Right - he's a smart defender, but that's not quite enough at the next level.

He doesn't have nearly the feet to hang with 2s in the NBA, but he's smooth enough to stick with most 3s.

I don't think he can start; he'd be exposed against a lot of teams. But if he could be a consistent 40% shooter from behind the arc and play solid help defense, there's no reason he can't be a pivotal part of a good 2nd team.

English just doesn't have the kind of athleticism or the requisite skills to really make it in the NBA, IMO. Ariza's athleticism, for example, is pretty incredible.

English's pretty smart, but that can only take you so far.

How does Robinson compare to Wayne Simien?

Meh... he's got a shot to be a Rip Hamilton type 2 guard. It's a longshot.. but he's still got a shot.

Kim is a very smart basketball player and his movement without the ball is excellent. This year, he's also shown a lot of toughness defending much larger players in the post.

**I think some people are underselling him as a shooter because of last season. However, he's proven this year that his wrist was very ****ed last season. Look at his shooting percentage for his Fresh, Soph, and Senior years... his Junior year is a statistical outlier.

He is a pure shooter.

So....

Back to a league that people actually watch that has players who care and play with heart.

http://media.lawrence.com/img/photos...cf7613005fe067

Linus Kleiza just put up 30 points for the Raptors.

So, I feel we should be dwelling on Denmon's charge call in the last 3 minutes or so. Has anyone broken that down frame by frame yet?

More size, less skill.

Simien was a better scorer, but worse rebounder and defender. Simien didn't have that one thing that he excelled at that would allow him to play NBA ball. It's Robinson's rebounding and athleticism that will keep him in the league above anything else.

Simien is listed as 6-9 250.

How about a young Kurt Thomas?

How does he compare to Costner's version of Robin Hood?

He wasn't that tall. Like Robinson, you can take an inch off of that. Going off of looks, I would bet that Robinson has much longer arms as well.

Amazing that Kurt Thomas is still actually playing right now (and doing well). He got by on his defense (and still does). I don't see them as similar, it's hard to see Robinson carving that kind of niche for himself.