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Today we're here to discuss Solomon Hill, a senior guard from Arizona.
He passed the three syllable test, so that's a start, although the track record of NBA players named Solomon is not-so-good:
(Solomon Alabi, another player named Solomon Jones and that's it)
Arizona players in the second rounders historically do better than first rounders, with later picks such Chase Budinger, Salim Stoudamire, Gilbert Arenas, Steve Kerr and to a lesser extent Marcus Williams having equal or greater success than stupid ugly Channing Frye, hideous Derrick Williams or little fathead Jerryd Bayless.
At first glance, Hill will remind you of Sam Young; a rugged, big body SF/PF tweener with a passable jump-shot and ball handling that passes the first look test. Careful when evaluating players based on highlights alone, or you (Mr. NBA GM) are going to end up drafting a lot of Joe Alexanders and Jan Veselys, and not enough Jimmy Butlers or Wesley Matthews (on a side note, can we please just take a flier on whatever Marquette guy is out there this year?) However, immediately contradicting my previous sentence, Hill's highlights do demonstrate great athleticism to go along with his polished skill set (crappy quality video to the left). He demonstrates good timing, and as Connor knows the one thing I look for more than anything else in a pick is
Body Control.
Some may argue hangtime is more important than vert, standing vert is more important than if you get a running start (getting on the trampoline), but what ties all these together is the ability to draw contact and finish in traffic.
Hill gets to the line on a respectable 37% of his possessions, rebounds well when he's playing the 2 or 3 (Arizona's influx of young guards relegated him to playing the 4 spot much of the season) and has shown great improvement as a perimeter player/distributor since his freshman campaign. While he possesses the size to post-up smaller guards, even at the NBA level, his success really depends on his jump shot.
A unique capability of our modern digital era is also the fact we can use Twitter to talk to these players directly:
We'll see how it goes. There's my 3 guard. Hurry up, guys, all of the good sleepers are going to be taken.
Today we're here to discuss Solomon Hill, a senior guard from Arizona.
He passed the three syllable test, so that's a start, although the track record of NBA players named Solomon is not-so-good:
(Solomon Alabi, another player named Solomon Jones and that's it)
Arizona players in the second rounders historically do better than first rounders, with later picks such Chase Budinger, Salim Stoudamire, Gilbert Arenas, Steve Kerr and to a lesser extent Marcus Williams having equal or greater success than stupid ugly Channing Frye, hideous Derrick Williams or little fathead Jerryd Bayless.
At first glance, Hill will remind you of Sam Young; a rugged, big body SF/PF tweener with a passable jump-shot and ball handling that passes the first look test. Careful when evaluating players based on highlights alone, or you (Mr. NBA GM) are going to end up drafting a lot of Joe Alexanders and Jan Veselys, and not enough Jimmy Butlers or Wesley Matthews (on a side note, can we please just take a flier on whatever Marquette guy is out there this year?) However, immediately contradicting my previous sentence, Hill's highlights do demonstrate great athleticism to go along with his polished skill set (crappy quality video to the left). He demonstrates good timing, and as Connor knows the one thing I look for more than anything else in a pick is
Body Control.Some may argue hangtime is more important than vert, standing vert is more important than if you get a running start (getting on the trampoline), but what ties all these together is the ability to draw contact and finish in traffic.
Hill gets to the line on a respectable 37% of his possessions, rebounds well when he's playing the 2 or 3 (Arizona's influx of young guards relegated him to playing the 4 spot much of the season) and has shown great improvement as a perimeter player/distributor since his freshman campaign. While he possesses the size to post-up smaller guards, even at the NBA level, his success really depends on his jump shot.
A unique capability of our modern digital era is also the fact we can use Twitter to talk to these players directly:
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