Aaron Gordon = Poor man Lebron. I would the Celts to draft him in 2014

[Tr1boy]

Absolute Beast. Man among boys in hs and in college should also have his way. On top of his power/explosive build at 6'8 -6'9, he has skills, motor and potential to be a great next nba player.  I'm not ruling out that Wiggins if he can put it all together won't be better, but Gordon would be the guy i'd want from what i've seen so far. And he is projected to go in the top 10, even if we are not bottom 5 bad nor playoff bound, danny has so many picks that i'm sure he can put something together to move up

Gordon has to work on his shot and could tighten up his handle. But outside of these two issues, plus needing more experience, he plays like a man possessed. Just unbelievalbe intensity and motor. (something i haven't seen in Wiggins)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7tkhuLEJig

[Tr1boy]

thoughts??

[cons]

Where's he going to college?

[Tr1boy]

Where's he going to college?

Arizona

[NocturnalRebel]

Even tho he seemed to be tha biggest guy on tha court in every clip, I loved his shot blocking in this video. I'm not into college basketball as I should or would like to be but I'm definitely gonna be watching a lot more of college basketball this upcoming 13-14 season. A lot of talent.

[lightspeed5]

ive been keeping up with him. he has an amazing ball handling skill. he outranked good point guards and had a good 94fifty digital basketball advanced ball handling score

[cons]

Thx yeah this is the first year in a long time I'm looking fwd to watching college basketball

[Eddie20]

nbadraft.net isn't so high on him. They compare him to Beasley and offered this as his weaknesses:

His game shows a lot of potential, but he's far from a finished product ... His shooting ability is troublesome. He shoots roughly 50% from the FT line and has no consistency outside of the paint ... Tweener. Doesn't have a well defined NBA position at this point. While he has tremendous explosiveness, he lacks perimeter skills (shooting, passing) and great foot speed. Lack of foot speed hurts him on both ends of the floor as it limits his on ball perimeter defensive efficiency as well as his ability to get by opponents off the dribble ... Foot work is not very good for a high level athlete ... While he is an elite athlete, his general quickness is not at an elite level ... Shows some developed ball handling ability but his lack of foot speed negates that ability to some degree. He gets nearly all of his points playing as a 4, and there are major questions about his ability to create offense for himself facing the basket. Granted, he's by far the tallest player on his high school team, so playing anything other than center is irrational from a team standpoint ... Plays too upright defensively. Looks a little stiff in his movements. While his physical strength is good, he appears to lack some flexibility in his body. Ankles and hips lack fluidity as he appears to run and move more like a 4 than a 3 ... Has been called "California soft" by some observers, but to his credit doesn't shy away from contact. He'll need to get a lot tougher if he decides that PF is his best position for the NBA level ...

[BASS_THUMPER]

why would we want a poor mans lebron james?

[Galeto]

Calling him a comatose Lebron James would still be inaccurate.  His skill level isn't close to James' coming out of high school.

He looks more like a high-energy power forward like Faried.  He's very active, hustles and plays above the rim when set up by others.  On the minus side, his shot making ability is remarkably underdeveloped. I've seen a bunch of his games and never saw him make one skilled shot.  For a great run and jump athlete, his hang time and explosiveness looked unimpressive in crowds and he has a slow set-shot.

[Galeto]

why would we want a poor mans lebron james?

Because a poor man's Lebron would be a really good player. Paul George might be a poor man's Lebron.

[green147]

I don't see the Lebron similarities. He plays similar to Blake Griffin, but he has (in my opinion) a higher ceiling and a much lower basement than Griffin coming out of college. Having said that, I would absolutely LOVE the Celts to get him. It's just a shame that he's a PF, because we have good young talent at that position. If he did land with us, one of the young guys would be on the trading block.

[Tr1boy]

I don't see the Lebron similarities. He plays similar to Blake Griffin, but he has (in my opinion) a higher ceiling and a much lower basement than Griffin coming out of college. Having said that, I would absolutely LOVE the Celts to get him. It's just a shame that he's a PF, because we have good young talent at that position. If he did land with us, one of the young guys would be on the trading block.

Gordon is a sf/pf. He has the perimeter skills necessary to play sf. Actually he looks like he prefers to play out from there on offense like lebron.

Gordon plays hard and maybe a little too intense at times. He hasnt put it all together yet. The issue with what ive seen of him in bigger post hs games is that, he is transitioning from being the man and having the ball like 70 percent of the time in hs to learning how to play without the ball.

He doesnt have a consistent jump shot nor post game developed yet. Thats why with his body and tools he is not considered a top 5 pick.

If he puts it all together he will be a very good player. Just like sully and olynyk , i believe his motor will help him prevail and make impact in the nba

[Eddie20]

I don't see the Lebron similarities. He plays similar to Blake Griffin, but he has (in my opinion) a higher ceiling and a much lower basement than Griffin coming out of college. Having said that, I would absolutely LOVE the Celts to get him. It's just a shame that he's a PF, because we have good young talent at that position. If he did land with us, one of the young guys would be on the trading block.

Gordon is a sf/pf.

He's a tweener. That's my concern. To be honest his game sounds a lot more like Derek Williams, which coincidentally also went to Arizona, then it does LeBron.

[Galeto]

I don't see the Lebron similarities. He plays similar to Blake Griffin, but he has (in my opinion) a higher ceiling and a much lower basement than Griffin coming out of college. Having said that, I would absolutely LOVE the Celts to get him. It's just a shame that he's a PF, because we have good young talent at that position. If he did land with us, one of the young guys would be on the trading block.

You think Gordon has a lower basement than Blake did?  The Blake who was the no.1 pick in the draft and at worse, was going to be a great rebounder?  As raw as his skills are, Gordon isn't even a lock for the lottery next season.

I don't think his ceiling is any higher because one, his shot is not any better and 2) he's an inferior athlete, which is no knock because Blake is one of the greatest athletes in NBA history.  I'm confused about just how athletic Gordon is because when he's in traffic, he looks very ordinary.  He doesn't get much hang time or explode like Blake or Stoudemire from a standstill position. 

Another thing about his skill level respect to Blake's, he still has some ways to go to be the ball handler and passer Blake is.  Also, his footwork is nowhere near as developed.