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Name Height Inches no Shoes Height Inches w/shoes Weight Body Fat Hand Length Hand Width Wingspan Inches Reach in Inches No Step Vert Reach in Inches Max Vert Reach in inches No Step Vert Max Vert Bench Agility Sprint Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 76.75 77.75 204 6.5% 8.5 9 80.25 100.5 130 135 29 34.5 10.6 3.12 Name Weight > than standard (in lbs) Body Fat Reach > than standard (in inches) Wingspan > than standard (in inches) Vertical > than standard (in inches) Speed > than standard (in sec) Agility > than standard (in sec) # additional bench reps than expected Kentavious Caldwell-Pope -2 -0.22% -1.35 -0.57 0.19 0.21 0.74 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is well proportioned height to weight. He would not be described as long, as bioth his reach and wingspan grade out as below average. He is a good athlete, both quick and agile, and a little better than average as a leaper. Below are the top 20 Comp seasons to Kentavious Caldwell-Pope at age 18 and 19. The 4th column is only statistical similarity, and does not include any combine measurements. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Sophomore Season - age 19 Player Age Conference Statistical Similarity James Anderson 19 Big-12 94.9% Klay Thompson 19 Pacific 12 93.6% Bradley Beal 18 Southeastern 94.5% Matt Carroll 22 Big East 95.1% Ray Allen 19 Big East 92.9% Wayne Ellington 20 Atlantic Coast 92.8% Keith Bogans 20 Southeastern 92.2% Klay Thompson 20 Pacific 12 92.9% Iman Shumpert 20 Atlantic Coast 92.3% Wesley Person 19 Southeastern 92.8% Allan Houston 20 Southeastern 92.9% Daequan Cook 19 Big Ten 89.2% Gordon Hayward 19 Atlantic 10 93.2% James Anderson 20 Big-12 92.9% Jeremy Lamb 19 Big East 94.0% Jordan Hamilton 20 Big-12 94.5% Bryant Stith 19 Atlantic Coast 91.7% Keith Bogans 22 Southeastern 93.0% Reece Gaines 21 Big East 93.0% Wesley Person 20 Southeastern 92.2% Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Freshman season age 18 Player Age Conference Statistical Similarity Keith Bogans 19 Southeastern 93.7% Daequan Cook 19 Big Ten 92.2% Keith Bogans 21 Southeastern 94.8% Klay Thompson 18 Pacific 12 93.3% James Anderson 18 Big-12 94.0% Terrence Williams 18 Big East 93.0% Xavier Henry 18 Big-12 94.7% Laron Profit 19 Atlantic Coast 93.5% Bradley Beal 18 Southeastern 93.0% Malcolm Lee 19 Pacific 12 91.6% Rodney Carney 19 Conference USA 94.9% Eddie Jones 20 Atlantic 10 95.6% Jrue Holiday 18 Pacific 12 90.4% Rodney Carney 18 Conference USA 93.5% Wesley Person 19 Southeastern 93.3% Kim English 21 Southeastern 93.2% Rodney Carney 20 Conference USA 94.5% Wayne Ellington 19 Atlantic Coast 92.6% Malcolm Lee 20 Pacific 12 91.9% Keith Bogans 20 Southeastern 92.2% Very Best Case Comps Ray Allen, Allen Houston 5% Likely Best Case Bradley Beal, Eddie Jones 10% Most Likely Wesley Person, Klay Thompson, Iman Shumpert, Gordon Hayward 73% Likely Worst Case James Anderson, Laron Profit 10% Absolute Worst Case Reece Gaines 3% Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is a nice contrast to Victor Oladipo. He has a couple of really nice "very best case" comps in Ray Allen and Allen Houston, and some nice "likely best case" comps in Eddie Jones, and Bradley Beal. On the bottom end there a very low probability that he will be a bust (just 3%). His group of likely comps is large, with a large number of really solid pro's who could end up as "likely best case". I don't believe Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has the same upside as Victor Oladipo, but his bust rate will be much smaller, and in all likelyhood he will have a long and solid career

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Ed: FanPost bumped to front page Name Height Inches no Shoes Height Inches w/shoes Weight Body Fat Hand Length Hand Width Wingspan Inches Reach in Inches No Step Vert Reach in Inches Max Vert Reach in inches No Step Vert Max Vert Bench Agility Sprint Victor Oladipo 75.5 76.5 213 6.6% 8.75 9.25 81.5 100.5 133.5 142.75 33 42 10.69 3.25 Name Weight > than standard (in lbs) Body Fat Reach > than standard (in inches) Wingspan > than standard (in inches) Vertical > than standard (in inches) Speed > than standard (in sec) Agility > than standard (in sec) # additional bench reps than expected Victor Oladipo 11 -1.10% 0.29 1.98 3.74 -0.03 0.27 Victor Oladipo weighs 11 lbs more than "average", but his body fat % is below average, so the extra weight is muscle not fat. Oladipo is a long player, an excellent leaper, with average speed and good agility. As I noted in the Cody Zeller article, there is a strong postive correlation between length and defensive prowess. At the same time there is a clear negative correlation between length and shooting ability. At some point I will do a definitive study on this. With Oladipo, he has good length, but it is not extreme. So this supports that he is a good defender, but his length impedes his shooting some, but not excessively. What makes Oladipo a good defender is combination of good length and good athleticism, expressed as excellent leaping ability and very good agility. Below are the top 20 Comp seasons to Victor Oladipo at age 19 and 20. The 4th column is only statistical similarity, and does not include any combine measurements. Victor Oladipo Junior season Age 20 Player Age Conference Statistical Similarity Charles O'Bannon 20 Pacific 12 94.1% Charles O'Bannon 21 Pacific 12 93.4% Ben Uzoh 19 Conference USA 92.4% Vince Carter 21 Atlantic Coast 93.7% Bradley Beal 18 Southeastern 91.6% Vince Carter 20 Atlantic Coast 93.7% David Noel 21 Atlantic Coast 93.0% Hassan Adams 19 Pacific 12 93.0% James Posey 21 Atlantic 10 94.3% Jud Buechler 20 Pacific 12 93.3% Wesley Matthews 20 Big East 91.8% Hassan Adams 20 Pacific 12 92.8% Landry Fields 19 Pacific 12 94.1% Wesley Johnson 22 Big East 93.1% Fred Hoiberg 19 Big-12 94.3% Charles O'Bannon 19 Pacific 12 92.6% Laron Profit 21 Atlantic Coast 93.4% Charles O'Bannon 18 Pacific 12 93.2% Jimmy Butler 20 Big East 91.9% James Posey 20 Atlantic 10 94.0% Victor Oladipo Sophomore season age 19 Player Age Conference Statistical Similarity Wesley Matthews 20 Big East 94.4% Alonzo Gee 19 Southeastern 93.5% Wesley Matthews 21 Big East 93.4% Toby Bailey 19 Pacific 12 92.8% Ben Uzoh 18 Conference USA 93.9% Wesley Matthews 19 Big East 94.9% Bradley Beal 18 Southeastern 95.1% Jeff Taylor 19 Southeastern 93.4% Ben Uzoh 19 Conference USA 90.7% Ben Uzoh 20 Conference USA 97.2% Greg Minor 20 Big East 93.7% Brandon Roy 19 Pacific 12 93.2% Charles O'Bannon 20 Pacific 12 95.4% Laron Profit 19 Atlantic Coast 91.4% Quincy Pondexter 19 Pacific 12 91.2% Anthony Peeler 19 Southeastern 94.8% Michael Kidd-Gilchrist 18 Southeastern 92.8% Jeff Taylor 20 Southeastern 89.0% Charles O'Bannon 18 Pacific 12 90.3% Jimmy King 20 Big Ten 94.3% Very Best Case Comps Vince Carter, Brandon Roy 8% Likely Best Case Bradley Beal, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist 10% Most Likely Wesley Matthews, Jimmy Butler, Anthony Peeler, James Posey 38% Likely Worst Case Laron Profit, Wesley Johnson 23% Absolute Worst Case Charles O'Bannon 23% Victor Oladipo has

Flynn Robinson was one of the most popular players early in Bulls’ history and one of the team’s most prolific and exciting scorers, holding the Bulls’ playoff scoring record for 18 years until it was broken by Michael Jordan in 1986. But Robinson’s trade to the Milwaukee Bucks, as unpopular as it was Nov. 22, 1968, put in place the first piece, All Star to be Bob Love, for the Bulls great run of the early 1970’s. Robinson, 72, died Thursday after a two-year battle with multiple myeloma, according to the Los Angeles Lakers. Robinson, a native of west suburban Elgin, played for the champion 1972 Lakers and lived in Los Angeles, where he was active in adult basketball leagues well into his 60’s and participated in programs that exposed underprivileged children to fishing and ocean life. Robinson played only parts of two seasons with the Bulls in the late 1960’s. But he was involved in many of the Bulls‘ most memorable transactions and some of the biggest games of that era. He later was dubbed, “Instant Offense” by Lakers’ broadcaster Chick Hearn. But as a Chicago fan favorite he was “Flingin’ Flynn,” who was the Bulls’ second leading scorer at 16 per game in their second season, 1967-68, after being acquired four games into that season. Initially, it was not a popular trade as Robinson came for classy guard Guy Rodgers, who was an All Star in the Bulls’ inaugural season in being tied for the team lead in scoring and leading the NBA in assists. The Bulls were 33-48 that first season. But they made the playoffs, still the only expansion team to make the playoffs. But when the Bulls opened their second season 0-4, team president Dick Klein amidst declining attendance traded Rodgers, who had a poor playoff in 1967, to the Cincinnati Royals for Robinson, draft picks and cash. Robinson, in the way things often would go in the early years of the NBA, eventually ended up in Milwaukee as well playing with Rodgers. Robinson would average 21.8 per game for the Bucks in the 1969-70 season, second to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and made the East All Star team. He played eight minutes off the bench and had six points. Flynn was always flingin’ it. Robinson was drafted by Cincinnati out of the U. of Wyoming No. 15 in the second round in the 1965 draft, 11 selections after Jerry Sloan went to Baltimore. But Robinson is perhaps best remembered in Bulls’ lore as the player who pretty much single handedly won the first playoff game in franchise history. Though making the playoffs in their inaugural season of 1966-67, the Bulls were swept 3-0 by the St. Louis Hawks. The Bulls then moved into the Chicago Stadium for the 1967-68 season after playing in both the Amphitheatre and even a playoff game in the old Coliseum at 15th and Wabash where attendance for the only home playoff game that season was under 4,000. The late 1960’s was a vibrant expansion time in the NBA as Seattle came in the season after the Bulls and Milwaukee the season after that. The Bulls lost center George Wilson in expansion and Erwin Mueller tried to jump to the ABA. So the Bulls after trading for Robinson acquired one of the classic players in NBA history, seven footer Reggie Harding. Harding was infamous for one of the great stories in NBA history. Often troubled with drug issues, he was one of the first ever NBA players not to attend college. He had troubles with the law and eventually was shot dead on a Detroit street in 1972. He famously wearing a mask went in to hold up a store in his neighborhood. The storekeeper recognized Reggie as there weren’t that many seven foot stickup men around, anyway. The storekeeper supposedly said, “Reg, don’t do it.” Harding responded: “It ain’t me.” Yes, you’re 1967-68 Man in the Middle, Reggie Harding. No wonder Flynn was flingin’. It perhaps was no surprise Wilt Chamberlain set the opponent scoring record which still stands, scoring 68 points in a 143-123 Philadelphia win that season. And Wilt missed 14 free throws. The Bulls fell to 29-53, but

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Bulls Season in Review: The 2013 season really started on April 28th, 2012, when Derrick Rose tore his ACL in Game 1 against the Philadelphia 76ers. On May 12, Rose had successful surgery to repair his knee and was given a 8-12 month timetable for return.From that moment on, Bulls' fans, management and players knew that the next 8-12 months would surely test the agility, fight and depth of the team. After losing many of their key players that made up the "bench mob" in the offseason, the Bulls managed to put together a patchwork bench, including Nate Robinson, Marco Belinelli and Nazr Mohammed. They also signed veteran guard Kirk Hinrich to serve as Rose's replacement until he was available. Not much was expected of this team, a first round playoff appearance at best, yet the Bulls kept pulling out the most unlikely wins, playing great team defense and playing overall solid basketball, despite the injury bug that stuck with the team the entire season. Before injuries really started piling up, the Bulls were in contention to win the Central division, but dropped off after the All Star break. Hinrich, one of the leagues' best on-ball defenders, couldn't seem to stay on the court for more than a week straight, which severely hurt the flow of the Bulls' 29th ranked offense. At times, the Bulls' offense would run as a well-oiled machine does, smooth and efficient. However, at other times, the players didn't seem to know how to handle the ball and run a basic offensive play. The hole that Rose left in the offense was sometimes gaping, over the past 4 seasons, the offense had been built around and for Rose, and without him, they struggled to score. While Rose is also essential to the defense, the Bulls still managed to be ranked 3rd overall in the regular season. Joakim Noah, who recently was named to the All-NBA Defense 1st Team, was the anchor of their ruthless defense, leading the team in rebounds, blocks and steals. His almost annual flare up of plantar fasciitis in the last stretch of the season hurt the overall defense and the dominant presence in the lane. He wasn't even sure if would be able to play in the playoffs, when in fact he ended up being the 2nd most important player (behind Nate Robinson) to the Bulls impressive playoff run. Noah and Luol Deng, (both All Stars this season) were the glue that held the team together. Deng led the league in minutes per game, again, and night in and night out would play to his greatest potential. Deng is essentially the glue for the entire team, and has proved to be very valuable, as he was missed in the series against the Heat.While the players are the ones who have to play and execute the plays, it all starts with the mastermind on the bench, Tom Thibodeau. A top 3 coach in the NBA, he was behind the Celtics dominate defense before being hired by Chicago. Throughout the entire season, he assured reporters, players and fans that the team had "more than enough to win", and would inject a raging level of intensity into his players. No matter how big of an underdog they were, or how much they were losing by, this team would fight until the final buzzer. He would get every last ounce of energy out of his players and maximize their production in the minutes that they played. The large number of injuries also allowed many unproven players to prove themselves, most notably second year man Jimmy Butler, who proved to be another elite defender and also showed a much improved offensive game. He filled in well for Deng, Noah and Boozer throughout the season. He seems to be the Bulls' 2 guard of the future, a position that has desperately needed filling since Rose joined the team. The emergence of Butler will likely trigger trade talks, like moving Deng or Boozer, who make $13,000,000 and $15,000,000 respectively. Therefore clearing much needed salary cap room and getting a younger and cheaper body in Butler.The loss to the Miami Heat tonight was most certainly disappointing, it ended an impressiv

Bulls Season in Review: The 2013 season really started on April 28th, 2012, when Derrick Rose tore his ACL in Game 1 against the Philadelphia 76ers. On May 12, Rose had successful surgery to repair his knee and was given a 8-12 month timetable for return.From that moment on, Bulls' fans, management and players knew that the next 8-12 months would surely test the agility, fight and depth of the team. After losing many of their key players that made up the "bench mob" in the offseason, the Bulls managed to put together a patchwork bench, including Nate Robinson, Marco Belinelli and Nazr Mohammed. They also signed veteran guard Kirk Hinrich to serve as Rose's replacement until he was available. Not much was expected of this team, a first round playoff appearance at best, yet the Bulls kept pulling out the most unlikely wins, playing great team defense and playing overall solid basketball, despite the injury bug that stuck with the team the entire season. Before injuries really started piling up, the Bulls were in contention to win the Central division, but dropped off after the All Star break. Hinrich, one of the leagues' best on-ball defenders, couldn't seem to stay on the court for more than a week straight, which severely hurt the flow of the Bulls' 29th ranked offense. At times, the Bulls' offense would run as a well-oiled machine does, smooth and efficient. However, at other times, the players didn't seem to know how to handle the ball and run a basic offensive play. The hole that Rose left in the offense was sometimes gaping, over the past 4 seasons, the offense had been built around and for Rose, and without him, they struggled to score. While Rose is also essential to the defense, the Bulls still managed to be ranked 3rd overall in the regular season. Joakim Noah, who recently was named to the All-NBA Defense 1st Team, was the anchor of their ruthless defense, leading the team in rebounds, blocks and steals. His almost annual flare up of plantar fasciitis in the last stretch of the season hurt the overall defense and the dominant presence in the lane. He wasn't even sure if would be able to play in the playoffs, when in fact he ended up being the 2nd most important player (behind Nate Robinson) to the Bulls impressive playoff run. Noah and Luol Deng, (both All Stars this season) were the glue that held the team together. Deng led the league in minutes per game, again, and night in and night out would play to his greatest potential. Deng is essentially the glue for the entire team, and has proved to be very valuable, as he was missed in the series against the Heat.While the players are the ones who have to play and execute the plays, it all starts with the mastermind on the bench, Tom Thibodeau. A top 3 coach in the NBA, he was behind the Celtics dominate defense before being hired by Chicago. Throughout the entire season, he assured reporters, players and fans that the team had "more than enough to win", and would inject a raging level of intensity into his players. No matter how big of an underdog they were, or how much they were losing by, this team would fight until the final buzzer. He would get every last ounce of energy out of his players and maximize their production in the minutes that they played. The large number of injuries also allowed many unproven players to prove themselves, most notably second year man Jimmy Butler, who proved to be another elite defender and also showed a much improved offensive game. He filled in well for Deng, Noah and Boozer throughout the season. He seems to be the Bulls' 2 guard of the future, a position that has desperately needed filling since Rose joined the team. The emergence of Butler will likely trigger trade talks, like moving Deng or Boozer, who make $13,000,000 and $15,000,000 respectively. Therefore clearing much needed salary cap room and getting a younger and cheaper body in Butler.The loss to the Miami Heat tonight was most certainly disappointing, it ended an impressiv

Coming into this series, the Miami Heat gave the proper lip service to respecting the Indiana Pacers, but did they really respect them? The Heat had gone 45-3 since Feb. 3, you had to wonder if the Pacers really had their attention They do now. The question going into this series wasn’t if the Pacers…

LeBron James committed two late turnovers in a Game 2 loss to the Pacers. (Issac Baldizon/Getty Images) King: yes. Deity: no. Heat forward LeBron James, dubbed “The Chosen One” on a Sports Illustrated cover while still a junior in high school, confirmed that he is a mere mortal during a post-game press conference following a 97-93 loss to the Pacers in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals on Friday night. How did this possibly come up? Well, George Hill was asked if there is anything more dangerous than the thought of James with the ball in his hands at the top of the key with the game on the line. “It’s only like one person that’s more scarier than that and that’s God,” Hill said. “I’m sure if we were looking at Him in the face we would be very nervous. I’m sure He could make all the plays that we want people to make. LeBron is a great player, he’s the MVP for a reason, he’s one of the best to ever play this game. He’s a big focal point. We know that when he’s up there probing the floor and looking at everything that we can’t just focus on him, we have to focus on the people around him, because he’s a great play-maker. He has our full attention.” Told of the comparison, James demurred, pointing to his two costly turnovers in the game’s final minute. “I’m nowhere near close,” he said. “I made two mistakes tonight that hurt our team. That hurt more than anything, to let my teammates down. They expect me to make plays down the stretch. I had the ball with the opportunity to make a couple of plays and I came up short. That burns, but the best thing about it is that this isn’t college. It’s not one loss and you’re done. I’ll have another opportunity to get better in Game 3.” Hill’s quote recalled a famous line from Celtics forward Larry Bird, who complimented Bulls guard Michael Jordan for lighting up Boston Garden to the tune of 63 points in Chicago’s 135-131 double-overtime loss in Game 2 of a 1986 first-round playoff series. “I didn’t think anyone was capable of doing what Michael has done to us,” Bird said, according to NBA.com. “He is the most exciting, awesome player in the game today. I think it’s just God disguised as Michael Jordan.” In Game 1, James blew by Hill for a layup that set up his game-winning, buzzer-beating drive past Paul George. In Game 2, James finished with a game-high 36 points (on 14-for-20 shooting), eight rebounds, three assists and three steals in 45 minutes. He also tallied a game-high five turnovers. The Heat and Pacers are now tied at one game apiece. Game 3 is set for Sunday in Indiana.