A couple of questions about Chriss

[dannyboy35]

So through youtubes only( lol) I've hopped on the Chriss bandwagon hard. So much that I'm wondering how is this guy not higher. A poor defensive rebounder seems odd if you are very good offensively at that. So to me that's very fixable. He seems to have a quick release and a nice shot, is 6 ft 10 and can block shots.
  So what are other downsides I'm not seeing? Is his release high enough ? Things like that. Dude looks so good to me.

[celticmania]

He doesn't have outstanding size (7'0" wingspan). Also not polished. The biggest thing though is the fact that he is a historically bad rebounder.

[indeedproceed]

I'm waiting for the Chriss truthers to start asking,

"Have to accepted Marquese Chriss into your life?"

[jr_3421]

He's young for his class and a late bloomer.

[Ilikesports17]

So through youtubes only( lol) I've hopped on the Chriss bandwagon hard. So much that I'm wondering how is this guy not higher. A poor defensive rebounder seems odd if you are very good offensively at that. So to me that's very fixable. He seems to have a quick release and a nice shot, is 6 ft 10 and can block shots.
  So what are other downsides I'm not seeing? Is his release high enough ? Things like that. Dude looks so good to me.

Where that tends to show up the most vividly right now is as on the defensive glass. At 4.1 rebounds per-40, Chriss ranks among the least prolific power forwards in NBA Draft history according to our database. Among first round picks, only Thaddeus Young (who played mostly SF in college) had a worse defensive rebounding rate in the draft's last 30 years. Chriss almost never puts a body on opposing big men in an attempt to box out and prepare for loose balls coming off the glass, and his relatively small standing reach (measured at 8'9, comparable with most small forwards) didn't help matters much. In addition to his instincts, his motor here leaves a lot to be desired as well, as if at times appears he's operating at half speed, and far more focused on his work on the offensive end.

Not surprisingly, that translates to the rest of his play defensively. He has the quickness needed to stay in front of nearly everyone he encounters, and the explosiveness to block a decent amount of shots, but lacks the fundamentals, discipline and consistent effort required to take advantage of that. Opposing coaching staffs regularly targeted him in isolation situations, and found a lot of success doing so, as he would typically either commit a foul or give up a basket.

Chriss was one of the most foul prone players in college basketball, being disqualified from 15 of his 34 games, and committing four fouls in ten others. Many of his fouls seemed highly unnecessary, particularly early in the season, and appeared to be almost entirely due to a lack of focus.

In today's NBA, many teams want to see their power forwards being able to hold their own as small-ball centers, and it's not clear that he has the frame, length or reach to be overly effective at that. While he isn't undersized in terms of his pure height, he has a long neck that makes him appear a little taller on paper than he actually plays. He may actually find more success on the wing, using his terrific quickness and mobility, than he would on the block defending legit big men, but that's a little more difficult to configure lineup wise and thus not as big of an advantage as in the past.

Via DraftExpress.

He sounds like a wing to me as opposed to a big.The motor concerns are worrying but everything else seems fixable.

[droopdog7]

Dude just makes me think Thomas Robinson.