Wurider05 Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 (edited) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeU09MQni_A&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJBolXlqhPU He maybe alright. Seems a little timid and nervous. Edited June 25, 2011 by Wurider05 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhay610 Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 He looks like he has a decent scoring touch around the basket but I've only seen one move -- the jump hook going left or right. Maybe he has a + handle and jump shot for a 5 but it is hard to tell from a highlight tape. He looks extremely raw in the post and will obviously need to add some weight and work on developing his footwork/post game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrReality Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 He doesn't lack confidence. Think Al will be a good teacher for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachx Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 He is a very well spoken young man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawksBalla Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 The blocks excite me. We could really use that on defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILOVEmyWIFEtoo Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 This kid will challenge Marvin at the 3 spot. He has tremendous ball handling skills and a nice mid range shot. He gives our team more length and hopefully we can get some boards and not get out rebounded as much as we did this past year. We have a lot more young length and not the typical Over-the-hill bigs we are use to possessing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 This kid will challenge Marvin at the 3 spot. He has tremendous ball handling skills and a nice mid range shot. He gives our team more length and hopefully we can get some boards and not get out rebounded as much as we did this past year. We have a lot more young length and not the typical Over-the-hill bigs we are use to possessing. Que? If he plays a single minute at the 3 this year or even in his career I would be extraordinarily surprised. He has PF range on his jumper but he's a 5 without question and if he's already up to 230-235 as has been mentioned then he's well on his way to getting where needs to be to hold his own in the NBA at that position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILOVEmyWIFEtoo Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Que? If he plays a single minute at the 3 this year or even in his career I would be extraordinarily surprised. He has PF range on his jumper but he's a 5 without question and if he's already up to 230-235 as has been mentioned then he's well on his way to getting where needs to be to hold his own in the NBA at that position. You may be correct... Just dreaming/fantasizing about somebody stepping in and contributing at our weakest position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 You may be correct... Just dreaming/fantasizing about somebody stepping in and contributing at our weakest position. Hard to believe that's our biggest starting weakness after all the forwards we spent 1st round picks on isn't it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Diesel Posted June 25, 2011 Premium Member Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 The funny thing is that this guy could be the next Theo Ratliff? Let me find those numbers. He's actually better than Ratliff coming out. Played more competition. Bigger. Put some weight on this dude and who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartVolt Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 may have a steal here fella's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhay610 Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 The blocks excite me. We could really use that on defense. Solomon Jones was also a shot-blocker...just sayin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popeye Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Jelani Maccoy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimsey Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 http://birmingham.patch.com/articles/analysis-in-keith-benson-ou-coach-kampe-saw-raw-skills-and-athleticism-2 Nice write up KB. This org. desperately needs a break in the draft. Our picks of second rounders spanning back 20 years is horrific. Kick it with Al and Josh during training camp, he should start to gain weight and strength. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Solomon Jones was also a shot-blocker...just sayin'. He's actually still a good shot blocker in the NBA on a per minute basis, he just doesn't do enough well in other areas to stay on the court. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Found this article at the same site that Kimsey linked to ... http://birmingham.patch.com/articles/country-day-coach-on-benson-i-thought-his-best-basketball-was-still-ahead-of-him Keith Benson is the first player from Oakland Universit to be chosen in the NBA Draft, but he's not the first to come from Beverly Hills Detroit Country Day School. Benson, a second-round pick by the Atlanta Hawks, joins a storied past of players under the tenure of Country Day coach Kurt Keener to be chosen in the draft; others include JaVale McGee from the University of Nevada, Shane Battier from Duke University, and Chris Webber of the University of Michigan. Patch spoke with Keener on Friday morning for his take on Benson's success. Patch: What was Benson like to coach? Keener: Keith would be what I call the classic late bloomer. Because he had been double-promoted as an elementary school student, he was a year younger than his graduating class. When he left Country Day, I thought his best basketball was still ahead of him. If someone told me he would be a great player and a great record-setter at the university, I would have said he was going a bit too far. He had some of the physical tools, he needed to get physically stronger. But, he's very smart. His mother is an education professor at Wayne State (University), so education was key. He was an only child. From a basketball standpoint, it probably gave him some obstacles. Keith was always a kid who was team-first. He’s a pretty laid back individual personality-wise, so as a high schooler, for instance, he’s not a rah-rah guy, but he’s what we would call a low-maintenance kid. He’s just going to have a great work ethic. He’s a bright guy who will pick things up rather quickly. From a mental standpoint, he’s very advanced. From a physical standpoint, you see him at 240 pounds, that’s 40 pounds more than he weighed in high school at the same height. He went to great program at Oakland that saw his potential and was willing to develop that potential. I give Greg Kampe and his staff a lot of credit, but also, Keith has a tremendous amount of perseverance. It’s not always easy for him to be a basketball player and he could have walked away – he’s a very bright kid, but this was a dream and a passion that he worked hard to get to. Patch: How did the team do when Benson was there? Keener: We had a solid team, we were always one of the top teams in Class B. The perennial power was Detroit Renaissance (High School) when he was there. We had a tough time getting by them. He didn’t play a whole lot until his senior year because there were some other big kids in the program. He’s always been one of the tallest kids – when he was in elementary and junior high, we was a guard. When he came into high school, he was maybe 6’1". Then one summer, he may have grown 5 or 6 inches, without putting on five pounds in doing that (laughs). Because, as a young player, when he started out, he was a guard, he developed good shooting touch and soft hands. Then as a weed in the spring does, he shot up. It took a while for the strength part to fill in. He was on the varsity team for two years. When he was a senior, he was starting. Then in January, we had a couple of transfers at 6’9" who moved him to the bench. He’s a pretty stoic guy, so that didn’t bother him. He continued to play hard and practice hard. Patch: What are Benson's professional prospects like? Keener: Keith has an uphill battle. A No. 1 pick will give you every chance to succeed or fail. He’s going to a good team, so they already have talent, so he’ll have to work hard. Maybe he takes the route that means he’ll be in the (developmental) league or going overseas, but he has the psyche to deal with that. If he was coming from a big-time program and faced adversity for the first time, he might have problems. As he gets older and his body continues to fill out, he’s going to have a solid NBA career. He’s going to a great city and what I’ll try to do to is put him in touch with Chris Webber, who lives there now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrReality Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Webber part sounds great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLSmith Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 Well Keith, just work hard buddy. Looking forward to seeing you play in the NBA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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