Stephen Curry, Gerald Henderson, to Work Out for Bobcats

by David Arnott on Jun 4, 2009 4:00 AM EDT Comment 3 comments

Later this morning, Stephen Curry is scheduled to work out for the Bobcats. After his combine appearance (video), in which he had the same vertical leap as Blake Griffin, benched better than Gerald Henderson, Tyreke Evans, Earl Clark, and other much bigger men, and turned out to be 6-2 in socks, Curry's draft stock can't really be much higher. All that's to say that it's highly unlikely the Bobcats will get him, but if they do, I'm much less worried about it than I was when I wrote the Prospecticon for him.

If the Cats have a chance to land Curry, I wouldn't want them to give up anything valuable to get him (eg: future picks). There's still a ton of Eddie House potential there, and that's not what you're hoping to get in the lottery, but Curry is just big enough to alleviate my fear that he'd be a total pushover at off guard. Ben Gordon isn't a total pushover. Kirk Hinrich isn't. Neither is Delonte West. The other side of that is that his floor is probably a bit higher than Travis Diener. I'm much more inclined to think House's career is closer to a low end projection, with Mo Williams as a good mid-level projection.

Gerald Henderson will also be at the workout tomorrow. While he's not getting the pub Curry's getting, he's still probably the Cats' number one target, should they remain in the 12 slot.

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ROY

Steph Curry is my early pick for ROY.
Griff from OAK is great will see that his size and skill set is not as dominant at his postion in NBA.(he needs way more of a post game)
Steph Curry is a pure shooter, can get his ownshot off, has bBall IQ, never had any body to pass to in college. With another scoring threat on his team, he will make an imediate impact.

by GoLive805 on Jun 4, 2009 5:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Sorry...

But Gordon DESTROYS Curry in athleticism, ball-handling, and creating his own shot, and Hinrich is probably ahead of him in each of those categories as well. Plus, Hinrich is longer and plays a better pure point. West also rebounds and plays defense way better.

Did Curry answer some size/strength questions? Sure, but I just don’t think his game is well-rounded enough to merit what will likely be a top 10 selection.

Remember, kids...don't ever let facts get in the way of your argument.

by MichaelProcton on Jun 4, 2009 9:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Now, they do, certainly, because they’ve been in the NBA for a while. The point is not that Curry will be able to step in and be those guys, but that his body type is more like those guys than Travis Diener’s. I’m also not comparing his offense to theirs; I’m more using them as an example to show that they can hold their own at off guard on defense, even though they’re smaller than the prototype.

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by David Arnott on Jun 4, 2009 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs