Who’s Got the Hops? Joe Alexander.
College Basketball, NBA May 20th. 2008, 2:45pm
Dayum. According to Mike Casazza of the Charleston Daily Mail, this photo is of West Virginia stud-in-waiting Joe Alexander at a recent NBA workout (via Draft Express). Tell us again why Chase Budinger’s ahead of Alexander on any mock draft? (And yes, we wondered what Alexander was doing entering the draft – no agent – a few weeks back. That was before we saw him get all Dwight Howard on the rim.) Another draft post is coming shortly, but for now, take a gander at Andy Katz’s take on the draft, which polls NBA teams on who’s in the lottery. Kevin Love’s a “near lock.”
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May 20th, 2008 at 2:47 PM
It’s gotta be the shoes.
May 20th, 2008 at 2:49 PM
looks like he Just Did It.
May 20th, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Is that David Blaine?
May 20th, 2008 at 2:51 PM
Joe Alexander = Money in the Bank Love this type of player. He was huge against Duke in the tourney. Blocking Singlers shots and giving him that stare after
It would be nice to see him in Blue and White, but we are little loaded at the 3 spot with Hedo and Rashard.
Kevin Love will be a top 5 pick. GMs will be kicking themselves in the ass for the next ten years if they dont grab him
May 20th, 2008 at 2:51 PM
He can jump high, he’s going to be great in the NBA!
/Retarded
May 20th, 2008 at 2:52 PM
It’s gotta be the dumbo ears.
May 20th, 2008 at 2:54 PM
Still think Kevin Lover is extremely overrated and runs like he dropped a huge load in his pants.
May 20th, 2008 at 2:56 PM
how is Love overrated cbh? is it the double doubles all year or him just being on a talented UCLA team?
May 20th, 2008 at 2:58 PM
cbh: I think that is one of the tests players go through in workouts: Dump your pants then do suicides. Love has a leg up.
May 20th, 2008 at 2:59 PM
8 foot tall hoop
May 20th, 2008 at 3:01 PM
I just don’t get why everyone is so sure Love will be great and Hansborough isn’t. Can anyone explain that to me?
May 20th, 2008 at 3:01 PM
irish – Love has basketball smarts, no doubt, but he isn’t tall enough to compensate for his startling lack of athleticism.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:01 PM
8 foot rim, cmon
UCONN knows he can dunk
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EcQC0fBAbvY
May 20th, 2008 at 3:02 PM
Joe Alexander shot 46% last year in college and 26% from college-3 land.
I’m supposed to believe he’ll do even that *good* (that’s actually horrible for a 6′8″ guy) getting guarded by taller-faster-stronger people?
Bust-city!
I’ll take Love, though.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:03 PM
Joe Alexander = cherry picker
May 20th, 2008 at 3:03 PM
i was waiting for you Nick. I knew you would say that
Joe Alexander is money in the bank
May 20th, 2008 at 3:04 PM
Love has a much better all around game than Hansborough cbh. Better passer, better ball handler, better shooter, just as good a rebounder. He may not have the same “will” according to Bilas, but he appears to be a more complete player.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:04 PM
I wasn’t impressed that much with Love either. How will he do against bigger faster stronger guys. I think he will be an average player bot an all-star level guy.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:04 PM
Is something wrong with my monitor, the contrast must be messed up because that guy whose head is nearly hitting the rim looks white. I’ve been using my whiteness as an excuse for all these years and this SOB better not screw that up.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:05 PM
Sean Jean, thanks for giving a reason, don’t agree with it, but thanks.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:06 PM
That being said, I don’t see either player being any better than a average to good role player. I think Battier is a good comparison, and he was a better player in college than both of them and is a good role player. Not a star or difference maker.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:07 PM
Love got dominated inside by Memphis, and which of those Memphis guys is really a legit NBA guy? What’s he gonna do against even mediocre NBA players?
May 20th, 2008 at 3:08 PM
Joey Dorsey will be a NBDL superbeast. Bookmark this!
May 20th, 2008 at 3:09 PM
cbh: I’m not sure I agree with it either. I think that is the argument though.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:09 PM
Maybe I’ll get to go watch him and Love battle eachother inside.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:10 PM
That photo looks like he is hanging himself with an invisible rope.
Are you serious? This photo completely changed your opinion of him? That has to be a joke, right?
May 20th, 2008 at 3:10 PM
love has better range than hansbrough, he’s taller, he’s a better passer, and he’s stronger. thus, he is a better overall player. if love played on the east coast, he would have been on espn twice a week as well, and people would love him even more.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:10 PM
fetch- you can go fetch a NBDL game and watch Brandon Rush sorry ass
May 20th, 2008 at 3:12 PM
I dislike Kevin Love almost solely for his weird mid 90s beard.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:12 PM
fetch, you got pwned!!!!11!!!1!1!ELEVENTYHUNDREEVE!!!!
May 20th, 2008 at 3:13 PM
Oooh, he can jump! Neat-o!
Kyle Boller would also like you to know that he can still throw a football through the goalpost from his knees at the 50 yard line!
May 20th, 2008 at 3:13 PM
well said Rumeal. I agree with that 100% and if he was on the East coast it would be a different story
May 20th, 2008 at 3:14 PM
so, could the angle and perspective of the photographer have anything to do with the appearance of mad hops?
May 20th, 2008 at 3:14 PM
Brandon Rush can do whatever he wants. He won more titles than Kevin Love did.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:14 PM
hey fetch, joey dorsey was 24 years old when they played that game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! robert dozier looks like he’s about to kill someone. and that super fat guy off the bench is no slouch. memphis had awesome interior defense, they just played a breakneck pace which caused them to give up a lot of points.
giving love shit for “struggling” against them is laughable. memphis had a better front line than the fucking bobcats.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:15 PM
obviously a partial joke, but i’d probably rather have alexander. budinger has Bayless and Hill; Alexander was the deal and still had a terrific season. budinger’s probably a bit softer, too.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:16 PM
Hyperbole is fun until it veers into insanity.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:16 PM
I believe Chase Budinger can shoot.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:16 PM
+! GrungeDave
May 20th, 2008 at 3:17 PM
Except for the fact that 0 NBA starters played on that frontline. Dozier was probably their best inside guy and weighs what, 200 lbs?
May 20th, 2008 at 3:17 PM
If Kevin Love played on the east coast, he would’ve been exposed earlier in the season against legit conference foes instead of those Wac-10 patsies.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:17 PM
fetch, you’re insane. steve blake won more titles than carlos boozer. khalid el-amin won more titles than chris paul. and mateen cleaves went to three more final fours than tim duncan. get a clue.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:20 PM
Joe Alexander is sooooooooooo sweet that I want to crap my pants. I can’t believe it sometimes, but I feel it inside my heart. This guy are totally awesome and that’s a fact. Joe Alexander is fast, smooth, cool, strong, powerful, and sweet. I can’t wait to start yoga next year. I love Joe Alexander with all of my body (including my pee pee).
/Real Ultimate Power’d
May 20th, 2008 at 3:20 PM
Budginer’s the better three-point shooter, but Alexander went through a torrid stretch where he ripped apart most of the big east
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/players/46783
also, budinger is an off-the-screen shooter … alexander can create more and has a much better post up game (from what i’ve seen)
May 20th, 2008 at 3:21 PM
alexander is better than budinger, but WV’s supporting cast was not bad at all. ruoff, butler, and nicholls were all above average, and that mazzulla guy played his nuts off in that sweet 16 game. obviously, bayless is the man, but WV was solid all the way around.
the pac 10 was so much stronger than the ACC this year, it wasn’t even funny. love had 12 pts, 9 boards against memphis, which was pretty much exactly what garnett did in game 7 against the cavs in more minutes.
he had 21 and 11 against michigan state, 27 and 14 against washington state (extremely good defensively), 19 and 11 against god deandre jordan…i mean, come on…love would have PISSED on the ACC.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:22 PM
I don’t really like either of them. I was disagreeing with the “logic”, rather than the conclusion.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:23 PM
He shot better than 50% 17 of 36 games. Congrats.
Dude’s just a gunner.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:23 PM
Ohhhhhh. Wait, what?
May 20th, 2008 at 3:23 PM
Love had better bone up on his European languages.
/waits for sex joke using the word bone from Clown.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:24 PM
What does that even mean?
May 20th, 2008 at 3:24 PM
+1 Dr. C. Haven’t seen a real ultimate power reference in years.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:27 PM
garnett = 13 pts, 13 rebounds in 42 minutes
love = 12 pts, 9 rebounds in 36 minutes
pretty similar numbers and competition, yet one guy gets compared to tim duncan and the other should be playing in europe.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:28 PM
I think I’d probably take CDR over Alexander/Budinger.
I haven’t seen McGee play, but after #12 on Katz’s list I feel like there’s a big dropoff.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:28 PM
Wait….you’re comparing Memphis to a top 4 Eastern Conference team? Really?
May 20th, 2008 at 3:28 PM
Budinger was 44% FG, 38% 3PT this past year, and marginally better FG, marginally worse 3PT in ‘07.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:28 PM
garnett = 13 pts, 13 rebounds in 42 minutes, NBA playoffs
nick p = 10 pts, 7 rebounds in 27 minutes, senior year, high school, division 4, state of ohio
May 20th, 2008 at 3:29 PM
pretty similar comp, Nick P. Did you also fail to come through in the clutch?
May 20th, 2008 at 3:29 PM
what no assists Nick? cmon now, i should of guessed you were a ball hog
May 20th, 2008 at 3:29 PM
Yes, but after the game, the cheerleaders didn’t fail to clutch my johnson-rod.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:30 PM
/fixed
//grammar nazi
///waiting to get yelled at
May 20th, 2008 at 3:30 PM
That’s clearly a black guy with “Whiteface” on his arms, legs and face.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:30 PM
@ Nick P, are those stats cumulative or for 1 playoff game?
May 20th, 2008 at 3:31 PM
/Nick P-ified
May 20th, 2008 at 3:32 PM
Touche, salesman
May 20th, 2008 at 3:37 PM
Rumeal I can’t ever read anything you write with any ounce of me taking you seriously after the Memphis/Cavs comparison
May 20th, 2008 at 3:40 PM
Oregon State says hello, and wants to remind you that the worst BCS basketball team in America resides in the Pac-10. And by worst, I mean ranked in the 200’s in rpi. Oh, and every team in the Pac-10 got to play Oregon State twice…hmm, makes that Arizona conference record of 6-10 look so much better. Too bad the 10th best team in the ACC beat Arizona @Arizona…but of course, I’m just offering facts, the pac-10 was clearly better than the ACC last year because you said so (psst, just because ESPN hypes a league, doesn’t make it the best…it just makes it the most hyped).
Love is a better player…but the pac-10 being stronger than the ACC is not one of the reasons. The case for love is based on tempo independent stats that show he’s a much more effective rebounder and scorer than Hanstravel, and he’s simply on another level in terms of passing and defense.
May 20th, 2008 at 3:59 PM
tallguy,
I agree 100% with that last paragraph. Love plays solid defense on the pick and roll, great passing game, and can board like crazy. He’s going to a valued player in the NBA.
May 20th, 2008 at 4:03 PM
I’ll put in my two cents on Alexander. I say him play in the nieghborhod of 10-12 games. I think he could be a good pro, not great, but good. A lot of what Alexander does is off screens and beating his guy to the block. I think his game is very good from 17 feet and in, but in the NBA I don’t think he can get thos shots consistently to be an All Star. If I was drafting I would take him ahead of Buddinger yes, but not sure about the lottery.
I don’t think Alexander can create in open space against quick guys. He torched UConn this year because Adrien was too slow to guard him and Robinson too small so Alexander just posted him up. Same thing with Duke. Singler too slow, everyone else too small. He’s not going to get mismtaches like that in the NBA to make a great player.
May 20th, 2008 at 4:10 PM
I don’t understand the hate on KLove. The guy has every intangible known to man. He has the best hands I’ve ever seen on a big man. He is as strong as any guy in the league. If I think comparisons, I think of a mix between Carlos Boozer and Charles Oakley. He has Boozer like ball skills, scoring with either hand. He has the strength of Oakley. I think he will likely be a 17 and 12 kind of guy for years in the league.
May 20th, 2008 at 4:13 PM
If they’re intangible, how do you know he has them?