Patterson now projected as a lottery pick

if any of the NBA scouts were staring at their TV yesterday through beer-blurred eyes, how could they not be thinking about him? He’s a H O R S E!!!! Didn’t look his best dribbling the ball down the court, but his shooting, passing, rebounding, etc., are right there!

that if he feels confident in lottery status, he’s gone. With a weak SEC with not many talented big guys (Ogilvy, anyone else?), I see him shredding conference play, which could bump him even higher.

would guard stevenson (or who ever is playing the PF spot) right?
He doesn’t seem like a center type player.

What are you doing OGETARTS? Trying to scare the bejebus out of us….just kidding. Good for Patterson.

I still think he is a definte 4 in the pros and with a reliable mid-range shot will be very productive for years. I could go on but will leave it at that.

Best UK big man in my lifetime. That includes Bowie and Turpin – they had each other and Minniefield, among others. Pat’s just a monster. I just love watching him go to work down there. I can’t imagine the numbers we would have if we had a great interior passer like Erik Daniels or a PG like Wayne Turner to penetrate and dish. (No offense to our current guys who are really starting to shine).

Both about Patt’s size I think. Brand is almost certainly heavier.
Antonio Mcdyess might be a hair taller. Shane Battier, Udonis Haslem, the Matrix, all with different games but all around Pat’s size.

There are a number of taller players as well but I think that the very good taller players make it seems like there is an abundance of 6’10 power forwards in the NBA that dominate everyone when there is really only a handful like, Wallace, Garnett, Duncan, West, Okur, who might overwhelm a smaller player physically. Heck those guys overwhelm larger players.

Guys like Bosh, Gasol, Bargnani, Jianlin, Dirk, Stuadamire, are all larger than Pat at the four but are also more finesse and are routinely guarded by smaller players often times effectively.

The more I think about it the NBA really has three types of power forwards two of which I think Pat could guard effectively. You have the out of position center like Duncan etc, you have the undersized guys like Boozer etc who still play an inside game, and you have the oversized perimter players ala Dirk who can and are often guarded by smaller players.

I consider patt just slightly undersized at the nba four. I dont consider it to be an issue that his play cannot surpass any size difference and I if I were a coach of GM I wouldnt think twice about it unless I was undersized at the five as well. We arent talkin Chuck Hayes size at the four here.

I dont understand your argument. No one is guaranteed success but if Pat continues to play like he is he will go in the lottery. Pat is an introvert? Doesnt seem like it to me.
Floor game like Wade? He is a power forward not a shooting guard. His jumper is well documented. He doesnt need a perimeter game like a guard just a good outside shot to draw a defender away from the basket. He will not be asked to handle the ball.
Kevin Durant is a shooting guard that why the Thunder experiment with him at shooting guard. None of the guys named above sat the bench for very long. Many of them are very young players. There are 32 teams in the NBA. 6-7 of these guys are tough matchups for anyone. Thats about 26 teams that Pat would be competitive against. Many of the guys I named such as Jianlin and Bargnani would be overwhlemed by Pat and they were both lottery picks. You have to understand the draft is not a good indicator of future success but current success IS a good indicator of draft status.

Have you seen the post game and then his Tuesday conference. He is all but campaigning for him to be POTY and thus go to the NBA.