Archives: NBA Draft Players

Robin Benzing

NBA Comparison: N/A Robin is an offensive minded player that possesses a good combination of size and length (long arms) … He shows solid mobility and runs the floor well … Understands the game well and has a solid basketball IQ … He is pure face-up player at this point that doesn’t use his size to post up … Ok passer with good vision and hands … Handles the ball well with both hands (very impressive to see a 6’10’’ player that handles the ball that well) …

Can Ozcan

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Tibor Pleiss

NBA Comparison: N/A Strength: Very long physical tools with endless arms (nicknamed the octopus) … Solid shooter out to 15 feet … Shows a high motor … Competes hard … Very good shotblocker, showing good anticipation … Very solid frame, that could easily take on some more mass … Is not afraid to bang inside … Due to his size/length, an excellent rebounder … Very good pick and roll player with excellent fundamentals … Still very young being nearly a 90 born. Plays solid minutes against quality competition.

Han Shuo

NBA Comparison: N/AAran Smith – 1/1/2005 Point guard with excellent size and skills for the position. Can play SG, but really excels using his skills running the show at PG. Has excellent vision and passes well. A great team player and leader with good understanding of the game. *Averaged 13 ppg and 3 apg playing for Team China in San Diego at the 2005 Youth Development Festival.

Oguz Savas

NBA Comparison: N/ANico Van den Bogaerd – 11/15/2007Strengths: Savas has a very big upper body to throw in the battle at center … If he continues working on his arm and leg strength, it will assure him a great physical asset … Has a good rhythm on his shot (16ft range) with an ok shotspeed. However doesnt have enough confidence in it to form any type of outside threat at the moment … He adds to that ok hands, decent mobility and good pick setting ability …

George Tsintsadze

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Artem Yakovenko

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Andrei Ba&$#%#&@!ev

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Dmitry Khvostov

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Jure Lalic

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Zhou Peng

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Dramir Zibirov

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Daniel Clark

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Eduard Lukash

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Alexei Zhukanenko

NBA Comparison: N/ANico Van den Bogaerd – 10/10/2007 Strengths: Zukhanenko has a long and lean body frame with good long arms … Considering his decent foot speed, agility and athleticism, and add that to the fact that he runs the floor quite well, it gives him interesting physical potential at 610 … He’s able to put the ball on the floor, adequate at pick setting, he creates good possibilities for pick & roll situations …

Tomislav Zubcic

NBA Comparison: N/AAran Smith – 1/22/2007 Strengths: Bigman with excellent combination of size and shooting touch. Playing with Cibona juniors. Truly an excellent shooter. He has a shooting stroke from 20 feet and beyond, and he moves around on the floor like veteran. Cibona has a great hope for him, and they are looking after him all the time (even off the court).

Jordan Burger

NBA Comparison:Vincius Panerari – 1/25/2007 Strengths: Good combination of size and talent, hes already tall and seems to be steadily growing every year, should easily reach 6-9 before hes done growing, great frame, very long and huge wingspan (7-0), big hands and excellent coordination Possesses strong legs and combines a great vertical leap with the explosive first step to beat his defender Good versatility, finds ways to score in many situations, excellent 3pt shooter, can hit shots off screens, on movement and withou