2008 Prospect Comparisons 07.13.2007 - Updated on 07.13.2007
 | | | | | | | | | | On July 2nd, I showed you my 2008 prospect rankings of 100 players I think could be legit prospects for the 2008 NBA draft. In this article I will list the prospects again and next to it, I will name a former or current NBA player they remind me of, so you can get a visual of who their playing style is like to me. | Prospect | Comparsion | | 1. Nicolas Batum | Grant Hill | | 2. Michael Beasley | Rasheed Wallace | | 3. O.J. Mayo | Gilbert Arenas | | 4. Roy Hibbert | Zydrunas Ilgauskas | | 5. Chase Budinger | Brent Barry | | 6. Derrick Rose | Chauncey Billups | | 7. Eric Gordan | Bonzi Wells | | 8. Patrick Patterson | Danny Granger | | 9. Donte Greene | Luol Deng | | 10. Brook Lopez | Raef LaFrentz | | 11. Darrell Arthur | Stromile Swift | | 12. Darren Collison | Andre Miller | | 13. Danilo Gallinari | Peja Stojakovic | | 14. Kevin Love | Carlos Boozer | | 15. DeAndre Jordan | David Lee | | 16. Brandon Rush | Bobby Simmons | | 17. DeVon Hardin | Chris Wilcox | | 18. Wayne Ellington | Kevin Martin | | 19. Tyler Hansbrough | Udonis Haslem | | 20. Hasheem Thabeet | Dikembe Mutombo | | 21. Bill Walker | Andre Iguodala | | 22. Tywon Lawson | Jose Calderon | | 23. Jerryd Bayless | Mike James | | 24. Kosta Koufus | Andrew Bogut | | 25. Ryan Anderson | Juwan Howard | | 26. Vladimir Dasic | Vladimir Radmanovic | | 27. DaJuan Summers | Kirk Synder | | 28. Taj Gibson | Drew Gooden | | 29. Mario Chalmers | Jamaal Tinsley | | 30. Paul Harris | Quentin Richardson | | 31. D.J. Augustin | Damon Stoudamire | | 32. Jeff Pendergraph | Channing Frye | | 33. L.R. Mbaha a Moute | Tayshaun Prince | | 34. Chris Lofton | David Wesley | | 35. Ante Tomic | Jeff Foster | | 36. Robin Lopez | Jason Collins | | 37. Derrick Caracter | Antonie Walker | | 38. Quincy Pondexter | Ricky Davis | | 39. Nemanja Aleksandrov | Toni Kukoc | | 40. Josh Shipp | Ronald Murray | | 41. Brian Roberts | Rajon Rondo | | 42. Reggie Williams | Derek Anderson | | 43. D.J. White | Wayne Simien | | 44. Kyle Weaver | Carlos Delfino | | 45. Jamont Gordan | Charlie Bell | | 46. Joey Dorsey | Reggie Evans | | 47. Dominic James | Sebastian Telfair | | 48. Raymar Morgan | Gerald Wallace | | 49. Bryce Taylor | Antonie Wright | | 50. Aleks Maric | Paul Davis | | 51. Tyrese Rice | Juan Dixon | | 52. Alonzo Gee | Maurice Evans | | 53. Scottie Reynolds | Bobby Jackson | | 54. Sean Singletary | Travis Best | | 55. Shan Foster | Rodney Carney | | 56. Luke Nevill | Nazr Mohammed | | 57. Marcelus Kemp | John Salmons | | 58. Chris Douglas-Roberts | CJ Miles | | 59. James Mays | Josh Boone | | 60. Sasha Kaun | Rasho Nesterovic | | 61. Goran Dragic | Serigo Rodriguez | | 62. Anton Ponkrashov | Thabo Sefolosha | | 63. J.R. Giddens | Fred Jones | | 64. Richard Roby | Luke Jackson | | 65. James Gist | Chuck Hayes | | 66. Geary Claxton | Josh Childress | | 67. Joesph Jones | Marc Jackson | | 68. Terrance Williams | Marquis Daniels | | 69. Aaron Bruce | Damon Jones | | 70. Gerald Henderson | Mickael Pietrus | | 71. Longar Longar | Pape Sow | | 72. Deron Washington | Keith Bogans | | 73. David Lighty | Kareem Rush | | 74. Nikola Pekovic | Aaron Williams | | 75. Gavin Gant | Quinton Ross | | 76. Uros Tripkovic | Sasha Vujacic | | 77. Ron Steele | Louis Williams | | 78. Steven Hill | Steven Hunter | | 79. Marcus Dove | Bruce Bowen | | 80. Marcel Jones | Josh Powell | | 81. Predrag Samardziski | Joel Przybilla | | 82. Damjan Rudez | Yaroslav Korolev | | 83. Courtney Lee | Bob Sura | | 84. Jason Thompson | David West | | 85. Malik Hairston | Trenton Hassell | | 86. Eric Devendorf | Lindsey Hunter | | 87. Charles Rhodes | Brian Skinner | | 88. James Davis | Rafael Araujo | | 89. Alexis Ajinca | Samuel Dalembert | | 90. Drew Neitzel | Luke Ridnour | | 91. Chris Daniels | Kurt Thomas | | 92. C.J. Giles | Lorenzen Wright | | 93. DeMarcus Nelson | Shannon Brown | | 94. Issac Wells | Martell Webster | | 95. Sasa Cuic | Stanislav Medvedenko | | 96. Shaun Pruitt | Kris Humphries | | 97. Semih Esden | Shavlik Randolph | | 98. Greg Paulus | Beno Udrih | | 99. David Padgett | Nenad Krstic | | 100. Miroslav Raduljica | Robert Swift | |
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R.K
on 06.18.2008 | samardzisky could be compere with a vlade divac, the same kind of payer . | Posted by
Rob
on 05.7.2008 | Kevin Love would be a great fit for an NBA team that likes to get out and run because he could sit under the basket and fire outlet passes all day. If you are the Warriors with guys like Monta Ellis, Baron Davis, etc., you wouldn’t want Love throwing the ball all over the court? He definitely needs the right system and will probably never be a star, but he definitely has the ability to be a good NBA player.http:// . | Posted by
Michael
on 03.6.2008 | Kevin Love can’t defend with his limited athletic skills and will have trouble finding shots on the offensive end against power forwards. His lateral and vertical skills are lacking at a position where he is considered small. The consensus is that there may not be position on the court for him. This is making scouts reluntant to give an opinion on his propects at the next level . | Posted by
Mark Bruiner
on 01.27.2008 | Have you seen Kevin play? Look at his stats and his production on the court right now. Scouts say he is guaranteed lottery material. I like the Boozer comparsion, he almost has been compared to Wes Useld . | Posted by
Michael
on 12.20.2007 | Kevin Love compares to Carlos Boozer??? Kevin Love will never be a player that good. He will be reserve at best. He is very un-athletic and small for a power forward. He better suited playing on a offensive line. The league plays at a pace not suitable to his skills. N.B.A. scouts are projecting him as a second round pick. Everyone will be scared to waste a pick on him!!!!!!!!!! . | Posted by
Tha lookout
on 08.3.2007 | I was just watching Ty on you tube, and I must agree with the Ty and JC comparsion. They do seem to have similar type of styles running the point and the way they play. JC did very well his first year for playing about 25 mins a game, wait until he gets maybe 10 more a game gets a better feel for the NBA JC is underrated at this point, and I sort of feel Ty is overrated but he is a good player . | Posted by
Future Scout
on 08.3.2007 | Tywon Lawson is overrated, is a solid PG, but in the NBA he doesn’t look to be like a franchise player. Jose Calderon is a PG that runs the offense well, makes nice plays, and is pretty good player. I believe Tywon will have the same impact like Jose in the NBA, maybe a little better, but I definetly wouldn’t hype him up as superstar franchise PG. . | Posted by
on 08.1.2007 | the tywon lawson to jose calderon is wrong...tywon lawson can be a franchise point guard...much better then jose calderon. . | Posted by
Petey Powers
on 07.16.2007 | The comparsions did help me get visuals of players I’m not familar with, thanks for the heads up Lance. . | Posted by
Chris P
on 07.16.2007 | I like alot of these comparsons ecspecially these: I like the Taj Gibson comparsion with Drew Gooden. I like the D.J. Augustin comparsion with Damon Stoudamire. I like Paul Harris comparsion with Quentin Richardson. I like the Chase Budinger comparsion with Brent Barry. I like the Kevin Love comparsion with Carlos Boozer. I like the Bill Walker comparsion with Andre Iguodala. And I like the Jerryd Bayless comparsion with Mike James. There are others I like as well, but ecspecially these ones! . | Posted by
Candice P
on 07.15.2007 | I watch college basketball, but I don’t know alot of the players, so it’s hard for me to know who should I be watching and who I shouldn’t be watching out for. This list will really help me out alot for the upcoming season, because I’m more familar with NBA players. Thank you for the visuals . | Posted by
Hong Liu
on 07.15.2007 | you have very nice comparsions, I agree with most of them . | Posted by
Memphis Blake
on 07.15.2007 | I agree Derrick Rose plays like Chauncey Billups. Another fair comparsion could be Gary Payton . | Posted by
3J
on 07.14.2007 | Finally I found an example of who Ante Tomic plays like. I’ve been hearing so much about him, yet no one has given an example of who he plays like. Jeff Foster is a solid player. . | Posted by
FIBA Fan!
on 07.14.2007 | I like the comparsions, I think they’re pretty good. I was just saying to my friend I think Nicolas Batum will turn out to be like a Grant Hill type player. Also said a few months ago after watching Danillo Gallinari play that he’ll be the next Peja Stojakovic . | Posted by
BW3
on 07.14.2007 | OJ and I lived in the same city and have played a few pick ups games together. I watched almost all his games last year, and when I look at him play he reminded me of Gilbert as well and I told him that, and he felt they had similarities also. . | Posted by
ty akins
on 07.13.2007 | i think oj mayo is more like dwayde . | Posted by
Friday da 13th!
on 07.13.2007 | I think the Hansbrough=Haslem comparsion was good. They do have similar styles, and he’s not that much bigger. Beasley is more of a balanced player than Mayo. Mayo is great but if I was team choosing #2 I would take Beasley over Mayo. There are alot of talented PGs you can grab later. Overall I like the comparsions, But ecspecially love the Kevin Love=Carlos Boozer one, I think that’s right on. I love Kevins game and we played summer ball together, he’ll be a nice selection for any team. . | Posted by
sfh
on 07.13.2007 | drew Neitzel will be a greatscoring point in the NBAAs for HAnsbrough...he’s not the next ’Udonis Haslem’he’s alot bigger and tougher and CAN SCORE IN THE POST AND TAKE OVER GAMES! hes gonna get a lil bigger so watch out...and MAyo is betta than beasley... . | Posted by
Durham Blue Devil
on 07.13.2007 | You gave fair comparsions to my Duke players. I think Gerald Henderson is like a Mikael Pietrus. DeMarcus Nelson is like Shannon Brown. And Greg Paulus has similarities with Beno Udrih. I haven’t seen alot of these players, but from the ones I do know of you gave great comparsions. I look forward to watching alot of this players next season and hopefully get drafted. . |
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