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Worst prospect comparisons of all time
perks-a-beast:
What player comparisons the “experts” way off on?
I remember nbadraft.net comparing Smart to James Harden when coming out. I literally can’t think of two more opposite players.
The Adam Morrison/Larry Bird comps were super cringy too.
Jvalin:
How about DeShawn Stevenson?
--- Quote from: nbadraft.net ---NBA Comparison: Michael Jordan
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;D
https://www.nbadraft.net/players/deshawn-stevenson
perks-a-beast:
--- Quote from: Jvalin on December 05, 2018, 08:19:28 AM ---How about DeShawn Stevenson?
--- Quote from: nbadraft.net ---NBA Comparison: Michael Jordan
--- End quote ---
;D
https://www.nbadraft.net/players/deshawn-stevenson
--- End quote ---
And we already have a winner
jambr380:
--- Quote from: Jvalin on December 05, 2018, 08:19:28 AM ---How about DeShawn Stevenson?
--- Quote from: nbadraft.net ---NBA Comparison: Michael Jordan
--- End quote ---
;D
https://www.nbadraft.net/players/deshawn-stevenson
--- End quote ---
I like this blurb at the end:
--- Quote ---[6/25/15 Edit: Scouting report and comparison to G.O.A.T. were written while Stevenson was in high school and assumed to be headed to Kansas. Lessen learned, never compare anyone to Michael Jordan. This was 2000, the site was just getting started. Go watch a tape of Stevenson in high school, he was incredible. One of the most spectacular 17 year old wings you could ever see. Not going to college had a catastrophic effect on him. It seems everyone enjoys dis-crediting our expertise by bringing up the year 2000 DeShawn Stevenson comparison to MJ. We never went back and changed his comparison after it was originally made. Apologies to MJ.... Hey the "Sports Leader" compared Marshawn Brooks to Kobe Bryant just a few years ago.The other large NBA draft site compared Greg Paulus to John Stockton. Nobody wants to bring that up?]
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They really should have stopped before the bolded part. The rest comes off really desperate. While nobody should be compared to MJ while just in high school, Stevenson apparently had quite a bit of promise.
Oh, and btw, 'we never went back and changed his comparison after it was originally made'? Is this Chad Ford or something? :P
Moranis:
--- Quote from: perks-a-beast on December 05, 2018, 08:08:26 AM ---What player comparisons the “experts” way off on?
I remember nbadraft.net comparing Smart to James Harden when coming out. I literally can’t think of two more opposite players.
The Adam Morrison/Larry Bird comps were super cringy too.
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Morrison/Bird doesn't bother me all that much because they really did have a similar style in college. Bird, however, had that nasty in him where he could never fail and it is very hard to predict things like that. Morrison also ended up not being anywhere near the athlete Bird was, but again that isn't always that easy to tell from someone who is dominating the college game.
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