Chad Ford's Tiers

[ManUp]

Kemba Walker is one of the only players who I'd be 100% confident in on even Tier 3

Not saying superstar by any means but he could make his way on to an All-Star Team - very Jamal Crawford-Ben Gordon

I would absolutely love to grab Enes Kanter if I'm any team.  I think this guy has a ton of potential.  I'd say there's a better than 20% chance that we're talking about him being the best player of the draft 10 years from now.  Maybe it's just because he's white, but I see some Pau Gasol/Dirk potential in him.

I've never seen him play live, but he looks legit from his youtube videos and workouts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNK8siaYI7M&feature=player_embedded

He's big, lanky, and athletic seems like he isn't afraid of contact and has an NBA ready body.
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YzbhAQGPqk

I think he sticks around the NBA even if he were a bust kind of like Darko.

[Who]

Looking at that Nike Hoop Summit in 2010 where Kanter obliterated the competition ...

USA has no centers on it's roster. It had one seven footer and he only played 8 minutes. The rest of the time they were anchored by Jared Sullinger (6-9, suspect athlete) at the center position + appearantly they were in a 2-3 zone for the entire game.

It looks like Kanter spent the entire game beating up guys who where much smaller than him + taking advantage of the zone defense by aggressively attacking the offensive glass (harder to box out effectively in a zone) and hitting some open midrange jumpers.

Not a good indicator for how he'll fare against NBA level athletes / defenders at the center position.

[Galeto]

I didn't see much of a difference in quality from tiers 3 to 5.  The talent level isn't differentiated enough to be that specific.  Motiejunas and Selby from tier 5 could end up being better than any of the tier 3 guys. So could Alec Burks and Biyombo.

Of the top 2, I like Irving a lot.  He doesn't have the uber-athleticism of the top flight points right now and that's what keeping projections down and there is merit to that.  But he's a big point guard with a lot of craftiness, shots, vision, a high basketball IQ and above average athleticism.  The two things I like most about him is his vision--it's very good--and his proficiency at all three levels of shooting.  For a young guy, he's got a ton of shots and polish and again, he's big.  He's getting a lot of very good point but not all-star point projections but I wouldn't be surprised if he makes three or four all-star teams before he's done, maybe more. 

[KCattheStripe]

I only saw a brief bit of Kemba Walker during the NCAA tournament but he looked like a poor man's Nate Robinson (no three point shot, less efficient offensively) to me.

My expectations for K.Walker are for him to be an average to below average backup PG.

I can't imagine him as a starting PG in the NBA or even a high level backup. Too small, too inefficient. 

He's way tougher and a better passer than Nate Rob.

Better passer yes (and overall floor leader), not tougher though.  There are not many guys in pro sports tougher than Nate Rob.

If you were to compare K.Walker to a current NBA player ... how good of passer / floor general is he?

I'd say a step behind a Mike Conley but only because he's adept at driving to the basket and making a pass around the bucket to a big. Conley just doesn't have that/ Doesn't exhibit it because it's so much easier for him just to dump it to his bigs.