At 7 foot 3 inches tall it takes a lot of
rhythm to perfect the art of basketball. This lengthy Tanzanian has lots of it and enough potential to warrant a top three selection in this years draft. Which ever squad gets
Thabeet gets a top notch defender who will clog the lane and intimidate opponents like the recently retired
Dikembe Mutombo. And he's not just a shot blocker. He has the quick feet and body control to play sound defense and has decent timing and understanding, which should only improve with time.
Offensively Thabeet is still developing but his shot is better than Odens, better than Mutombos, better than Shaqs and in a few years I see Thabeet shooting better than 70% percent from the line and stepping out to 15 feet and draining from mid range.
Now this won't happen overnight, or with lazy coaching but I think it will happen. If the decision were mine I'd take Thabeet over Rubio.
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