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Are we onto something here with Evans? (Ibaka Lite?)

Wes Mantooth said:
Jesus. Can we lock this freakin' thread? Has the OP watched these two guys play? The rookie Nicholson did whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted on Evans the other day as Jeremy tried to play the 4...which was an utter fiasco defensively. Ibaka has 40+ pounds on Evans despite being two years younger than the Human Beanpole and is a borderline defensive player of the year type candidate as a 4/5.

Mods, if you give a **** about your responsibility to the board, lock this trainwreck and have a drink on me.
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OK but that's why I said 'Ibaka-Lite' with a question mark (?).

I'm not suggesting he'll BE Ibaka. Evans will be earning 20% of what Ibaka earns for a reason. He's very far away from Ibaka ATM.

I don't know about anyone here, but to me to put on 20 pounds, I can probably do that in 2 weeks eating McDonalds' combo's (Have you seen the movie: Supersize Me?). I know that's not the most healthy way to do it - but a healthy regime of sort could be set up for that? I don't think it's outside the realm of possibility. Evans already looks bulkier to me in SL. I'm just waiting on BTS to do an article on him to know exactly how much weight he's put on so far.
 
More important than bulking up... if Evans developed a mid-range shot, he'd be scary - not kidding. His defender plays off him now. If he hit a few jumpers, his defender would guard him closer and Evans could pull a pump-fake, get the guy off-balance, and drive to the hoop for a slam....
 
Does anyone have stats on Evans's midrange jumper?

I feel like he has it in his arsenal-- he just never really takes it unless he has to. Which isn't very often, considering how few minutes he gets. But I feel like I have seen him make that shot about 50% of the time.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
OK but that's why I said 'Ibaka-Lite' with a question mark (?).

I'm not suggesting he'll BE Ibaka. Evans will be earning 20% of what Ibaka earns for a reason. He's very far away from Ibaka ATM.

I don't know about anyone here, but to me to put on 20 pounds, I can probably do that in 2 weeks eating McDonalds' combo's (Have you seen the movie: Supersize Me?). I know that's not the most healthy way to do it - but a healthy regime of sort could be set up for that? I don't think it's outside the realm of possibility. Evans already looks bulkier to me in SL. I'm just waiting on BTS to do an article on him to know exactly how much weight he's put on so far.
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How old are you? 8? I'm going to guess you've never partaken competitively in anything your life? Please, try to climb back through the rabbit hole.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
Watching the final summer league game where Evans was all over the place, jumping, altering, blocking shots.

- He has that quick jumping ability
- He has the length
- He has that wing span
- He seems to be bulking up nicely
- His shot (both FT and FG) seems to be coming along slowly
- He seems to start to 'get' the game (i.e., building on his strengths of dunking, blocking and branching out into a more complete player).

Dare I say Ibaka-Lite in a couple of years?

If he can bulk up a bit and hone in on that defensive/blocking ability - may be he could be a surprisingly valuable player for us.

Thoughts?
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At summer league they had him listed at 190lb's
 
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