2012 NBA Draft Profile: Anthony Davis
Anthony Davis
Kentucky - Freshman (Born 1993)
Center
6'10" 220lbs
The Good:
- 7'4" wingspan
- extremely athletic and fluid for a player his size
- defensive menace who blocks/alters shots all the way out to the three-point line
- can get up and down the floor in a hurry
- smart, unselfish player
- stays out of foul trouble
- coachable
- will be deadly in a fastbreak, pick and roll, alley oop centric NBA offense
- great attitude - won't cause problems in the locker room or off the court
The Bad:
- still very skinny - needs to get stronger
- while physical play didn't slow him down in college, NBA players might be able to bully him on the floor
- might lack killer instinct/aggression needed to be a franchise player
- still very raw offensively
- could be too unselfish for his own good
NBA Comparison:
A less psycho Kevin Garnett/a rich man's Marcus Camby. Potential franchise player - perennial All-NBA potential.
The Skinny:
The best NBA prospect to come along in at least a couple of years, Anthony Davis should become a game changer for whichever team is lucky enough to have the ping pong balls bounce their way. Worse case scenario (assuming he stays healthy) he becomes a defensive menace; best case scenario he is the best big man in the NBA for a decade and ends up in the Hall of Fame.
For more NBA draft player profiles, visit our 2012 NBA Draft Consensus Mock Draft
