NBA Draft Update: Clark and T-Will Both In Top 15?

by CardsFan922 on May 27, 2009 1:08 AM EDT Comment 17 comments

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With the NBA Draft a month away, Earl Clark and Terrence Williams have both been busy traveling the country interviewing for their first job out of college. This is the first in what I hope will be a regular update, some analysis (even though all I know about the NBA I have learned from ESPN’s Sports Guy and watching the playoffs) and updated links as the draft approaches.

We’ll start with NBA Draft Express, which has Clark going 14^th to the Suns and T-Will going 16^th to the Bulls.

The current Suns team would seem to be a bad fit for Clark, unless they try to go seven-seconds-or-less again like they did under Mike D’Antoni. Clark would probably thrive in that sort of offense, where he could slash and get to the hoop against bigger guys and shoot over smaller guys. Big East play (with a minimum of 3 guys in the lane and the not-that-much-blood-no-foul rules) was not Clark’s game, so Clark should thrive on an up-tempo team with the wide-open spacing of the NBA. If the Suns try that again, then that may work for Clark. I have recurring nightmares about Jeff Adrian shutting him down, so if Clark doesn’t get stronger, it would seem like the 3 would be a better spot for him in the NBA.

I’m less familiar with the Bulls. I guess T-Will will be a 3 in the NBA, although if he develops his shot as most expect him to, he could be a physically dominating 2. With Ben Gordon as a free agent, it would seem the Bulls would need a scorer to replace him if they don’t want to or think they can re-sign him. The Bulls already have a T-Will type player in John Salmons, who I just discovered was a 1^st round pick back in 2002, which for some reason surprised me. Anyway, Chicago is a big market, and T-Will is a big market guy. I would be happy for him if this is where he ended up, and I think he could make an impact right away on a young team like this, especially with someone like Derrick Rose to get the ball to him.

Finally, I don’t always read Twitter, but when I do, I prefer to follow T-Will. Stay under 140 characters, my friends.

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Clark to Suns

Phoenix already has committed to going back to their old running style. The now non-interim coach Alvin Gentry was the only holdover from D’Antoni’s staff and is implementing the same style. Clark would be a great fit down here in AZ.

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by Red Reign on May 27, 2009 2:21 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

agree

similar to the style he thrived under in Louisville…at least every March.

by UL is my hot hot sex on May 27, 2009 5:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

WTF is up with all the blue?

I thought this was Card Chronicle… stuff’s supposed to be red. Or black. Or Hell, even white. Not blue.

by CARD_G6 on May 27, 2009 5:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I didn't touch anything, promise

CardsFan922, did you spill beer on the Card Chronicle server?

by UL is my hot hot sex on May 27, 2009 6:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought it was just my computer....

….I have no idea what happened. I don’t remember clicking on anything. But that doesn’t mean I didn’t!

by CardsFan922 on May 27, 2009 8:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fixed it.

Little tip to the new authors: if you compose your post in Word and then copy/paste, there is secret HTML language that copies that you don’t see when you are editing your post on the site.

So, in essence, yes, I spilled beer on the server. My bad.

by CardsFan922 on May 27, 2009 8:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It Mks Prft snse 2 me out

"You win some, You lose some but you never stop trying to do your best" Denny Crum

by DANCARD on May 27, 2009 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm following him and Siva.

Compared to Peyton, he’s Shakespeare.

by bartenpa on May 27, 2009 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sad

But he can ball

"You win some, You lose some but you never stop trying to do your best" Denny Crum

by DANCARD on May 27, 2009 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Chad Ford's Mock Draft 2.0

has T-Will falling to 22 to the Mavs. Also compares him to Josh Howard as a “big-time athlete with a questionable background”. huh?

by chasecrawford on May 28, 2009 11:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

more from Ford...

Wake Forest’s James Johnson and Louisville’s Terrence Williams have had some red flags in their background checks, according to several team sources. Teams would not give me details and insisted there is nothing criminal to report. However, terms like “high maintenance” and “chemistry problems” seem to be giving teams pause.

by UL is my hot hot sex on May 28, 2009 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

"chemistry problems"?

How could that be a reference to TWill? seriously?

by twistedwedge on May 28, 2009 6:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

T-Will has mentioned briefly

That he was a bit more of a troublemaker in high school, though I’m not sure if this is what they’re talking about. He’s definitely a smartass and a not a yes sir, no sir kind of guy. If you want my amateur assessment of T-Will’s psychology, I’d say he’s got a bit of arrogance about him, in a healthy way, but that it’s mostly a defensive screen. He seems like the kind of guy who doesn’t know how to handle himself when things don’t go his way, luckily things seem to go his way pretty often, and Pitino has really worked with him to increase his professionalism.

As far as that being a problem? I don’t see it.

by bartenpa on May 28, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs