[CameronCrazy11Participant]

These comparions are based off a number of things including style of play, projected stats, height, and weight. I tried to only make comparions for guys that I felt I’ve seen enough tape of to draw a conclusion on (being a draft junkie though, that’s still quite a few). Please feel free to critique away on these too. That’s what this site is for. I’d appreciate any and all feedback. As the title suggest, these are realistic best case scenarios for the potential draftees. So I tried to stay on the optimistic without getting too crazy.

Karl-Anthony Towns: Rasheed Wallace/Andrew Bogut

Jahlil Okafor: Al Jefferson (more athletic)

D’Angelo Russell: Brandon Roy/Manu Ginobili

Kristaps Porzingis: Andrea Bargnani (with better rebounding and shot blocking skills)

Justise Winslow: Andre Iguodala/Jimmy Butler

Mario Hezonja: Michael Finley/Nick Anderson

Emmanuel Mudiay: John Wall/Tyreke Evans

Stanley Johnson: Ron Artest

Devin Booker: Klay Thompson/J.J. Redick

Frank Kaminsky: Christian Laettner/Nenad Krstic

Willie Cauley-Stein: Tyson Chandler

Myles Turner: LaMarcus Aldridge

Trey Lyles: Juwan Howard

Cameron Payne: George Hill/Devin Harris

Sam Dekker: Chandler Parsons

Bobby Portis: Greg Monroe/Horace Grant

Kevon Looney: Al-Farouq Aminu/Joe Smith

Tyus Jones: Mike Conley/Luke Ridnour

Montrezl Harrell: J.J. Hickson

Kelly Oubre: Dale Ellis/Kendall Gill

Jerian Grant: Reggie Jackson

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson: Stacey Augmon/Bruce Bowen

Rashad Vaughn: J.R. Smith (less athletic)

R.J. Hunter: Marco Belinelli/Wesley Person

Jarell Martin: Tobias Harris/Al Harrington

Guillermo Hernangomez: Tiago Splitter

Delon Wright: Vern Fleming/Darrell Walker

Justin Anderson: Dahntay Jones/Xavier Henry

Chris McCullough: Shareef Abdur-Rahim/Amir Johnson

Terry Rozier: Bobby Jackson

Cliff Alexander: Kenyon Martin/Thomas Robinson

Jordan Mickey: Tristan Thompson/Ed Davis

Jonathan Holmes: Marcus Morris/Trevor Booker

Rakeem Christmas: Greg Smith/Kyle O’Quinn

Robert Upshaw: Hassan Whiteside/Larry Sanders

Dakari Johnson: Nazr Mohammed

Christian Wood: John Henson (with perimeter skills)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Lotto StudParticipant]

• Karl Anthony-Towns – Rasheed Wallace
• Jahlil Okafor – Al Jefferson
• D’Angelo Russell – Manu Ginobili/Goran Dragic
• Willie Cauley-Stein – Tyson Chandler/Chris Andersen
• Justise Winslow – James Harden
• Kristaps Porzingis – Detlef Schrempf/Andrea Bargnani
• Emmanuel Mudiay – Kyrie Irving
• Stanley Johnson – Tobias Harris 
• Mario Hezonja – Drazen Petrovic/Nik Stauskas
• Trey Lyles – Drew Gooden (Kansas)
• Frank Kaminsky – Pau Gasol
• Myles Turner – Theo Ratliff
• Kelly Oubre – Chandler Parsons
• Devin Booker – Trajan Langdon
• Bobby Portis – Jermaine O’Neal 
• Jerian Grant – Brandon Knight
• Montrezl Harrell – Josh Smith
• Sam Dekker – Kyle Singler
• Chris McCoullough – Perry Jones III
• Delon Wright – Larry Hughes/Elliot Williams
• Kevon Looney – Brandon Wright
• Christian Wood – Donte Greene
• Terry Rozier – Marcus Banks 
• R.J. Hunter – Francisco Garcia
• Jarrell Martin – Derrick Williams 
• Tyus Jones – Mike Conley 
• Rondae Hollis-Jefferson – Stacey Augmon
• Justin Anderson – P.J. Tucker
• Jordan Mickey – Marvin Williams
• Cliff Alexander – Kris Humphries 
• Rashad Vaughan – Von Wafer/MarShon Brooks
• Brandon Ashley – Jeff Green
• Terran Petteway – Marquis Daniels
• Andrew Harrison – Rodney Stuckey/Ron Harper
• Rakeem Christmas – Jordan Hill 
• Aaron Harrison – Derek Anderson
• Dakari Johnson – Kendrick Perkins 
• Branden Dawson – Alan Anderson
• J.P. Tokoto – Dahntay Jones
• Dez Wells – Trenton Hassell
• Ryan Boatright – Darrell Armstrong 
• Chris Walker – Amir Johnson

[Lotto StudParticipant]

• Karl Anthony-Towns – Rasheed Wallace
• Jahlil Okafor – Al Jefferson
• D’Angelo Russell – Manu Ginobili/Goran Dragic
• Willie Cauley-Stein – Tyson Chandler/Chris Andersen
• Justise Winslow – James Harden
• Kristaps Porzingis – Detlef Schrempf/Andrea Bargnani
• Emmanuel Mudiay – Kyrie Irving
• Stanley Johnson – Tobias Harris 
• Mario Hezonja – Drazen Petrovic/Nik Stauskas
• Trey Lyles – Drew Gooden (Kansas)
• Frank Kaminsky – Pau Gasol
• Myles Turner – Theo Ratliff
• Kelly Oubre – Chandler Parsons
• Devin Booker – Trajan Langdon
• Bobby Portis – Jermaine O’Neal 
• Jerian Grant – Brandon Knight
• Montrezl Harrell – Josh Smith
• Sam Dekker – Kyle Singler
• Chris McCoullough – Perry Jones III
• Delon Wright – Larry Hughes/Elliot Williams
• Kevon Looney – Brandon Wright
• Christian Wood – Donte Greene
• Terry Rozier – Marcus Banks 
• R.J. Hunter – Francisco Garcia
• Jarrell Martin – Derrick Williams 
• Tyus Jones – Mike Conley 
• Rondae Hollis-Jefferson – Stacey Augmon
• Justin Anderson – P.J. Tucker
• Jordan Mickey – Marvin Williams
• Cliff Alexander – Kris Humphries 
• Rashad Vaughan – Von Wafer/MarShon Brooks
• Brandon Ashley – Jeff Green
• Terran Petteway – Marquis Daniels
• Andrew Harrison – Rodney Stuckey/Ron Harper
• Rakeem Christmas – Jordan Hill 
• Aaron Harrison – Derek Anderson
• Dakari Johnson – Kendrick Perkins 
• Branden Dawson – Alan Anderson
• J.P. Tokoto – Dahntay Jones
• Dez Wells – Trenton Hassell
• Ryan Boatright – Darrell Armstrong 
• Chris Walker – Amir Johnson

[kobyzParticipant]

 Let me fix you where needed: kat – notch below Hakeem/Robert Perish/real size center Al Horford, jahlil – Moses Malone with some Patrick Ewing, both bigs are sure thing superstars, very special draft for that reason… Russell – bigger Lowry/Deron Williams/Arenas Gilbert, mudiay – bigger Jeff Teague/bigger Schroder, kristaps – bigger LMA/Robert Horry, winslow – Clyde Drexler/Stackhouse, hezonja – Ben Maclemore/JR Swish/Nick Young/Gerald Green, stanley johnson – shorter stronger Harison Barnes/Caron the Butler did it, lyles – Antwan Jamison/Danny Manning, frank the tank – Rick Smits/Sam Perkins/Kelly Olynyk, myles turner – Alex Len/Gorgey Dieng, oubre – Josh Howard/Ariza/Corey Brawer, booker – Kris Midelton/Rasul the Butler did it, portis – Juwan Howard/Vin Baker, wcs – Andrw Bogut meets Dale Davis, payne – Terry Porter, Dekker – Sean Elliott/Luol Deng, looney – AC Green/Joe Smith, rhj – MKG, Harrell – Brian Grant, vaughn – OJ Mayo?

[kobyzParticipant]

 Let me fix you where needed: kat – notch below Hakeem/Robert Perish/real size center Al Horford, jahlil – Moses Malone with some Patrick Ewing, both bigs are sure thing superstars, very special draft for that reason… Russell – bigger Lowry/Deron Williams/Arenas Gilbert, mudiay – bigger Jeff Teague/bigger Schroder, kristaps – bigger LMA/Robert Horry, winslow – Clyde Drexler/Stackhouse, hezonja – Ben Maclemore/JR Swish/Nick Young/Gerald Green, stanley johnson – shorter stronger Harison Barnes/Caron the Butler did it, lyles – Antwan Jamison/Danny Manning, frank the tank – Rick Smits/Sam Perkins/Kelly Olynyk, myles turner – Alex Len/Gorgey Dieng, oubre – Josh Howard/Ariza/Corey Brawer, booker – Kris Midelton/Rasul the Butler did it, portis – Juwan Howard/Vin Baker, wcs – Andrw Bogut meets Dale Davis, payne – Terry Porter, Dekker – Sean Elliott/Luol Deng, looney – AC Green/Joe Smith, rhj – MKG, Harrell – Brian Grant, vaughn – OJ Mayo?

[The_ReversalParticipant]

 This is actually a pretty good list, I like a lot of your comps (Russell, Winslow, WCS). I diasagree with a few though, most notably Turner as Aldridge. While Turner has potential  to become a shooter (and of course there’s the Texas connection), I think they have different games. Aldridge is a skilled big, with reasonable passing/dribbling abilities and a refined post game based on his ability to shoot turnaround jumpers. Turner, on the other hand, is probably a defensive specialist with dunking/shooting ability on offense. He was a dominant defensive rebounder and shot blocker in college, but he wasn’t very good offensively. Not that it wasa great situation, but I don’t think he’ll be anything close to an offensive focal point in the NBA, even in the best case scenario. Turner is a defense first big and Aldridge is offense first. I think a good upside comp for Turner could be Timofey Mozgov meets Spencer Hawes? A less athletic DeAndre with range? I don’t know, there really isn’t a great comp for Turner (I don’t love these), but I still don’t think Aldridge works well. 

[The_ReversalParticipant]

 This is actually a pretty good list, I like a lot of your comps (Russell, Winslow, WCS). I diasagree with a few though, most notably Turner as Aldridge. While Turner has potential  to become a shooter (and of course there’s the Texas connection), I think they have different games. Aldridge is a skilled big, with reasonable passing/dribbling abilities and a refined post game based on his ability to shoot turnaround jumpers. Turner, on the other hand, is probably a defensive specialist with dunking/shooting ability on offense. He was a dominant defensive rebounder and shot blocker in college, but he wasn’t very good offensively. Not that it wasa great situation, but I don’t think he’ll be anything close to an offensive focal point in the NBA, even in the best case scenario. Turner is a defense first big and Aldridge is offense first. I think a good upside comp for Turner could be Timofey Mozgov meets Spencer Hawes? A less athletic DeAndre with range? I don’t know, there really isn’t a great comp for Turner (I don’t love these), but I still don’t think Aldridge works well. 

[Bed HeadParticipant]

Which saddens me in a way, since these threads are alot more fun when the comparisons are awful.

I’ve never bought the Okafor-Jefferson connection, though. Someone I know suggested that Brad Daugherty would be a better comp, could that be possible?

 

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/daughbr01.html

 

 

[HobbyOGParticipant]

 I like that comparison! But most of the young folks don’t know about Brad Daugherty. 

[HobbyOGParticipant]

 I like that comparison! But most of the young folks don’t know about Brad Daugherty. 

[Bed HeadParticipant]

Which saddens me in a way, since these threads are alot more fun when the comparisons are awful.

I’ve never bought the Okafor-Jefferson connection, though. Someone I know suggested that Brad Daugherty would be a better comp, could that be possible?

 

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/daughbr01.html

 

 

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