2015 NBA Draft- Aaron White

[Hawk_Kegmasters]

What say you, HaLo?

 

[scottsdalehawk]

Late second. He's tall and is a good athlete. If he improves his defense and works on a jumper, he could stick for a few years.

 

[scottsdalehawk]

NBA Draft.net has White going 48th.

http://www.nbadraft.net/2015mock_draft

 

[chaneccooms]

I just don't see a position for him on offense or defense. If he were stronger or quicker, I could see him as an energy guy off the bench, but he would need to make a pretty big transformation to get there.

 

[Bob]

I love Aaron White but he doesn't have an NBA position. Really good college player but I can't see him getting drafted. He's a good athlete, but not good enough that they're going to overlook his tweener size and fairly limited skill level. He plays hard and I'm sure he'll make money playing basketball somewhere but it's not going to be the NBA.

 

[douglasbader]

2nd round. He is well respected by the people who matter (made the USA team and Durant invite) and if he can show improvement on his shot he will be like Chase Budinger.

 

[chaneccooms]

There's a lot better chance of White getting stronger than him drastically improving his quickness. I think his best route would be to add some bulk and try to become more of a traditional 4. He's never going to be a brute, but if he could at least keep from being manhandled and become a consistent outside shooter, he might be able to stick somewhere for a season or two.

However, getting much stronger while simultaneously becoming a much better shooter is a pretty tall order. I think he'll probably need a year or two of D-League of overseas ball to have a legitimate shot at sticking on a roster.

 

[Whatever]

2nd round. He is well respected by the people who matter (made the USA team and Durant invite) and if he can show improvement on his shot he will be like Chase Budinger.

White hasn't shown the ability to be a competent 3 point shooter from the college line and against college competition. Zero reason to believe he is going to become and NBA 3 point shooter like Budinger who was a great 3 point shooter in college. His best chance is to be a Ryan Bowen type of player.

 

[douglasbader]

There is absolutely no chance of him becoming a traditional 4. That would mean he is guarding guys like Perkins, Horford, Aldrige, Gibson, Bosh, etc...

He needs to learn to shoot 3's at a 38% rate. That is what is going to get him to the NBA. He is athletic enough that someone will give him a shot.

 

[douglasbader]

2nd round. He is well respected by the people who matter (made the USA team and Durant invite) and if he can show improvement on his shot he will be like Chase Budinger.

White hasn't shown the ability to be a competent 3 point shooter from the college line and against college competition. Zero reason to believe he is going to become and NBA 3 point shooter like Budinger who was a great 3 point shooter in college. His best chance is to be a Ryan Bowen type of player.

Bowen is a good comparison, but I think the game has changed enough he has to hit 3's or there isn't a chance for him.

 

[chaneccooms]

I think it's a bit of a moot point doug. I think he's too weak to guard 4s and too slow to guard 3s. You have to pick your poison defensively with him if you have him on your roster.

 

[chaneccooms]

I'm not a fan of the Bowen comparison. Bowen was really quick laterally and in reaction time for someone his size. White is just so slow to react on defense.

 

[douglasbader]

I'm not a fan of the Bowen comparison. Bowen was really quick laterally and in reaction time for someone his size. White is just so slow to react on defense.

I think some of that is simply lazy, but Bowen had good tennis instincts.

 

[chaneccooms]

Crazy stat on Bowen: He is #1 in career steals at Iowa and #4 in blocks. There can't be too many major conference players who can say that.

 

[hawkeyealum]

If he improves his 3 pt shot yes, otherwise no

 

[Aloha Mr. Hand]

Now, imagine he's Serbian ......

 

[Lime]

Now, imagine he's Serbian ......

...so not a 26% career three-point shooter?

 

[wondergrape]

He's 6'9" 220 and he can't shoot. There isn't a lot of math to run here.

Unless he improves his mid-long range game dramatically, he's going to fall into the very grateful arms of a European team, with whom he will excel.

 

[hawkeyealum]

I voted second round based solely on some of the losers who were picked last night.

 

[Whatever]

Crazy stat on Bowen: He is #1 in career steals at Iowa and #4 in blocks. There can't be too many major conference players who can say that.

White has a shot to be top 10 in both those categories before he is done. It's not a perfect comparison but they are similar players.

 

[wondergrape]

I voted second round based solely on some of the losers who were picked last night.

If you're referring to Aaron Craft, I take offense to...oh, wait.

 

[Bob]

If he learned to shoot that might change things a bit, but that's way easier said than done. He's been an outright bad three point shooter for three years, I just don't see him suddenly becoming a good one as a senior. People have this vision of him as this skilled inside out combo forward (I guess because he's white? I have no idea why else because it's certainly not anything he's actually done on the court), but he's never been more than a really really good hustle guy who scores on cuts, transition opportunities, and offensive boards. They keep trying to play him on the wing but that's not his skill set at all.

 

[hawkeyealum]

He doesn't have to be a great three point shooter. I'd settle for a consistent mid range jump shooter which he probably can get to.

 

[Bob]

For us that'd be great, but if he wants to the make the NBA he's going to need to learn to shoot threes and I'm not seeing it.

 

[CUIHAWK]

No.

 

[MikeyJoe]

He doesn't have to be a great three point shooter. I'd settle for a consistent mid range jump shooter which he probably can get to.

To play in the NBA he does.

 

[wondergrape]

He doesn't have to be a great three point shooter. I'd settle for a consistent mid range jump shooter which he probably can get to.

If he was a great rebounder, you might have something. If he could guard the low post you might have something.

You don't have something.

 

[hawkeyealum]

He doesn't have to be a great three point shooter. I'd settle for a consistent mid range jump shooter which he probably can get to.

To play in the NBA he does.

Stick is not the same thing as getting drafted but I get your point

 

[Bob]

He doesn't have to be a great three point shooter. I'd settle for a consistent mid range jump shooter which he probably can get to.

If he was a great rebounder, you might have something. If he could guard the low post you might have something.

You don't have something.

Yeah. Unless he's an elite rebounder (he's a good one, but he's not like Reggie Evans or something where he can stick in the NBA forever with just that) or defender teams aren't going to draft an undersized 4 with no post moves who can't handle the ball or shoot.

 

[Lute_who]

I say second round, but he's a soft fucker. He just seems to disappear way too much during long stretches, unless it's transition offense.

 

[StinkyMcFadden]

He doesn't have to be a great three point shooter. I'd settle for a consistent mid range jump shooter which he probably can get to.

I'm sure he has, but I don't remember him ever taking a mid range jumper.

 

[Berzerkenpas]

Role players have to be specialists. he doesn't do any one thing well, by NBA standards -- and he won't develop a specialty in one year.

He'll be playing for Liege Basket and banging one of those hot Belgian girls from the World Cup clips. I'd take that.

 

[Jimmie Dimmick]

Rumor that he measured a legit 6'9" without shoes and had a very good camp.

 

[Revolver]

Rumor that he measured a legit 6'9" without shoes and had a very good camp.

Also apparently a rumor that he hammered home a put-back dunk over Kevin Durant.

 

[Slidewilly]

6'9 with shoes, and about the same for wingspan, which was apparently a bit of a disappointment.

 

[douglasbader]

Rumor that he measured a legit 6'9" without shoes and had a very good camp.

Also apparently a rumor that he hammered home a put-back dunk over Kevin Durant.

That wasn't the rumor. It was that he had a mild tip dunk.

 

[Bob]

6'9 with shoes, and about the same for wingspan, which was apparently a but of a disappointment.

It's a really short wingspan for an NBA power forward. For reference Julius Randle was getting knocked for having short arms in this most recent draft and his were a full two-three inches longer.

 

[Hawkstrat]

Aaron White @Aaron_White30
Man!!! God is doing amazing things in my life! Got invited to LeBron James Skills Academy in Vegas next week!!!!!

 

[Tripper Harrison]

no way

 

[scottsdalehawk]

filling the white man quota i would guess

 

[Hawk_Kegmasters]

Have sentiments changed that he could sneak into the 1st round?

 

[MikeyJoe]

Have sentiments changed that he could sneak into the 1st round?

White is a great player in college, but if any NBA team drafts him in the first round its fans are going to march on their offices with torches and pitchforks.

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

No. I think he'll get at least a cup of coffee in the NBA but probably as an UDFA. Northwestern game notwithstanding I think pros would have liked to see more development on outside shooting.

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

This will be an interesting poll for Uthoff next year...

 

[douglasbader]

I think he will be anywhere in the second round depending on how he does at the combine and in his workouts.

 

[Jim Tebow]

no

 

[wondergrape]

Nope.

 

[chaneccooms]

This will be an interesting poll for Uthoff next year...

I'm more bullish on Uthoff as an NBA player. He has a chance to be an excellent spot-up shooter at the pro level and a guy who can defend opposing small forwards. He has some tools in his arsenal that White just doesn't.

That said, White's game has grown enough that it wouldn't surprise me to see him as a second round pick.

 

[douglasbader]

NBAdraft.net has him going #38 to the Utah Jazz. That would be perfect for him.

It is a weird thought, but I think he is one of the few players that will be better shooting the NBA three than the college three.

 

[OlePeep]

NBAdraft.net has him going #38 to the Utah Jazz. That would be perfect for him.

It is a weird thought, but I think he is one of the few players that will be better shooting the NBA three than the college three.

I was thinking this as well. I just think the more free-flowing, open game will allow him more freedom and less thuggery dragging him down. It will suit him I think. His stroke isn't terrible