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Re: Brian Zoubek anyone?
« Reply #30 on: April 08, 2010, 04:25:38 PM »

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I see Zoubek as a little like Scala without the outside shot. A little quicker and bigger, yet not as good.

One thing I learned a long time ago from watching good old Serge Zwicker from UNC - if they are the biggest player on the floor by a bit in college, yet not at all the best on the floor - then they probably won't do much of anything in the NBA.

If they struggle to dominate guys smaller than them don't expect them to suddenly be able to help in the NBA.


I don't see a relation between Scola and Zoubek at all.  In fact i think they're probably closer to being complete opposites.  Scola is something of a finness player who has soft hands, great on and off-ball awareness offensively, and is a versitile scorer who you can't leave unguarded from about 20 feet-in.  Zoubek on the other hand is a big banger who specializes in establishing terrific rebounding position once the ball is in the air, but i would say that once he has the ball in his hands he doesn't have the slightest idea what to do with it other than kick it out to a wing player.


Is "Scala" a hybrid between Scola and Scalabrine?

I thought eja was describing Zoubek as a poor man's Scalabrine.  I definitely agree that I don't see a Scola comparison.

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Re: Brian Zoubek anyone?
« Reply #31 on: April 08, 2010, 04:38:39 PM »

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I only saw Zoubek play for 2-3 minutes but he looked like a poor man's version of James Augustine to me.

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« Reply #32 on: April 08, 2010, 05:10:26 PM »

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I thought a point of emphasis this offseason was to get more athletic...
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« Reply #36 on: April 13, 2010, 05:02:16 PM »

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I only saw Zoubek play for 2-3 minutes but he looked like a poor man's version of James Augustine to me.

Augustine is becoming a fairly decent player.

Players like Zoubek only have a very marginal place in today's NBA. The game is too fast and too quick for this type of big man. I wouldn't waste a draft pick on him, there's no upside in him and you can only grab similar players through a D-League call-up or something. I like the way he sets screens, but I'd be worried he'd hurt someone in practice.

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« Reply #37 on: April 13, 2010, 11:40:36 PM »

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I only saw Zoubek play for 2-3 minutes but he looked like a poor man's version of James Augustine to me.

Augustine is becoming a fairly decent player.

Players like Zoubek only have a very marginal place in today's NBA. The game is too fast and too quick for this type of big man. I wouldn't waste a draft pick on him, there's no upside in him and you can only grab similar players through a D-League call-up or something. I like the way he sets screens, but I'd be worried he'd hurt someone in practice.
Agreed on all counts.

I'd like to see Augustine come back to the NBA. He played very well in summer league last season, I was surprised nobody picked him up. A good end of bench, or just outside the rotation, type reserve.