Hoop Stats: White Playing Beyond His Years

[tm3308]

he's not listed as a lottery pick as you claim

Yes, he is. In every single one of those rankings. The lottery is consisted of the teams that didn't make the playoffs. Currently, that's 14 teams. So if you're selected in the first 14 picks, you were a lottery pick. The worst of those ranking Ghost posted is #14.

 

[6ftunder]

I believe that is Tyler in those draft projections, not Cody.

 

[truehawk]

I believe that is Tyler in those draft projections, not Cody.

It is but they haven't figured that out yet.

 

[hawkfan33]

It is but they haven't figured that out yet.

I don't think Ghost realizes Tyler and Cody Zeller are two different people.

 

[truehawk]

He does now.

 

[BasketballMan]

The argument / debate going on here is almost comical. Zeller and White are TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT PLAYERS. One's a center. One's a hybrid 4 that can play out on the wing. It's like the age old argument of who's better? Jordan or Bird? Jordan or Magic? Different players. If somebody thinks Zeller is NBA ready...pass the pipe my friend. The NBA bigs will absolutely eat him alive right now. Everyone at one point was saying White needed to get stronger, put on weight, blah, blah, blah. How about Zeller? Somebody gonna try and argue he's got an NBA ready body? At the end of the day, Zeller is a tremendous college player. White is not that far behind. Give it a break and let's appreciate White for who he is. He's ours for 4 years, and he's only gonna get better. GO HAWKEYES!

 

[EddyP]

The argument / debate going on here is almost comical. Zeller and White are TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT PLAYERS. One's a center. One's a hybrid 4 that can play out on the wing. It's like the age old argument of who's better? Jordan or Bird? Jordan or Magic? Different players. If somebody thinks Zeller is NBA ready...pass the pipe my friend. The NBA bigs will absolutely eat him alive right now. Everyone at one point was saying White needed to get stronger, put on weight, blah, blah, blah. How about Zeller? Somebody gonna try and argue he's got an NBA ready body? At the end of the day, Zeller is a tremendous college player. White is not that far behind. Give it a break and let's appreciate White for who he is. He's ours for 4 years, and he's only gonna get better. GO HAWKEYES!

Bird.

 

[tm3308]

Not all of those are Tyler. There's a couple that were Cody.

 

[tm3308]

The argument / debate going on here is almost comical. Zeller and White are TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT PLAYERS. One's a center. One's a hybrid 4 that can play out on the wing. It's like the age old argument of who's better? Jordan or Bird? Jordan or Magic? Different players. If somebody thinks Zeller is NBA ready...pass the pipe my friend. The NBA bigs will absolutely eat him alive right now. Everyone at one point was saying White needed to get stronger, put on weight, blah, blah, blah. How about Zeller? Somebody gonna try and argue he's got an NBA ready body? At the end of the day, Zeller is a tremendous college player. White is not that far behind. Give it a break and let's appreciate White for who he is. He's ours for 4 years, and he's only gonna get better. GO HAWKEYES!

You're confusing "lottery pick" with "NBA-ready". Zeller's potential is through the roof, which would get him into the lottery. But he isn't NBA-ready. They don't have to go hand in hand.

 

[atomicblue224]

Bird.

how do you learn sign language so well? lol

 

[Tmoney12]

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Lazy bums

 

[Billso]

How are we to know that Michael Jordan was a better player than Greg Ostertag? There is just no way to figure it out.

You owe me a keyboard.

 

[tm3308]

You owe me a keyboard.

And now you owe me one.

 

[truehawk]

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Hmm that's weird I don't see Cody Zeller in either of those two?

 

[bcl20]

Zeller is 6'10 230 pounds. I'm sure he'll be able to put on the mass needed for the NBA and I could easily see a team taking him and working him out over the summer putting him at the weight he would need to be at.

Actually, Joakim Noah is one of the best centers in the NBA and is already at that height and weight so it's not impossible for a skinnier guy to be successful in the league.

 

[truehawk]

Zeller is 6'10 230 pounds. I'm sure he'll be able to put on the mass needed for the NBA and I could easily see a team taking him and working him out over the summer putting him at the weight he would need to be at.Actually, Joakim Noah is one of the best centers in the NBA and is already at that height and weight so it's not impossible for a skinnier guy to be successful in the league.

He may be 6'10 if he squats down. Most have him at 6'11 to 7'.

 

[bcl20]

He may be 6'10 if he squats down. Most have him at 6'11 to 7'.

typo.

 

[truehawk]

He may be 6'10 if he squats down. Most have him at 6'11 to 7'.

typo.

Its all good.

 

[IAJay]

I was thinking the same thing. Same thing with saying Burke is better. I'll take White knowing that we have Woody and good points coming in.

I would take Burke or Zeller and beat your team.

 

[tm3308]

Hmm that's weird I don't see Cody Zeller in either of those two?

Did they even include him in their consideration? By that I mean: do they only rate players that they think will come out? Because Cody does appear in a mock or two (in the top 14).