guy was a big body, nothing more. Dookies tend to get looks in the NBA, so I would not doubt that someone may draft him or bring him to camp but he won’t hang around long. Where are the unathletic, uncoordinated, unskilled centers who offer little defensively in the NBA? One would basically try to make the argument that a player with DeSagana Diop’s vast array of basketball skills placed into the body of Aaron Gray has a place in the league, and I do not see that guy in the league.

He actually would be more interesting if he went to Europe, lost weight and worked on a post game. I don’t know if he would ever develop, but that possibility is there. Right now, though, he has no chance.

[Tongue-Out-Like-23Participant]

When the hell did Foster average 7.7rebs in 18min?

[JoeWolf1]

I don’t know where the 7.7 rebounds per 19 minutes came from, but Foster is a great rebounder, averaging over 9 per a couple times in his career. Jeff Foster is actually a very good athlete and in his prime could dunk from the free throw line( seriously ). I think Zoubek has an outside shot at making a roster as an undrafted free agent, but the only way he’d be a surprise sleep is if he were to fall asleep on the bench during a game.

[JoeWolf1]

I don’t know where the 7.7 rebounds per 19 minutes came from, but Foster is a great rebounder, averaging over 9 per a couple times in his career. Jeff Foster is actually a very good athlete and in his prime could dunk from the free throw line( seriously ). I think Zoubek has an outside shot at making a roster as an undrafted free agent, but the only way he’d be a surprise sleeper is if he were to fall asleep on the bench during a game.

[rodionParticipant]

zoubek impressed me during the tournament. he plays to his strengths and understands how big men with no ball skills can positively affect the game (aside from the foul trouble). he’ll have a nice long career……….in the euroleague.

[BothTeamsPlayedHardParticipant]

If Slavko Vranes can make it in the Euroleague, so can Zoubek.

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