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Originally posted by KSig RC
I'm not so sure that Reddick's defense is as bad as you're saying - he's not a great athlete, though, and the NBA is now officially the League of the Athlete (TM). However, guys like Wally Szerbiak (who Reddick is probably better than right now) still make a good living and can contribute to winning teams . . . without a ton of work he's probably an 18-min guy, but a contributor.
Also, the Duke list should include pre-accident Bobby Hurley and Jay Williams, both of which were all-rookie teamers and had pretty promising careers destroyed by ridiculous car wrecks. Really, has Duke fared any worse than, say, UCONN or any other school in terms of success? It's not like The Khalid or Big Jake Voskul's Haircut did a whole lot . . . it's just hard to make the leap, you know?
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I wasn't criticizing Duke at all - as I said, it's not a Duke problem. I actually pointed out a couple of Dukies who have done well (I actually forgot Johnny Dawkins, who was decent in the NBA, and even Laettner has been a productive NBA player). I'm not going to argue that UConn's record is any better; once you get past Ray Allen, Emeka and Rip Hamilton, there isn't much there (except Kevin Ollie inexplicably hanging on as the "veteran point guard" guy).
Like I mentioned, it's a guessing game, and you can't know for sure everyone who will make the leap. There are guys like Shawn Marion who came out of nowhere, and guys like Terry Dehere who couldn't live up to the promise.
If Redick ends up doing it, good for him; he's worked at improving all facets of his game since he was a freshman. Somone is going to take him as at least a mid-first round pick, so he's going to get the opportunity.