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Jones was the player of the year in the Pacific Coast Conference playing for
the University of San Francisco. I have seen him listed at around 250
instead of the 240 listed here. He is generally considered to be a strong
player with good athleticism. He has not yet competed against top
competition, so it is hard to say how his skills will translate to the NBA.
He is a good hustler, though, and probably the type of player that tends to
stick around for a few years. His future is probably as a thug power
forward/center who gets the occasional rebound and putback. Jones played well
in Portsmoth and was named to the first team (if I remember correctly). He
will probably be drafted in the second half of the second round, when teams
are taking chances. He could turn out to be a steal that low.
Scout: Ryan Fortson |
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Interesting case. He was overweight and often looked a bit lost on the court at Cal (Usenet draft founder Matthew Merzbacher once called him "too big to be in college"), but then he made a very smart move: transferred to USF, where Phil Matthews rode him very hard and he had one very good year. He's got NBA size and a nice soft touch on his shot. Will he continue to improve without a drill sargent in his ear? Given his physical skills, some team will probably give him a shot. Scout: Kenneth Bowers |