Draymond Green on why Tyler Hansbrough’s game didn't translate to the NBA after being "unstoppable" in college
“He was really good on those UNC teams. I had the opportunity to play against him, he was unstoppable. They went to him every time; he was extremely strong. Tyler Hansbrough, he was relentless and in college, that relentless type of attitude works. In the NBA, you kind of got to have a little more skill and I just don’t think Tyler Hansbrough had the skill.
He also didn’t have the athleticism that the bigs had that he was going up against. And so in turn, I just don’t think it translated as well. Don’t get me wrong, Tyler Hansbrough still had a respectable NBA career, It just didn’t turn out to be who he was at North Carolina.
No one in the NBA was just going to throw Tyler Hansbrough the ball and say, ‘Go get us a bucket.’ It wasn’t fluid enough, it was too rugged. It was, ‘Ah, I’m going to go through you.’ Just ultimately, he didn’t live up to what he was in college and maybe people were expecting from him. But in this NBA, you have to play a role. Unless you’re Steph Curry or LeBron James, you must play a role and that’s kind of what happened.”
(Via @DraymondShow )
Police say a coach on the Cal State Bakersfield men’s basketball program was moonlighting as a pimp across four states.
Multiple dismissals have occurred at Cal State Bakersfield as an investigation probes who knew what and when. https://t.co/kiSGNnMfiI
18 years ago today, the Lakers traded Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, Aaron McKie, draft rights to Marc Gasol & 2 future draft picks for Pau Gasol.
😂 Stephen A. Smith...
The finish to St. X vs. Male was better than any dunk contest I’ve seen this decade.
No exaggeration- watch the full 2-minute clip, uncut, via @glicod.
St. X wins Round 3, 83–68, and leads the season series 2–1. These teams could meet two more times this year.